From derby to derby

From 6 pm on Sunday we are closing this week with the 63rd Sopron-Szekszárd league game in which we can't have any goal other than keeping our unbeaten streak alive.

Our rivals currently occupy the third place on the league table with a 4-1 record. They have collected their wins very confidently, while they have suffered their only defeat away from home against DVTK after a great battle. They are following a flawless pattern in EuroCup, last time out they celebrated a victory playing guests to Germand side Herner TC.

From the names that are well-known in the club the trio of Hungarian national team member Ágnes Studer, WNBA player Erica McCall and Ivana Dojkic, the prospect of Croatian basketball is delivering a solid performance game by game. The latter has even raised the quality of her game and her consistency. Summer signing Marie Ruzickova has fit in the new system quite quickly. The Slovakian player isn't unknown for us either. Back when she was really young she played for us for a while as a part of the agreement with Zala Volán. They have lost the American player Marshall due to an injury, her place was taken by her fellow American Daniel Cherise Michelle, with whom they were not going for the unknown, because she has played for her a few years back. It is obvious, that they are hurt by the absence of Lívia Gereben - to whom we hereby wish all the best- but we can still be sure that they will be there in crunchtime of the championship.

Our team is getting in better and better form by the passing of every single day. Our defense is already Euroleague level, which helps us through weaker periods in offense in almost every game. Montpellier, Győr and Fenerbahce have all struggled to play against our defense. Since Szekszárd is also building on that, it is most likely that it will characterize the game on Sunday. We are counting on our enthusiastic fans as well, who, equipped with the free clappers, have created a fantastic atmosphere against the Turkish, helping the girls through critical moments.

We have asked Virág Weninger about her expectations before the game.



Tickets can be purchased at the venue for 1200 HUF. Entry to the game is free of charge below the age of 14 and above 70!

The game can be followed via live online statistics, at the federation's website and via live online video streaming courtesy of sport.mindigo.hu.

Sopron vs. Szekszárd

62 games
57 wins/5 losses
5409 points scored/3853 conceded

- 2019-10-26

FIBA has informed the Hungarian Federation that from the 8th to the 16th of August 2020 Sopron will host the U20 Women's European Championship

The Polish beat their rivals in the league with ease

A lengyelek nagyon simán verték aktuális ellenfelüket a bajnokságban

Our young player is spending her first season with us

A Nemzetközi Kosárlabda Szövetség (FIBA) arról tájékoztatta a magyar szövetséget (MKOSZ), hogy 2020

November 17-én Sopronban fogadja Szlovákia nemzeti csapatát válogatottunk, mely szombaton reggel, a Novomatic Aréna Akadémiai Oktatóközpontjában megkezdte a felkészülést a selejtező mérkőzésekre

Hétfőtől Európa legjobb leány U16-os bajnokcsapatai lepik el a Novomatic Arénát

We built a big lead in the first half but then Lyon managed to come back into the game and turned it their way in a real nail-biter

Ellentétes félidők mérkőzésén a második játékrészben sajnos nem tudtuk fenntartani a játékunk színvonalát, így hiába vezettünk 19 ponttal a 21

Our team will be facing a new challenge from 8 pm on Wednesday

Szerda este 20 órakor újabb kihívás elé néz csapatunk

Our next Euroleague rivals came away with a victory of an almost 40-point margin in the French league

Következő Euroliga-ellenfelünk hazai pályán aratott közel negyvenpontos sikert a francia bajnokságban

It took us a while to crack ZTE's defense and get into rhythm but in the end we came away with a confident victory from Zalaegerszeg

Két kulcsemberünk hiányát is ellensúlyozni tudtuk, és remek játékkal, szurkolóink hathatós támogatása mellett, magabiztos sikert arattunk Zalaegerszegen

Because of the FIBA international qualifiers there will be a short pause in the schedule, before which we are facing a two-game road trip, one of which will take place on Sunday in Zalaegerszeg

A válogatott selejtezők miatt novemberben kisebb szünet következik a menetrendben, melyet megelőzően még két idegenbeli túra vár ránk, az egyik vasárnap, Zalaegerszegre

The hosts got off to a good start with a 10-2 run and they carried that advantage all the way through the game until the final buzzer

Túl sok nehézséggel találtuk ma szembe magunkat, így a nagy küzdés ellenére, elszenvedtük első vereségünket a szezonban

There are only four unbeaten teams left in Euroleague, one of which is ours