The women’s basketball team reached the final by rolling

women’s basketball World Cup qualifier, semi-final:
Hungary – Great Britain 82-59 (23-15, 22-16, 18-14, 19-14)
the best pitchers of the Hungarian team: Kiss 17 points, Lelik 15, Studer 11

The team of national team captain Péter Völgyi started with a 63-61 defeat against Senegal on Monday, then the next day won a dominant 97-60 victory over the best of the Philippines, and on Thursday beat the Brazilians 87-66, thus finishing second in Group C further. In the semi-finals of the eight-team African tournament on Saturday, the British national team was waiting for him, which also reached the final four with a 2/1 victory record, as the first place in the D quartet.

We dominated the semi-final all the way

The meeting got off to a rough start, both sides had a lot of technical errors. The Hungarian national team found themselves with a six-point streak, while local elementary school children dressed in Hungarian jerseys danced and cheered for them in the auditorium. Péter Völgyi’s team ended the first half with an eight-point advantage, then quickly increased it to 15 points and almost kept it until the break.

The biggest difference up to that point was 55-37 in the third quarter, from where the islanders got closer to 12 points (55-43). In the final half, the Hungarian advantage reached twenty points for the first time (65-45), and from there the national team did not let its rival get any closer.

On the other side, the hosts will face Senegal in the semi-finals from 20:00. The Hungarian national team will play the final match of the competition with the winner of that meeting on Sunday from 5:00 p.m., and the final winner will qualify for the World Cup qualifiers in March 2026.

There are 16 national teams participating in the 2026 World Cup in Berlin. Only 12 teams participated in the previous World Cup in 2022, which was hosted by Australia.