U20 Ireland - U20 Norway 57-94
Second day of the Classification Round from 9th to 16th place ended joyfully for the Norwegians. They succeeded to grab the first win taking second position in Group G. It means that Norway stays in the race for position number nine on U20 European Championship division B in Targu Mures. Ireland is the last ranked team in this group and it will fight for position number 13 together with Great Britain and two more teams from group H (Slovakia/Poland/Austria).
U20 Ireland - U20 Norway 57-94
Second day of the Classification Round from 9th to 16th place ended joyfully for the Norwegians. They succeeded to grab the first win taking second position in Group G. It means that Norway stays in the race for position number nine on U20 European Championship division B in Targu Mures. Ireland is the last ranked team in this group and it will fight for position number 13 together with Great Britain and two more teams from group H (Slovakia/Poland/Austria).
Since the very beginning Norway was the team which had a control on its opponent. Ireland missed many shots during the first few minutes which Terrence Oglesby (188-G-88) and his teammates exploited. At the middle of the first frame it already was 3-12 for the Norwegians. Ten minutes later, after successful jump shot by Terrence Oglesby, Norway already reached plus 24, 18-42. Ireland couldn't show any better performance in the second half as it had only two players in the game mood today, Keith Anderson (188-G-89) and Cian Nihill (193-G-88). On the other side Norway had four players which scored more than 14 points resulting with plus 37 at the very end. The Irish struggled a lot with their stroke from behind the arc in this game. They succeeded to net only 1 of 14 attempts what could be one of the reasons for this huge defeat.
Terrence Oglesby once again shined for the winners scoring 20 points for 20 minutes. Torgrim Sommerfeldt (200-G-89) followed him with 16 points and 5 boards while Miilah Kombat (201-F-88) also demonstrated nice performance having 14 points and 7 boards. Ireland got 20 points from Keith Anderson. Cian Nihill finished the game scoring 12 points.
U20 Norway - U20 Czech Republic 80-91
Czech Republic took care for the win in the first day of Classification Round from 9th to 16th place against Norway. Thus Czechs improved their score to 2-0 in Group G while Norway has 1-1.
Czech Republic had much better beginning. After 5 minutes in the first quarter Czechs already made 6-11. They didn't wait too long for Norway's answer as it immediately created 22-9 run taking lead 28-20.
U20 Norway - U20 Czech Republic 80-91
Czech Republic took care for the win in the first day of Classification Round from 9th to 16th place against Norway. Thus Czechs improved their score to 2-0 in Group G while Norway has 1-1.
Czech Republic had much better beginning. After 5 minutes in the first quarter Czechs already made 6-11. They didn't wait too long for Norway's answer as it immediately created 22-9 run taking lead 28-20. Tomas Macela (179-G-88) shined for the official visitor in this game leading 9-1 run for his team. It was a game with a lot of series by both teams as Norway, mostly owing to Terrence Oglesby (188-G-88), made another one finishing the first half with advantage of 8 points. Norwegians couldn't know at that time what will happen to them in the last two quarters. After the breather Czechs started to play much better at the both ends of the court. Tomas Macela and Vojtech Hruban (197-F-89) were concentrated in the offense while on the other side Norway missed many open shots. Everything resulted with big turn 66-77 at the middle of the last frame. Until the end of the game Norway couldn't recover from the shock what made this job even easier for the Czechs.
The winning side got the most from Tomas Macela, who added 16 points and 6 assists. Vojtech Hruban followed him with 15 points and 4 rebounds while Lukas Palyza (201-F-89) stopped on 11 points and 5 boards. Terrence Oglesby was totally the best player in Norway. He played 21 minutes scoring 29 points and grabbing 8 boards. Torgrim Sommerfeldt (200-G-89) had 18 while Anders Stien (194-G-90) netted 10 points. In the next round Czech Republic will play against Great Britain while Norway will take on Ireland.
U20 Great Britain - U20 Norway 75-88
Norway succeeded to register the first win in Preliminary Round of U20 European Championship division B. After defeat against Portugal, F.Y.R. of Macedonia and Finland, Norway was better than Great Britain avoiding last place in Preliminary Group A. It means that Norway will continue competition in Classification Round from 9th to 16th place together with its rival from this game Great Britain as well as with Czech Republic and Ireland.
U20 Great Britain - U20 Norway 75-88
Norway succeeded to register the first win in Preliminary Round of U20 European Championship division B. After defeat against Portugal, F.Y.R. of Macedonia and Finland, Norway was better than Great Britain avoiding last place in Preliminary Group A. It means that Norway will continue competition in Classification Round from 9th to 16th place together with its rival from this game Great Britain as well as with Czech Republic and Ireland. In the first round Norway will take on Ireland while Great Britain will meet Czech Republic. This victory is also important for Norwegians because they will transfer it to new Group G.
Interesting is that the British had 6 rebounds more than its opponent and at the same time they recorded pretty good 52% from behind the arc. However it seems that 22 turnovers were too much in this game. Norway had much better beginning. After lay-up by Magne Fivelstad (193-G/F-89) it was 12-19 with minute and a half remaining in the first stanza. Few minutes later Norwegians touched plus 12 but Orlan Jackman (196-F-88) brought his team on minus 4 very soon. Until the half time Norway created 8-18 run setting the score on 32-46. Benjamin Mockford and his teammates couldn't do anything after the breather as Norway stretched its lead to 22 points. The closest where Great Britain could get until the end was minus 10.
Terrence Oglesby (188-G-88) paced Norway to victory pouring in 24 points for 31 minutes. Stian Mjoes (185-G-89) followed him with 19 points and 5 assists while Theodor Aliferis (185-G-88) had 10 points. Great Britain got the most from Benjamin Mockford, who scored 18 points. Orlan Jackman also was good in his team collecting 13 points and 10 rebounds.
