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Labovic |
Teodosic |
Dragovic |
Tepic |
Paunic |
Dragan Labovic (207-C/F-87) of FMP Zeleznik Beograd
Milos Teodosic (196-G-87) of FMP Zeleznik Beograd
Nikola Dragovic (203-F-87) of Univ.of Calif.at Los Angeles (USA)
Marko Djurkovic (205-C/F-87) of Partizan Beograd
Milenko Tepic (198-G-87) of Partizan Beograd
Vladimir Stimac (208-C-87) of SK Valmiera (LAT)
Ivan Paunic (194-G-87) of Vojvodina Srbija Gas Novi Sad
Uros Nikolic (204-F-87) of BC Mega Ishrana Beograd
Stefan Nikolic (190-G-87) of Geoplin Slovan Ljubljana (SLO)
Branko Jereminov (187-G-87) of KK Zdravlje Leskovac
Maksim Kovacevic (200-G/F-87) of Partizan II Beograd
Nenad Zivcevik (201-F-87) of KK Sloga Societe Generale Kraljevo
All the stats and news of Division B last day - July 16, 2007
FINAL
Montenegro U20 - Ukraine U20 89:68
Montenegro U20 National team claimed the first
title in the history of independent country after they beat
Ukraine in the Final in Warsaw. Ukraine was the only
undefeated team in the tournament but could not continue
their strike in the decider. Montenegro had a huge start to
the game as they ran away to a 14:0 lead after 5 minutes of
action. Vladimir Dasic later drained a trey to complete the
first quarter with Montenegrin team ahead 26:5. Confused
Ukrainian team virtually could not get it going and the gap
kept growing in the second frame.
Boris Savovic (207-F-87)'s dunk midway through the
second quarter marked a 40:15 advantage for Montenegro. They
drove to a 51:25 dominance at halftime and continued to roll
in the second half. Ukraine bounced back late in the third
when
Yuriy Lokhmanchuk (197-G/F-87) and Maxym Korniyenko hit
a pair of three pointers to ignite a 16:0 run. Ukrainian
team came as close as 20 points at the end of the third
quarter but it was obviously not enough.
Boris Savovic and
Suad Sehovic (195-G-87, agency:
Ultimate Sports Agency) nailed a couple of jumpers to
start the final frame and left no questions about the
outcome. They eased to a historic win at the end and
celebrated the title.
Montenegro had 5 players to score in double figures.
Suad Sehovic had 18 points to topscore for the winners.
Goran Martinic (187-G-87) contributed 17 points off the
bench for Montenegro.
Yuriy Lokhmanchuk responded with 22 points for Ukraine.
Oleksandr Sizov (200-F-88) added 13 points in a loss.
Montenegro committed just 10 turnovers forcing Ukraine to
22. They also shot solid 57.1% from the field. Ukraine at
the same time were dominating the boards outrebounding the
opponents 37:32.
Montenegro U20:
Suad Sehovic 18 points,
Goran Martinic 17,
Boris Savovic 16
Ukraine U20:
Yuriy Lokhmanchuk 22,
Oleksandr Sizov 13,
Roman Gumenyuk (221-C-87) 6+12 boards.
Game for the 3rd place
Finland U20-Germany U20 76:73 (31-26, 20-13,
13-22, 12-12)
Finland took bronze in U20 European Championship for
men in Warsaw. With 72:73 against Germany Koivisto
made a three and then Brace made one of two free
throws to bring the win for Finland.
Germany U20: Schwatz 12
Game for the 5th place
Estonia U20 - Poland U20 58:74
Estonian U20 team lost their final game at the
European championship Division B in Poland. In
the encounter for the 5th-6th spot Estonia were
rallied over by Poland 58:74. The outcome was
mainly built in the opening frame when Polish
players established a 20:5 lead. They maintained
the distance throughout the second quarter and
were in front 41:30 at halftime. Estonia tried
to come from behind in the third. Tarmo Tartes
jumper made it 40:47 with more than 6 minutes to
go in the third. But Poland replied with a 7:0
run to roll back to a 14-point deficit. Mihkel
Niine capped the third quarter with two free
throws to make it 49:57 entering the final
frame. However Poland never allowed Estonian
team to come any closer and successfully sealed
the victory at the end.
