{"id":18702,"date":"2026-08-02T05:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T05:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/02\/greece-defeats-north-macedonia-at-womens-eurobasket\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T05:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T05:39:38","slug":"greece-defeats-north-macedonia-at-womens-eurobasket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/02\/greece-defeats-north-macedonia-at-womens-eurobasket\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece Defeats North Macedonia At Women&#8217;s EuroBasket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"G\">\n<h3><strong>Greece\u2019s U18 Women\u2019s National Team recorded its second consecutive victory at the FIBA U18 Women\u2019s EuroBasket Division B, defeating North Macedonia 73-42 in Tulcea, Romania.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Greece gradually took control of the contest before effectively putting the game beyond reach in the first half. The team built a commanding 40-20 lead by halftime, using relentless defensive pressure and forcing 13 steals in the opening 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek side maintained its dominance after the break, dictating the tempo on both ends of the court and denying North Macedonia any chance of a comeback before sealing a convincing 31-point victory.<\/p>\n<p>Kakkara led Greece\u2019s scoring with 20 points, while Fousteri added 16 points and Yfantopoulou contributed 13.<\/p>\n<p>Greece will look to extend its unbeaten start when it faces Slovakia on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Quarter scores:<\/em> 19-13, 40-20, 51-31, 73-42.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greece<strong>:<\/strong><\/em> Kakkara 20, Fousteri 16, Prodromidi 5, Chliaoutaki 6, Tsianaka 5, Viga, Yfantopoulou 13, Toumpaniari 4, Kampaka 2, Samanta 2, Kavelidi.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/08\/02\/greece-defeats-north-macedonia-at-womens-eurobasket\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece\u2019s U18 Women\u2019s National Team recorded its second consecutive victory at the FIBA U18 Women\u2019s EuroBasket Division B, defeating North Macedonia 73-42 in Tulcea, Romania. Greece gradually took control of the contest before effectively putting the game beyond reach in the first half. The team built a commanding 40-20 lead by halftime, using relentless defensive &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Greece Defeats North Macedonia At Women&#8217;s EuroBasket\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/02\/greece-defeats-north-macedonia-at-womens-eurobasket\/#more-18702\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greece Defeats North Macedonia At Women&#8217;s EuroBasket\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/win.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}