Greece’s national women’s basketball team crushed their Turkish rivals on Thursday, gaining a ticket to the FIBA Eurobasket Womens semi-finals in Prague with a score of 84-55.
This marks the first time the women’s team reaches the final four in the Eurobasket, in a game that has also secured its place in the World Cup in 2018 in Spain (September 22-30).
The ‘star player’ was Evina Maltsi, who scored a double double with 25 points and 10 rebounds.
In the semi-finals, the girls on the Greek team will face the winner of Thursday’s match between France and Slovakia, which begins at 21:30.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated the women’s national basketball team for reaching FIBA Eurobasket Women’s semi-finals.
“Congratulations to the Women’s National Team for advancing to the semi-finals of the Eurobasket. Girls, you made us proud again!” Tsipras tweeted.
“Congratulations to the Women’s National Basketball Team for winning Turkey and reaching the final four. Bravo to our girls!” tweeted Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
