The Lithuanian women’s team did not enter the European Championship for the third time in a row / News

The Lithuanian women’s team (0-3) lost the opportunity to enter the Eurocup. Mantas Šernius student selection window in Istanbul 55:67 (9:19, 20:14, 7:21, 19:13) landed on host Turkey (2-2).

Now the Lithuanians are two victories behind the Turkish team, which is in second place, and until the end of the national team our team only have one game left.

The Lithuanians will occupy the last and third places in Group E. The Albanian team, which played in Group E and was defeated by the Lithuanians, was eliminated from the tournament and did not enter the bubble-based tournament in November.

Lithuania did not enter the third consecutive European Championship. Before that, our European championships had not been missed six times in a row, from 2005 to 2015.

On Saturday, the Lithuanians will play the final qualifying match with the Serbs marching undefeated.

The winners of the nine groups and the first five finalists will be in the Old Continent.

Labuckiene Hard Points:

The Turkish basketball player started the game with a ray of 10: 0, he had an advantage of 12 points at the end of the first half (19: 7), but ours answered 17: 5 and tied the result (24:24). After two halves, the hosts had a 4-point lead (33:29).

The Turks took the lead in the third quarter, finishing 11-0 and gaining an 18-point lead (51:33). For the rest of the time, the Lithuanians were the closest to a 13-point deficit.

At the end of the match and the Turks leading confidently, the Turkish team coach Ceyhun Yildizoglu, who had committed two technical fouls, was expelled from the match.

Kamilė Nacickaitė, who scored 17 points in 36 minutes (3/8 doubles, 3/8 trit., 2/2 penalties), played the most for the Lithuanian team. Giedrė Labuckienė came close to a double – 15 points (7/10 doubles) and 9 balls caught.

Justė Jocytė, 15, scored 8 points (4/11 doubles) in 23 minutes, bounced 2 balls and had 4 assists.

Comments from Mantas Šernius and Justė Jocytė:

Gabija Meškonytė and Laurita Jurčiūtė, who suffered injuries, and Laura Juškaitė, who recently suffered a coronavirus, were unable to help the Lithuanian national team.

Lithuania: Kamilė Nacickaitė 17, Giedrė Labuckienė 15 (ninth room), Gintarė Petronytė 9 (fifth room), Justė Jocytė 8 (fourth copy), Audronė Zdanevičiūtė 3.

Turkey: Pelin Bilgic 12, Olcay Cakir 11, Sheriff Onar and Gizem Yavuz 10 each.