{"id":89089,"date":"2023-06-14T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=89089"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:03:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:03:52","slug":"showing-something-special-israel-readies-for-eurobasket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/showing-something-special-israel-readies-for-eurobasket\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing something special: Israel readies for Eurobasket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Israel makes its final preparations for the FIBA EuroBasket, which tips off later this week, coach Sharon Drucker and captain Eden Rotberg spoke to the media on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur expectation, if someone knows the history of women\u2019s basketball and the EuroBasket, our goal is to show something special,\u201d Drucker said. \u201cI think we have a group of ladies that are very determined and very big motivated \u2013 honestly, I haven\u2019t seen this level of motivation in a long time. They want to go and play, to show, to prove and I think for all the fans, all the young generation that will come and watch our national team, our goal is that they will see heart, they will see them giving the maximum on the floor and they will show pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited,\u201d Rotberg added. \u201cIt\u2019s our dream to play here in front of our crowd \u2013 our families, everyone \u2013 it\u2019s our honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, the team announced its final 12-person roster for the tournament. Rotberg is joined by Daniel Karash, Gili Eisner, Yarden Garzon, Alyssa Baron, Lior Garzon, Jennie Simms, Eden Zipel, Tal Sahar, Tslil Vaturi, Daniel Raber and Alex Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament begins on June 15, with the group stages being held in Tel Aviv and Slovenia. The Shlomo Group Arena &#8211; Drive In in Tel Aviv will host all three of Israel\u2019s games against Belgium on Thursday, Italy on Friday and the Czech Republic on Sunday. Tickets are on sale now at http:\/\/womenseurobasket2023.co.il, at an affordable price of 50 Shekels per game, giving Israel basketball fans the opportunity to see a first-class international tournament live in their backyard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Israel makes its final preparations for the FIBA EuroBasket, which tips off later this week, coach Sharon Drucker and captain Eden Rotberg spoke to the media on Tuesday evening. \u201cOur expectation, if someone knows the history of women\u2019s basketball and the EuroBasket, our goal is to show something special,\u201d Drucker said. \u201cI think we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":89199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-89089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-israel","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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