The women's team of Ukraine in basketball lost in the 5th round of the qualification tournament for the European Championship 2025. Evgenia Murzin's wards on the parquet of the multifunctional arena "

Ukraine started the match with a great start, led 5-0 thanks to the exact throws and confident protection. Portugal quickly played the difference and in the middle of the quarter leveled the score. The moment stood out when the Ukrainian team did not let the Portuguese go forward after she scored several fast points.

One of the important episodes was Filevich’s three -point throw, which increased the gap of Ukraine until 15:10. However, Portugal continued to fight and, thanks to free shots and a good game in the attack, was able to reduce the difference, completing the first quarter with a minimum lag - 16:17.

The second ten-minute began in this way: " The key point was a series of mistakes and losses that allowed the rivals to recoup.

Ukraine missed a few good chances: with account 23:27, Yagupova did not hit the three-point, and the Ur-Nile missed the middle distance. Soon, the teams were realized by a long throw and the score was equal.

An unpleasant mistake was the unsuccessful entry of the ball after a violation of the time for the attack, as well as several losses when moving into an attack. Ultimately, despite attempts to hold the pace of the game, Ukraine lost in the end, leaving for a big break with an equal score of 29:29.

In the third period, the housewives dominated the parquet and 42:34 were the leader in the course of the segment, but then Yagupov and the Ur-Nile were able to reduce the lag-42:40.

Alas, the fourth quarter has become a formality. Ukrainian basketball players made many mistakes in defense, allowing opponents to attack with various distances than the Spanks successfully used. By the middle of the half, Portugal led 15: 0. Only 4 minutes before the final siren Victoria Balaban was able to abandon the first points.

For the European Championship, which will be held in the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece and Italy from June 19 to 29, 2025. 8 winners of the groups will come out, as well as the 4 best second qualifications, for the definition of which all matches in the group will be taken into account. The European Championship will be held in four countries - the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Greece in the summer of 2025. Each country will accept matches of one of the four groups of the main round, and the playoff matches will be held in Greece.

Recall that in the 4th round the " In the 3rd round, Ukraine defeated Northern Macedonia (98:49). On November 9, the female team of Ukraine in basketball lost to the Serbia team in the 1st round of qualifications for the European Championship (40:82).

November 12, 2023 In the 2nd round, our girls lost to the Portuguese team. The match in Riga at the Rimi Olympic Center site ended with a score of 63:78.