Belarusian basketball-players to compete with Latvia national team for bronze medal

The Belarusian women’s basketball team was defeated in the semi-final of the European championship yesterday. Our players lost to the Spanish team — 54:70. As a result, Belarusians will compete for the third place with the Latvian team today. Russia and Spain will participate in the final.

Due to the fact that our national team was one of the best five teams in Europe it got the right to take part in the Olympic Games in Peking.