Kamil Pietras (207-F-88) provided 20 points
and 19 rebounds for Poland.
Kamil Michalski (183-G-87) nailed another 13
points for the winners.
Tanel Kurbas (195-F-88) had 14 points for
Estonia.
Timo Eichfuss (199-F-88) poured in 10 points
in a losing effort.
Poland had an impressive advantage under the
rims 58:31. They also held Estonia to just 34.4%
from the field and forced them to 22 turnovers.
Estonia U20:
Tanel Kurbas 14 points,
Timo Eichfuss 10,
Mihkel Kurg (191-G-87) 8
Poland U20:
Kamil Pietras 20+19 boards,
Kamil Michalski 13.
Game for the 7th place
Slovak Republic U20 - Great Britain U20
75:68
Slovakia had two days of rest before they
upset Great Britain once again at the U20 European
championship in Poland. Two days after a stunning
84:69 victory Slovakia celebrated another win and
claimed the 7th spot in the final ladder. Great
Britain had a better start to this one as they put
up an early lead. Ashley Hamilton dunked the ball
home to ensure a 17:14 advantage for Great Britain
at the start of the second frame. Slovakia remained
close throughout the second quarter and
Justin Sedlak (203-F-87)'s trey marked 1-point
deficit at halftime 34:35.
Great Britain continued to stay in front before
Miroslav Vansa free throws did not put Slovakia
ahead. Slovakia actually rolled to a 14:0 run and
established a 53:42 lead. They controlled the game
throughout the final frame but Great Britain climbed
as close as 5 points with 2 minutes left in
regulation. However
Justin Sedlak was perfect from free throw line
to seal the win for Slovakian team.
He topscored for the winners with 22 points and 6
rebounds.
Roman Vido (204-C-88) contributed 17 points and
10 boards for Slovakia.
Orlan Jackman (196-F-88) nailed 15 points and
grabbed 8 rebounds in a loss.
Slovakia had an advantage in the paint outrebounding
the opponents 33:25. They converted 58.5% of field
goals and forced Great Britain to massive 27
turnovers.
Slovakia U20:
Justin Sedlak 22 points,
Roman Vido 17+10 boards,
Peter Terlanda (205-F/C-88) 15
Great Britain U20:
Orlan Jackman 15,
Neil Fraser (185-G-87) 10.
Game for the 9th place
Sweden U20 - Belgium U20 84:82
Swedish U20 National team claimed the
9th spot at the European championship in Poland.
They celebrated a dramatic win over Belgium in
the last encounter of the tournament.
In extra close first frame Jon Jonsson's free
throws secured 20:19 lead for Sweden after the
opening quarter. Belgium had a momentum in the
second quarter and surged ahead to 40:34
advantage with 2 minutes to go in the half.
Vincent Verbeeck (198-F-87) than converted
three straight points to put Belgium up 43:36 at
halftime.
Ludovic Pourtoit's three pointer early in the
third quarter marked a 40:51 deficit for Sweden.
They needed
Jonas Jerebko (204-F-87) nailing 7 points to
cut the deficit. Late in the frame Johan Petter
Wenehult added two more points from the charity
stripe to level the teams at 61.
The teams were still drawn 80:80 with 31 seconds
remaining in regulation.
Sean William Smith (196-G-87) then knocked
down a jumper to put Sweden ahead. Christian
Koutras added one free throw to maintain the
lead. Belgium answered with two converted free
throws from
Brecht Guillemyn (192-F-87). But another
free throw from Koutras ensured a hard victory
for Sweden.
Jonas Jerebko led all scorers with 28 points
and 15 rebounds.
Tom Liden (202-F-87) contributed 19 points
in a win.
Brecht Guillemyn ensured 19 points and 7
assists for Belgium.
