They dreamed of it and they did it. The ESBVA-LM basketball players qualified this Wednesday, in Hungary, for the Final Four (April 12 to 14).
By beating Miskolc in the quarter-final support match (73-58), Villeneuves wrote a new page in their history in this extraordinary season on the European scene. Opposed for the third time in three weeks to the Hungarian club with the aim of deciding between them (66-78 defeat in the first leg, 63-59 victory in the return), the vice-champions of France 2023 put up a great battle in hostile terrain . The northern players dominated the Hungarian club after leading the entire match and starting a great match with a 14-0.
First Final Four in ten years
Thanks to this victory, the Lille Metropolis club becomes the first French basketball club to qualify for the Final Four of the Women’s Euroleague in 10 years. Remarkable performance for this team which reached the quarter-finals of the best European club competition for the first time in its history. They thus succeed Bourges, the last French club to have reached (in 2014) the last four, under the era of Céline Dumerc.
To celebrate this return to this level of competition of a French team, the Northern club could be tempted to organize this Final Four, provided that it can meet the conditions and in particular offer a room worthy of the event. . Its usual venue, the Palacium, can only accommodate 2,300 spectators. Too little for this meeting of the continental elite.
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2024-03-07 18:14:42
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