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Emma Meesseman (born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional
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player for Fenerbahçe of the EuroLeague Women and the
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of the
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(WNBA). 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 international 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

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 was named Belgium Championship MVP, and took the Young Cats to two EuroCups (2010–12). In 2012, she joined
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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
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. Meesseman played for
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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
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won the 2015–16 EuroLeague, Europe's premium basketball competition for women, in April 2016. Having missed out on the final in 2017 and finished 3rd, Meesseman and
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won the 2017–18 EuroLeague. Meesseman, averaging 19 points in the Final Four tournament, was elected Final Four MVP. Meesseman and
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followed this up with further Euroleague wins in seasons 2018–19 and
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. With this 4th victory, Meesseman equaled fellow Belgian
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' 4 Euroleague wins. She signed with Fenerbahçe Safiport on 1st of July, 2022 for EuroLeague Women season.


WNBA

Meesseman was drafted 19th overall in the second round of the 2013 WNBA Draft by the
Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...
. 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
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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 June 19, 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 May 12, 2017, for practice and was activated to play on the Mystics' roster on June 28, 2017. On July 30, 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 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 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 Lauren Jackson). 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 August 5, 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
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, where she will be reunited with her Belgian national teammates
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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 November 25, 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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. In Belgium's quarterfinal Eurobasket 2017 match against Italy, she scored 28 points, had 11 rebounds, five assists, and five blocked shots. Meesseman led Belgium to a best ever finish in
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, a bronze medal, and was named to the All Star five of the tournament. With this finish in the top 5 of
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, the
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qualified for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. Before this, the
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had never qualified for a World Championships or the Olympic Games. Continuing on from her strong performance at
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, Meesseman led the
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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. In 2020 the Belgian Cats, with Meesseman, qualified for the
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in
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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
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to the quarter finals, having defeated
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and
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and lost to
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in the poule phase. In the quarterfinals, Belgium then suffered a heartbreaking 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.


WNBA career statistics


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 National League Champion: 2011-12


ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a French women's basketball club from Villeneuve-d'Ascq playing in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball since 2000. Honours * Ligue Féminine ** Winners (1): 2017 * French Cup ** Runner-up (3): 2003, 2008, 2014 * EuroCu ...

* French Cup Finalist: 2013-14


UMMC Ekaterinburg BC Ekaterinburg (russian: БК «УГМК») is a Russian women's basketball team based in Yekaterinburg competing in the Russian Premier League, and until February 2022 in FIBA Europe's EuroLeague Women. In reaction to the 2022 Russian inv ...

* EuroLeague Women winner: 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21 *
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women The SuperCup Women (or Women SuperCup) is a super cup competition organized by FIBA Europe and contested between the winners of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women. History The first edition of the Cup took place on October 20, 2009, and was cont ...
winner: 2016, 2018, 2019 * Russian League Champion: 2015-2016, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 * Russian Cup: 2017, 2019 * RFB Super Cup: 2021 * UMMC Cup: 2016, 2018


Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...

* WNBA Finals Champion:
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National Team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

* 4th place U17 World Cup: 2011 * Winner U18 European Championship Women: 2011 * 3rd place
EuroBasket Women EuroBasket Women is a biennial international women's basketball competition held between the nations of FIBA Europe for women's national teams. EuroBasket Women is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's World Cup and also the ...
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* 3rd place EuroBasket Women:
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Individual

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MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
Belgian Pro Basketball League: 2010-11 * MVP U18 European Championship Women: 2011 * FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year: 2011 *
WNBA All-Star Game The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, commonly referred to as the WNBA All-Star Game, is an annual exhibition basketball game played in the United States between the best players of the Western and Eastern Conference of ...
selection:
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* Eastern Conference Player of the Week: June 2016 * Most 3 points WNBA:
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
* Final Four MVP EuroLeague Women: 2017-18 * All-Star Five
FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup, is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It was created by the Internat ...
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WNBA Finals The WNBA Finals are the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the conclusion of the league's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002. Starting 2016 Verizon is the officia ...
MVP:
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
* Vlaamse Reus: 2019 *
Flemish Sportsjewel The Flemish Sportsjewel is an annual award given to a Flemish sportsperson or -team, either following a remarkable achievement or at the end of an exceptional career in sports. Each individual can only win the award once during his or her career, ...
: 2019 * All-Star Five EuroLeague Women: 2019-20, 2020-21 * TISSOT MVP during the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Ostend: 2020 * Belgian Sportswoman of the year: 2020Emma Meeseman uitgeroepen tot sportvrouw van het jaar
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* All-Star Five Olympics Woman's Basketball Tournament:
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
* Top Scorer Olympics Woman's Basketball Tournament: 2020 * All-Star Five European Women Basketball Championship:
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...


References


External links

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FIBA Europe profile

Eurobasket.com profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meesseman, Emma 1993 births Living people Belgian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Belgium Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Belgian expatriate basketball people in France Belgian expatriate basketball people in Russia Belgian expatriate basketball people in the United States Centers (basketball) Belgian deaf people Deaf basketball players Sportspeople from Ypres Washington Mystics draft picks Washington Mystics players Chicago Sky players Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars Fenerbahçe women's basketball players