BiH Women’s Basketball Team solemnly welcomed in Sarajevo

The women’s basketball national team was solemnly welcomed today at the Sarajevo City Hall after returning from the European Championship, where they won the fifth place. 
 
With a convincing victory in Valencia, the BiH women’s basketball team secured a place in the qualifying tournament for the World Cup, which will be held in February next year.
 
Mayor of Sarajevo, Benjamina Karic, congratulated the basketball players on this success on behalf of the citizens of Sarajevo and thanked them for making them proud.
 
The team’s manager Razija Mujanovic said that this is the first great success of this national team, but that it will not be the last, because their strength is in togetherness and a good atmosphere.
 
The head coach of the national team, Goran Lojo, stated that he was overjoyed with the success achieved and that he would try to have such successes in the future as well, since they face new challenges and qualifications.
 
National team member Milica Deura said that she is proud of the girls from the national team who achieved extraordinary results and made a historic success, Fena news agency writes.

BiH basketball players were supposed to found out the final ranking after the match between Spain and Russia (which was held yesterday at 3 p.m.). Since Russia won, our basketball players took fifth place.

Our selection has secured a place in the qualifications for the World Cup, which will be held from September 22nd to October 1st, 2022 in Australia.

In the qualifications that will be played in February 2022, 16 national teams that took the best placements at the continental championships will participate. The six best teams from Europe, the four best from the United States (U.S.), the four best from Asia, and the two best from Africa will play.