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Stewart, Fenerbahçe win EuroLeague Women championship
Turkish basketball club Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding was considered the favorite to win the 2022-23 EuroLeague Women championship, and its star-studded roster delivered in a big way, lifting the team to a massive victory in the international competition’s final game.
EuroLeague Women: Final Four preview
One of the biggest weekends in international basketball is here! The EuroLeague Women Final Four will feature some of the game’s top talent playing for one of the most coveted trophies in international basketball in a single-elimination format.
Meet Ivana Dojkić, the Croatian sensation ready to take the WNBA by storm
Croatian point guard Ivana Dojkić is set to take her talents to Seattle.
EuroLeague Women: 2023 postseason preview
A star-studded Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding roster that includes Breanna Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot and Emma Meesseman enters the 2023 EuroLeague Women postseason as the favorite to win the competition championship. Can defending champion Sopron Basket use its defense and experience to upset Fenerbahçe in the first round?
EuroLeague Women: Week 14 preview
A rematch between Spanish clubs Spar Girona and Perfumerias Avenida highlights a high-stakes final week of group play in EuroLeague Women. Defending champion Sopron Basket is also in the mix for the competition’s final playoff seeds.
EuroLeague Women: Week 13 preview
Just two weeks remain in EuroLeague Women’s group play phase, and three of the possible eight playoff spots have been clinched. A must-win matchup between BC Polkowice and Tango Bourges Basket highlights this week’s high-stakes slate of games.
EuroLeague Women: Week 12 preview
Turkish club Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding has more star power than any of its competitors in EuroLeague Women, with nine straight victories as proof. The ever-dangerous Alyssa Thomas and ZVVZ USK Praha could be the last real challenge for Fenerbahçe in the competition’s group play phase.
EuroLeague Women: Week 11 preview
ZVVZ Praha and BC Polkowice are battling for position at the top of the EuroLeague Women standings, and both clubs have forwards who are putting up big statistical seasons. Alyssa Thomas and Stephanie Mavunga have been two of the competition’s best, and they’ll face each other for the second time this season in Week 11.
EuroLeague Women: Week 10 preview
Hungarian club Sopron Basket has undergone major changes since winning the EuroLeague Women championship in 2022, but, entering Week 10 of group play, it remains a force to be reckoned with in Group B.
EuroLeague Women: Week 9 Preview
One of the most dramatic moments of the 2022-23 EuroLeague Women season was Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd’s upset of league favorite Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding back in Week 2 of group play. The two clubs will meet again in Week 9, though Fenerbahçe has received significant reinforcements since then, including Breanna Stewart and Satou Sabally.
EuroLeague Women: Week 8 preview
EuroLeague Women kicks off the calendar year with the resumption of group play. Group A favorite Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding, having added significant reinforcements in Breanna Stewart and Satou Sabally, will try to avenge a season-opening loss to BC Polkowice this week.
EuroLeague Women: Week 7 Preview
Beretta Famila Schio has been one of EuroLeague Women’s standout teams thus far, and it’s certainly not lacking for WNBA talent. Watch Marina Mabrey and Rhyne Howard lead their Italian club into battle this week against the competition’s defending champion, Sopron Basket.
EuroLeague Women: Week 6 preview
Stephanie Mavunga is playing some of the best basketball of her career for Polish club BC Polkowice and is currently leading EuroLeague Women in rebounding. She’ll be a key player to watch in Week 6 of the competition when Polkowice takes on Yvonne Anderson and Tango Bourges Basket.
EuroLeague Women: Week 5 preview
EuroLeague Women returns from its late-November hiatus with several player transfers and additions. Most notably, Brittney Sykes has moved from Sopron Basket to Spar Girona, while Perfumerias Avenida has added Bridget Carleton to its roster.
EuroLeague Women: Week 4 preview
Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding finally got into the win column in Week 3, and things continue to look up as Emma Meesseman joins the team. Meanwhile, Alyssa Thomas continues to play superhuman basketball for ZVVZ USK Praha.
