Slovenia looks future-proof with rising star Sivka
Slovenia looks future-proof with rising star Sivka. DEBRECEN (Slovenia) – Ajsa Sivka, who possesses remarkable skills, was the primary factor in Slovenia’s victory in their opening game at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.
This success came as a result of Slovenia’s ability to outscore its opponent. This win was almost surreal, and Slovenia was the reason why it happened in the first place.
Before the curtain was opened in Sopron, it was predicted that Sivka would be one of the tournament’s stars to watch, and he lived up to those expectations by scoring 20 points in an extremely dramatic victory over Australia that required overtime. The final score was 87-80 in favor of Sivka’s team in the contest.
The shockingly high placement of Slovenia in the top six of the pre-tournament Power Rankings, as well as the fact that they are by far the lowest-ranked team in the FIBA World Ranking offered by NIKE for girls participating in the competition, has caused several people’s eyebrows to be raised. This is because Slovenia is the lowest-ranked team in the FIBA World Ranking offered by NIKE for girls.
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Sivka was delighted that Slovenia showed the world that they are capable of competing and that they lived up to the anticipation that existed prior to the tournament by dazzling in their first round. However, they did live up to the anticipation that existed prior to the competition.
“It’s amazing to win because it was such a vital game for us,” she exclaimed with joy after the victory.
“Both the work that we performed and the game that we played was, in my opinion, of an exceptionally high calibre when viewed on their whole. The success that we had was due to a multitude of circumstances, some of which occurred on the court while others occurred off of it. The great degree of discipline that our squad possesses gave us the distinct idea that this was always going to be a match that we would win in. As a result, we went into this contest with the confidence that we would prevail.”
Sivka continued by saying, “I believe that we are a very little country, and other countries may not be familiar with who we are; yet, I think that we will show them in this tournament what we are all about.”
It is essential for Slovenia to have basketball players who can secure the country’s future, including rising talents like Sivka. It is pretty significant.
Even though Slovenia has only witnessed its meteoric rise to renown in the past six years, this development has been nothing short of meteoric. This was accomplished by taking part in the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket for the first time in 2017 and then taking part in the tournament once again in both 2019 and 2021.
In addition to this, they will co-host the event in 2023 with Israel. Israel will be the other host country. Because of this, having the mental capacity to envision the current momentum continuing in the medium to long-term is of the utmost importance.
Sivka grinned and responded with “My heroes are Zala Friskovec and Teja Oblak” when asked what she would like most about making the transition to that senior team.
She went on to remark, “I believe that they are such fantastic players, and I love playing with them whenever I can. I also love watching them play whenever I get the chance.”
If Sivka continues to perform at this level and stays on this track, she will have a very small chance of being able to list those players as her FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2023 colleagues next June.
Sivka will have had a complete season to develop her powers by the time the big tip-off comes around the following year because she will have been playing for Beretta Famila Schio in the EuroLeague Women throughout that period. Despite the fact that the young athlete had previously been coached by Tony Parker’s LDLC ASVEL Feminin, the Italian giants have recently made a move to acquire her services. This is despite the fact that the young player had been coached by Tony Parker.
Everyone should now understand the reasoning behind it. And despite their considerable progress thus far, Sivka and Slovenia have just scratched the surface of the opportunities that lay ahead for them on this epic journey.