"Uni Gyor" (Hungary) - BC "Prometey" (Ukraine). October 20. 19:00. EuroCup Women. Group stage. Group "B". 2nd tour. Gyor (Hungary). Gyor University Hall. Broadcast - Youtube.com/FIBA
Exactly one week after the start of this season's EuroCup Women, the Prometey women's team will play in the second tour of the group stage of this tournament. The opponent is the well-known Hungarian club "Uni Gyor". It represents the city of Győr with a population of about 130 thousand inhabitants, which is located 130 kilometers west of the Hungarian capital Budapest and about the same distance from the Austrian capital Vienna. Last season, the teams also crossed paths in the group stage of the second-ranked women's European tournament, and then a convincing victory with a score of 83:56 was obtained by "Uni Gyor".
Prometey's opponent has become the champion of Hungary only once (season 2011/2012), and has not won the Cup of the country. At the same time, the Hungarian club has a huge experience of performances in European Cups: four times they participated in the Women's Euroleague (the last time - in the 2016/2017 season), and this season is their eleventh in the FIBA European Cup. However, in the last four draws of the tournament, "Uni Gyor" did not rise further the group stage.
Uni Gyor questioned his place in the playoffs at the start of the current tournament. Last Tuesday, the team lost the away match to Turkish "Elazig" 67:74, and that is why success in the confrontation with "Prometey" is extremely necessary for the opponent of our team. In Turkey, the most productive player of "Uni Gyor" was 23-year-old American playmaker Aarion MacDonald - 27 points. She appeared in the team in the current summer off-season, as well as two other legionnaires - Orozhova and Markovich. 28-year-old forward Sabina Orozhova represents Slovakia, her peer Nevena Markovic (number 4/5) - Serbia. In the match against "Elazig" Markovich collected 11 rebounds, Orozhova - 6 (the second result in the team together with Agnes Torok).
Compared to last season, the Hungarian part of the roster of the "Prometey’s" rival has undergone small changes. Deborah Dubei, Virag Weninger, Agnes Thorok, Dombai River, Boroka Revezh retained their positions in the team. Agnes Thorok, who plays in the position of the fourth number stands out from this list and feels great in a hard fight, in addition, she is a left-handed, which is a great inconvenience for rivals.
In general, "Uni Gyor" started the season rather mediocre. In addition to the defeat of "Elazig", the team suffered two setbacks in the Hungarian championship, and the last – on the previous Sunday, when the club from Győr with a score of 67:43 was beaten by "Sopron". But here, of course, first of all it is necessary to take into account that "Sopron" is a recognized leader of women's Hungarian club basketball in recent years.
As for our team, it arrived in Gyor with excellent baggage from 8 victories this season in three tournaments at once. If this series continues, Victoria Bolshakova's team will have a great prospect of reaching the playoffs, although all participants in Group B in the tournament will not even reach the equator of the group round.
Let’s wish our team success in tomorrow's match. It’s course can be followed at 19:00 on the FIBA YouTube channel.
