Current Cowgirl basketball player Selale Kepenc will represent her home country of Turkey while incoming freshmen Karla Erjavec and Tereza Vitulova have been selected to represent their home countries of Croatia and Czech Republic in the upcoming FIBA U20 Women’s European Championships. The event will run from July 7-15 at Antonio Alexe Arena in Oradea, Romania and Novomatic Arena II in Sopron, Hungary.
There are four groups in Division B with five teams in each in group. In Group B with Turkey and the Czech Republic are with Belarus, Bulgaria and Denmark. Turkey’s first competition will be on Saturday, July 7 against Denmark, followed by contest against the Czech Republic, July 8, Belarus, July 9, Iceland, July 11 and Bulgaria, July 12. Vitulova’s first game will be on Saturday, July 7, against Belarus. The team will face Turkey in the next game, followed by Iceland, July, 9, Bulgaria, July 11 and Denmark, July 12
In Division A, there are two groups of six teams each. Croatia is in Group C with Hungary, Latvia and Poland. The team’s first competition will be on July 7, against Croatia, followed by Poland, July 8, and Latvia, July 9.
All teams will then advance to the playoff round of 16. Groups A and B, C and D will play crossover games with the top eight moving on to the quarterfinals.
A junior from Istanbul, Turkey, Kepenc played in 25 games off the bench during her sophomore campaign. She averaged 3.5 points and 1.3 rebounds. She had a breakout game with a career-high 15 points in a key win for the Cowgirls against New Mexico.
Erjavec, from Zagreb, Croatia, has been a member of both the U18 and U20 National Team. This past season, she helped the U19 team to a championship and was the top scorer, while being a member of the national school basketball championship.
Vitulova, from Domasov, Czech Republic, has been a member of the U18 and U20 National Team. Last summer, she averaged 10.4 points, 4.9 rebounds while helping the team to a fourth place finish at the U18 FIBA Women’s European Championships.
FIBA Europe is one of five Regions of FIBA (along with Africa, Americas, Oceania and Asia) and is responsible for controlling and developing the sport of basketball in Europe.
Among the responsibilities of FIBA Europe are promoting, supervising and directing international competition at the club and national team levels, as well as governing and appointing European international referees.
FIBA Europe is an international federation whose membership consists of the national basketball federations of Europe, of which there are currently 50 members. The highest decision making body is the Board of FIBA Europe which consists of 25 persons elected by the National Federations.
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