Emma Meesseman (born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional

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player for Fenerbahçe of the

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and EuroLeague Women. After playing basketball in Belgium, Meesseman was drafted by the

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with the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft. She has also played for the Belgian national team and several European professional teams. She was named the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year and the

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. Meesseman studied physical education at

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Professional career

Europe

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Meesseman's club career began at the age of 16. She played domestically for the Blue Cats, based in her birth town of

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, and in the EuroCup for Lotto Young Cats, also in her native Belgium. In her second season with the Blue Cats, she helped win the team its first national title and was named Belgium Championship MVP. In 2012, she joined ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq of the

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. In her second year with the club she played in her third EuroCup, reaching the semi-finals before falling to WBC Dynamo Moscow.

Russia

Meesseman played for Spartak Moscow from 2014 to 2016, competing in two EuroCup tournaments. In February 2016, she was acquired by

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. With UMMC Ekaterinburg, Meesseman won the Russian National League championship in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Meesseman and

won the

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, Europe's premium basketball competition for women, in April 2016. Having missed out on the final in 2017 and finished 3rd, Meesseman and

won the

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. Meesseman, averaging 19 points in the Final Four tournament, was elected Final Four MVP. Meesseman and

followed this up with further

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wins in seasons 2018–19 and 2020–21.

Fenerbahçe

She signed with Fenerbahçe Istanbul on 1 July 2022 for EuroLeague Women season. Meesseman, who won

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championship and the 2022–23 Basketball Super League championship with the Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding jersey in the 2022–2023 season, was selected as the regular season MVP in EuroLeague Women and also been in 2022–23 All-EuroLeague First Team. On 26 July 2023, she signed with the club for one year deal. In the 2023–24 season, she helped her club back to back win the

2023–24 EuroLeague Women The 2023–24 EuroLeague Women was the 66th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA Europe, FIBA, and the 27th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women. Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball), Fe ...

championship and the 2023–24 Basketball Super League championship for the sixth time in a row, also selected as the regular season MVP in EuroLeague Women and also been in 2023–24 All-EuroLeague First Team. On 4 August 2024, she renewed her contract with the team for 2024–25 season.

WNBA

Meesseman was drafted 19th overall in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft by the

. In her rookie season, Meesseman was a back-up center on the Mystics' roster, averaging 4.4 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game in 34 games with 1 start. In the 2014 season, Meesseman became the starting center for the Mystics and averaged 10.1 points per game and a career-high 6.4 rebounds per game. In the 2015 season, Meesseman would play outside her natural position after being moved to power forward in the Mystics' starting line-up to make room for Stefanie Dolson at the center position. Meesseman would have a breakout season in 2015, averaging 11.6 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game, was ranked fifth in blocks per game and also added three-point shooting to her skill set. Meesseman scored a career-high 24 points to go along with 10 rebounds in a loss against the

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on 19 June 2015. She also made her first career all-star game appearance after being voted into the

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. In 2016, Meesseman signed a three-year contract extension with the Mystics. During the 2016 season, Meesseman would have the best season of her career thus far, averaging a career-high 15.2 points per game and led the league in three-point field goal percentage. In 2017, after the Mystics traded Dolson to the

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, Meesseman continued her role at the power forward spot in the starting lineup. In the Mystics' season opener, Meesseman scored 13 points along with 8 rebounds in an 89–74 victory over the

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. During the 2017 season, Meesseman left the Mystics after the first four games due to overseas commitment to play for her national team during the

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world championship qualifying tournament. She returned on 12 May 2017 for practice and was activated to play on the Mystics' roster on 28 June 2017. On 30 July 2017 Meesseman scored a new career-high of 30 points along with 10 rebounds in a 77–70 victory over the

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. The Mystics secured a playoff berth as the #6 seed in the league with an 18–16 record. In the first round elimination game, the Mystics defeated the

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86–76, Meesseman scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. They advanced to the second round elimination game, where they defeated the #3-seeded

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, 82–68, advancing to the semi-finals, making it the first time in franchise history where the Mystics have advanced past the second round. Meeeseman scored 5 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in the win. In the semi-finals, the Mystics were defeated by the

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in a 3-game sweep. In January 2018, it was announced that Meesseman would sit out the entire 2018 season to play for Team Belgium in the

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tournament. Without Meesseman, the Mystics would make a run to the WNBA Finals, but were defeated in a 3-game sweep by the

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. In 2019, Meesseman returned to the Mystics and played most of the season off the bench. With her return and strong contribution off the bench, the Mystics would finish as the number 1 seed with a 26–8 record, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the Mystics defeated the

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3–1, advancing to the WNBA Finals for the second year in a row. Meesseman's presence and off-the-bench heroics earned her Finals MVP honors as the Mystics defeated the

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in five games. Meesseman became the first European player to be named Finals MVP and only the second international player in league history (the first was

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). In 2020, the season was delayed and shortened to 22 games in a bubble at

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due to the

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. On 5 August 2020 Meesseman scored a season-high 24 points along with 13 rebounds in a 83–77 victory over the Las Vegas Aces. During the season, the Mystics were shorthanded with key players leaving in free agency and sitting out for health concerns as they finished 9–13 with the number 8 seed. Meesseman had returned to the starting lineup with increased playing time. They would lose 85–84 to the

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in the first round elimination game. Ahead of the 2022 season, Meesseman signed with the

, where she was reunited with her Belgian national teammates Julie Allemand and

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(with the latter serving as an assistant coach).

