Greece beat Switzerland for EuroBasket Women Qualifiers

Greece beat Switzerland for the F Group of the EuroBasket Women 2017 Qualifiers in a game that took place in Chalkida, Greece. Great performance by Stella Kaltsidou with 23 points (8/13 FG), Kosma collected 9 rebounds, Chatzinikolaou served 6 assists and Maltsi 5 assists, Dimitrakou scored 14 points and collected 5 rebounds but had 2/7 three pointers. For Switzerland Giroud made 8 turnovers and had 0/8 field goals, a bad game except the 11 rebounds she collected. Rol had 7/12 field goals.

Greece - Switzerland 83-46
Quarters' scores: : 31-17, 45-28, 61-37, 83-46
Greece (Keramidas): Stavridou, Dimitrakou 14 (2), Chatzinikolaou 6, Chalivera 3 (1), Maltsi 9 (1), Lymoura, Sotiriou 4, Kosma 6 (1), Skiadopoulou 4, Spanou 4, Spyridopoulou 10 (2), Kaltsidou 23 (4).
Switzerland: Roth, Kassongo 7, Thalmann 9, Giroud, Rol 14, Twehues 12, Lugt, Schwarz 4, Studet, Fora, Herminjard, Tolusso.

Greece in EuroBasket Women 2017 qualifiers

Greece participates in Group F of EuroBasket Women 2017 qualifiers with Russia, Bulgaria and Switzerland.

Greece Women National Team roster

Soultana Chalivera
Olga Chatzinikolaou
Zoi Dimitrakou
Styliani Fouraki
Anastasia Gkotzi
Varvara-Evangelia Iskioglou
Aspasia Kalampakou
Dimitra Kalentzou
Styliani Kaltsidou
Afroditi Kosma
Sofia Kyriakopoulou
Iouliti Lymoura
Evanthia Maltsi
Petroula Mouli
Angeliki Nikolopoulou
Theodora Panteli
Pelagia Papamichail
Faidra Skiadopoulou
Aikaterini Sotiriou
Artemis Spanou
Anna Spyridopoulou
Evdokia Stamati
Nafsika Stavridou

Head Coach: Kostas Keramidas.

Greece starts with a home game against Switzerland in Chalkida, then plays in Bulgaria and back to Chalkida against Russia. Evanthia Maltsi returned to the team, and with Artemis Spanou, Stella Kaltsidou and Zoe Dimitrakou will try to go even better than the last tournament and reach quarter finals. Russia is the favourite for the first place, Greece will fight for the second one. Good luck the our girls!