EuroLeague Women: Week 3 Preview
Arella Guirantes hit one of the biggest shots thus far in the 2022-23 EuroLeague Women season, helping DVTK-Hun-Therm past Kangoeroes Mechelen in the waning seconds of their Week 2 meeting. Guirantes remains one of the competition’s top players to watch entering Week 3.
EuroLeague Women: Week 2 preview
The WNBA season may be over, but Connecticut Sun star Alyssa Thomas is still putting in work. She recorded a triple-double in the opening week of the 2022-23 EuroLeague Women season, just one of many Week 1 highlights.
EuroLeague Women 2022-23 primer
Every winter, some of the world’s top basketball players head overseas to compete internationally. FIBA’s EuroLeague Women is the top level of that competition. Here’s what you need to know about who will be playing where for the 2022-23 season.
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2022-23 EuroLeague Women coverage
All our EuroLeague Women coverage from Eric Nemchock.
This Week in WBB: Clark, Jones, Watkins sign NIL deals with Nike
Bronny James’ high school classmate Juju Watkins joined the likes of James and women’s basketball college stars Caitlin Clark and Haley Jones as a Nike NIL signee.
Team USA defeats China in 2022 FIBA World Cup final
The United States Women’s National Team took home the gold in international play yet again, winning the 2022 FIBA World Cup in Sydney and automatically qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
World Cup semifinal recaps: Team USA cruises past Canada
A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart led the way for Team USA in a blowout win over Canada, while China needed some late-game heroics from Siyu Wang and a dominant performance from Xu Han to advance.
World Cup quarterfinal recaps: Alyssa Thomas stuffs stat sheet for victorious U.S.
Team USA cruised past Serbia and Canada, China, and Australia advanced as well, setting up our semifinal matchups.
World Cup Gameday 5 recaps
Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Gray starred for the Americans in a rout of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Here are recaps of all six games from the final day of group play in Sydney.
Wilson, Stewart to star for USA in 2022 World Cup
The 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup tips off this Wednesday, and Team USA will enter the competition aiming for its fourth consecutive gold medal. It will be favored to accomplish that goal, though things may be a little less certain than in years past.
2021-22 EuroLeague Women Final Four feature
And then there were four! The 2021-22 EuroLeague Women season concludes this weekend with the competition’s semifinal round and championship game. Perfumerias Avenida, ZVVZ USK Praha, Sopron Basket and Fenerbahçe Safiport are the competing teams.
EuroLeague Women: 2022 quarterfinals preview
The 2022 EuroLeague Women playoffs are underway and for the first time since 2018 a new champion will be crowned. Fenerbahçe Safiport, Perfumerias Avenida and ZVVZ USK Praha are the three teams most likely to win it all.
EuroLeague Women: Make-up games for week of Feb. 14, 2022
A handful of postponed EuroLeague Women games for the 2021-22 regular season still need to be made up, so FIBA has moved the postseason back to accommodate the make-ups. This week, Fenerbahçe Safiport takes aim at Beretta Famila Schio, which upset the Group B favorites earlier in the regular season.
EuroLeague Women: Week 14 preview
UMMC Ekaterinburg and Perfumerias Avenida played one of the highest-scoring games in EuroLeague history earlier this season. They’ll meet again in the final week of the 2021-22 regular season.
EuroLeague Women: Week 13 preview
We’re in the home stretch of the 2021-22 EuroLeague Women regular season, but COVID-19-related disruptions have made the remaining schedule a bit messy. It’s further complicated a tight playoff scenario in Group B, while Group A will need to wait until next week to determine its fourth and final postseason entry.
EuroLeague Women: Week 11 preview
ZVVZ USK Praha had a lengthy winning streak snapped by EuroLeague Women favorite UMMC Ekaterinburg last week, setting up a crucial matchup against Group A rival Perfumerias Avenida. We’re at the point in the season where every game is a must-win; which club will take control of the group’s second overall seed?
EuroLeague Women: Week 11 preview
COVID-19 has forced the postponement of several EuroLeague Women games as the competition resumes after its winter break. Week 11’s main attraction — a game between UMMC Ekaterinburg and ZVVZ USK Praha — will continue as scheduled, and it’s a matchup with massive playoff implications.