International

Meesseman made her debut for Belgium at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women. In the final, Meesseman led the team to victory 77–49 over France, herself scoring 25 points, and was named tournament MVP. On 25 November 2015 she scored 31 points, made seventeen rebounds and five assists for the women's senior team in a

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qualifier against

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EuroBasket

Meesseman led Belgium to a best ever finish in

, a bronze medal, and was named to the All-Star Five of the tournament. With this finish in the top 5 of

, the

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qualified for the

. Before this, the

had never qualified for a World Championships or the Olympic Games. Continuing on from her strong performance at

, Meesseman led the

to a top finish in group C, besting (then second-ranked team in the world) Spain. The Belgian Cats next beat (the then third-ranked team in the world) France in the quarter-final only to lose against the top-ranked team in the world (USA) in the semi-final. Beaten in the bronze medal game by Spain, the Belgian women registered a 4th-place finish at their first

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. Meesseman, averaging the most rebounds per game (10.7) and the second most points per game (18.5) at the tournament, was selected to the Tournament All-Star Five. Meesseman led Belgium to their first ever title in

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at the final after defeating

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, was named

of the tournament and to the All-Star Five of the tournament. Meesseman also made history after becoming the first ever player to claim a triple-double at the event. With their first ever title by winning the

, the

qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

Olympic Games

In 2020 the Belgian Cats, with Meesseman, qualified for the

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. She was later also named the TISSOT MVP at the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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.Meesseman crowned TISSOT MVP to lead All-Star Five
/ref> At the 2020 Summer Games, she led the

to the quarter-finals, having defeated

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and

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and lost to

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in the pool phase. In the quarterfinals, Belgium then suffered a loss to home team

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. At the end of the tournament, she was elected to the All-Star Five of the tournament, having posted the best points per game, steals and efficiency in the tournament. In February 2024, Belgium hosted one of the three Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in

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and secured on home soil a Paris 2024 quota spot. Meesseman was later one of Belgium's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the

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, becoming the first Belgium basketball player to receive this honor. In the Paris Olympics, the Belgian national team advanced to the semifinals for the first time ever after defeating Spain 79-66 in the quarterfinals. Meesseman was the best scorer in the Belgian team with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. In the semifinal overtime loss, 75-81, against

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, Meesseman was the game's top scorer with 19 points, including a game-tying three-pointer 8 seconds before the end of regulation. In the bronze medal game, Meesseman scored 23 points, but Belgium lost to Australia 81-85, missing out on a medal. At the end of the tournament, she was once again elected to the All-Star Five of the tournament, having posted the best points per game and efficiency in the tournament.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Personal life

Meeseman's mother, Sonja Tankrey, is a former basketball player. She was the Belgian Women's Basketball Player of the Year in 1983. Meesseman speaks fluent Dutch, French and English. Meesseman was also born with 50% hearing. She wears hearing devices behind both ears to compensate for her lack of hearing.

Honours and awards

Team

; Blue Cats Ieper * Belgian League: 2011-12 * Belgian Cup: 2011-12 ; ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq * French Cup: 2013-14 ; UMMC Ekaterinburg * EuroLeague Women: 2015–16 EuroLeague Women, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21 *

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: 2016, 2018, 2019 * Russian League: 2015–2016, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 2021–22 * Russian Cup: 2017, 2019 * Russian Super Cup: 2021 * UMMC Cup: 2016, 2018 ; Washington Mystics * WNBA:

; Chicago Sky * WNBA: (semi-final)

; Fenerbahçe * EuroLeague Women: 2022–23, 2023–24 *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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: 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 *

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: 2024 * Turkish Presidential Cup: 2024 ; National Team * FIBA U17 World Cup: (4th place)

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

* U18 EuroBasket Women:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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: (4th place)

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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Individual

Belgian Pro Basketball League: 2010-11 * MVP U18 European Championship Women: 2011 * FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year: 2011 *

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selection:

* Eastern Conference Player of the Week: June 2016 * Most 3 points WNBA:

* Final Four MVP EuroLeague Women: 2017-18 * All-Star Five

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MVP:

* Vlaamse Reus: 2019 * Flemish Sportsjewel: 2019 * All-Star Five EuroLeague Women: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 * TISSOT MVP during the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Ostend: 2020 * Belgian Sportswoman of the year: 2020 * All-Star Five Olympics Woman's Basketball Tournament:

* Top Scorer Olympics Woman's Basketball Tournament: 2020 * All-Star Five European Women Basketball Championship:

* MVP EuroLeague Women: 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 * MVP Turkish Super League Finals:

* MVP European Women Basketball Championship:

* All-Star Team European Women Basketball Championship:

* Badge of Honor of the

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: 2023 * Belgian Sportsteam of the Year: 2023 *ALL-STAR FIVE of Paris Olympics 2024 Women's Basketball

References

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FIBA Europe profile

Eurobasket.com profile
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