Hungarian club Csata DSE already have a powerful reputation for bringing through rising stars and they enhanced their name after finishing first at an U14 tournament in their homeland recently.

Held in Sopron, home of the 2018 EuroLeague Women Quarter-Finalists, the competition involved 8 clubs, with 4 from Hungary, 2 from Spain, 1 from Czech Republic and 1 from Croatia.

Showcasing future FIBA stars of #FIBAU16Europe and subsequent editions, it was Csata DSE who took the top step of the podium as they beat Zsiros Akademia 84-40 in the Final. This was the ultimate outcome after a competition that began with the teams in two pools, with subsequent Semi-Finals, the Final and placings on the last day.

Most, if not all the clubs participating have either an already established or now burgeoning reputation as clubs who invest in youth basketball.

The performances of Czech powerhouse Zuzana Volsinska caught the eye and was one of the players of the tournament. She showed she can be erratic as 10 turnovers in a game would testify, but that rawness and huge minutes played at 14 years old will result in this. She had some huge games. These included a triple-double of 19 points, 14 rebounds and 10 steals against Soproni. She also had 25 points, 17 rebo8nds and 7 steals against Pesci. How much of this is due to accelerated maturity or talent, we will see in coming years.

There were some other interesting players we will be following and you will be able to read about in due course here at BlueStar Media. For now, here is how the tournament played out.

Finally, before you read on – a huge respect to Sopron for hosting the tournament and not least, for many of the EuroLeague Women and Hungary national teams stars for staying and watching these young guns, presenting many of them with their ‘Player of the Game’ certificates!

Clubs involved

Group A: SOPRONI DARAZSAK AKADÉMIA (HUN), GEIEG UNI GIRONA (ESP), SBS OSTRAVA (CZ), PÉCSI VSK AKADÉMIA (HUN)

Group B: CSATA DSE(HUN), ZAGREB (HR), SNATT’S FEMENI SANT ADRIA B (ESP), ZSÍROS AKADÉMIA (HUN)

Tournament Results

First Phase
16.02.2018.

CSATA DSE – SNATT’S FEMENI SANT ADRIA B 85-43 (26-9, 22-11, 22-12, 15-11)
Players of the game: Székely Réka/Alaix S. Mariona

GEIEG UNI GIRONA – SBS OSTRAVA 69-53 (12-10, 27-15, 13-16, 17-12)
Players of the game: Riera Alba/Pietraszova Dominika

ZSÍROS AKADÉMIA – ZAGREB 92-75 (27-16, 15-17, 27-20, 23-22)
Players of the game: Turi Eszter/Lujic Korina

SOPRONI DARAZSAK AKADÉMIA – PÉCSI VSK AKADÉMIA 52-39 (16-3, 13-17, 13-9, 10-10)
Players of the game: Pfeiffer Virág/Balogh Boglárka

17.02.2018.

PÉCSI VSK AKADÉMIA – GEIEG UNI GIRONA 70-56 (13-11, 23-16, 24-14, 10-15)
Players of the game: Temes Boróka/Berta Ribas

SNATT’S FEMENI SANT ADRIA B – ZSÍROS AKADÉMIA 54-68 (14-20, 16-20, 10-17, 14-11)
Players of the game: Gonzalez C. Lucia/Takács Dorina

ZAGREB – CSATA DSE 46-69 (10-16, 20-20, 3-10, 13-23)
Players of the game: Klara Biscan/Toman Petra

SOPRONI DARAZSAK AKADÉMIA – SBS OSTRAVA 69-72 (19-19, 20-12, 10-16, 20-25)
Players of the game: Pfeiffer Virág/Eliska Kleinova

18.02.2018

SBS OSTRAVA – PÉCSI VSK AKADÉMIA 71-59 (17-16, 13-20, 25-5, 16-18)
Players of the game: Zuzana Vlosinska/Pálfi Veronika

CSATA DSE – ZSÍROS AKADÉMIA 61-37 (14-10, 15-6, 18-11, 14-10)
Players of the game: Farkas Szonja/Mihaleszkó Anna

ZAGREB – SNATT’S FEMENI SANT ADRIA B 68-64 (14-22, 20-18, 14-13, 20-11)
Players of the game: Lucija Tikvicki/Fernandez P. Estrella

GEIEG UNI GIRONA – SOPRONI DARAZSAK AKADÉMIA 58-49 (10-19, 16-10, 12-8, 20-12)
Players of the game: Leal Sibil-La/Gyöngyösi Janka

Group A
GEIEG UNI GIRONA
SBS OSTRAVA
SOPRONI DARAZSAK AKADÉMIA
PÉCSI VSK AKADÉMIA

Group B
CSATA DSE
ZSÍROS AKADÉMIA
ZAGREB
SNATT’S FEMENI SANT ADRIA B

20.02.2018. Semi Finals

SOPRONI DARAZSAK AKADÉMIA – SNATT’S FEMENI SANT ADRIA B 68-55 (10-18, 20-15, 21-7, 17-15)
Players of the game: Berki Georgnia/Sanchez C. Aina

ZAGREB – PÉCSI VSK AKADÉMIA 61-62 (17-18, 14-12, 14-9, 16-23)
Players of the game: Dora Lokmer/Szkladán Zsuzsanna

GEIEG UNI GIRONA – ZSÍROS AKADÉMIA 74-78 (20-17, 18-21, 25-17, 11-23)
Players of the game: Elsa Cadenas/Sándor Alexandra

CSATA DSE – SBS OSTRAVA 65-35 (20-7, 13-3, 15-14, 17-11)
Players of the game: Lengyel Boróka/Kynclova Michaela

21.02.2018 – Finals

7th place
SNATT’S FEMENI SANT ADRIA B – ZAGREB 48-60 (14-19, 10-11, 7-19, 17-11)
Players of the game: Marina T. Sanz/Lucija Tikvicki

5th place
SOPRONI DARAZSAK AKADÉMIA – PÉCSI VSK AKADÉMIA 52-41 (10-12, 16-5, 20-13, 6-11)
Players of the game: Máté Rebeka/Bukovszky Kitt és Schmidt Laura megosztva

3rd place
GEIEG UNI GIRONA – SBS OSTRAVA 52-56 (10-17, 14-11, 13-16, 15-12)
Players of the game: Laura Alonso/Zatopkova Sara

Final

ZSÍROS AKADÉMIA – CSATA DSE 40-84 (12-22, 11-31, 7-16, 10-15)
Players of the game: Nagy Réka/Gelei Karola

Final Placings

CSATA DSE
2. ZSÍROS AKADÉMIA
3. SBS OSTRAVA
4. GEIEG UNI GIRONA
5. SOPRONI DARAZSAK AKADÉMIA
6. PÉCSI VSK AKADÉMIA
7. ZAGREB
8. SNATT’S FEMENI SANT ADRIA