Vincent Verbeeck netted 15 points as Belgium
finished the championship at the 10th spot.
Sweden U20:
Jonas Jerebko 28+15 boards,
Tom Liden 19,
Sean William Smith 9
Belgium U20:
Brecht Guillemyn 19,
Vincent Verbeeck 15.
Game for the 11th place
Ireland U20 - Austria U20 67:66
Ireland completed the U20
European championship in Poland on a
high note. They grabbed a narrow victory
over Austria to clinch the 11th overall
spot in the final classification.
Both teams kept it close in the opening
quarter and Roman Fenzal nailed a basket
at the end of the quarter to put Austria
in front 23:20. They maintained the
dominance throughout the second quarter
and finished it leading by 2 points
36:34.
Scott Kinevane (173-G-87) drained a
trey to lift Irish team to a 37:36 at
the start of the third quarter but
Maximilian Kunovjanek and Lukas Sallomon
kept it going for Austria and secured a
53:43 advantage entering the final
frame. Austrian players still led 60:52
with 5 minutes remaining in regulation
when Ireland took the initiative and
started cutting the deficit. Cian
Nihill's two three pointers tied the
score at 66 with 35 seconds left.
Austria committed a turnover and
Carleton Cuff (190-F-87) hit one
free throw to make it 67:66 for Ireland.
Thomas Schreiner (195-G-87) tried to
save the game for Austria but his long
bomb missed the target.
Carleton Cuff chipped in 15 points
for Ireland.
Eoin McDermott (194-C-87) produced
14 points and 18 rebounds in a winning
effort. Belgium had 21 points from
Richard Poiger (206-F-87).
Thomas Schreiner added 12 points in
defeat.
Austria outrebounded Ireland 45:43, but
comitted 19 turnovers and shot purely
from free throw line (50%).
Ireland U20:
Carleton Cuff 15 points,
Eoin McDermott 14+18 boards,
Scott Kinevane 13
Austria U20:
Richard Poiger 21,
Thomas Schreiner 12.
All the stats and news of Division A last day - July 16, 2007
FINAL
Serbia
U20 - Spain U20 87:78 (10:12,29:21,25:26,23:19)
Serbia defended their U20 European Championship Men title with
Most Valuable Player
Milos Teodosic (196-G-87) scoring 22 points. In the Final
game Serbia beat Spain 87:78. You can read about this game in
our previous article by Eurobasket correspondent Dragan
Jankovski.
Serbia:
Milos Teodosic 22,
Milenko Tepic (202-G-87, agency:
Beo Basket) 20
Dragan Labovic (208-C/F-87) 13, Paunic 13
Spain:
Sergi Llull (178-G-87) 24, Fernandez 14,
Pau Ribas (182-G-87) 13
Game for
the 3rd place
Italy U20-Russia U20 74:63 (20-12, 18-18, 20-14, 16-19)
Italy U20 being the co-hosts of the tournament
celebrated the third place in U20 European Championship Men. In
the game for the 3rd place Italy defeated Russia 74:63 and left
the latter without medals.The first and the third quarters were
nicely won by Italians who triumphed the third.
Luigi Datome
led the winners with 26 points.
Pietro Aradori
(192-G-88) netted 11, while
Lorenzo D'Ercole
(190-G-88) posted 9.
Alexey Shved
(195-G-88) top-scored for Russia with 14 points.
Russian squad started the game leading 11:8 but then could not
stop Italians. The latter used 23-3 run to grab to finish the
first at 20:12. It laso lasted to the middle of the second that
gave Italy a 31:14 lead.
Alexey Shved
did not give up for the losing side and with his help Russia
stayed trailing 38:30 at half-time.
The third quarter was the final for Italians as they increased
their lead to 17 points midway through the third. The co-hosts
went for a small break before the final quarter having 58:44.
Although Russia had a 9-0 run in the last they could not prevent
the loss.
Italians and the spectators celebrate the bronze as Russia
returns without medals.
Italy U20:
Luigi Datome
(202-G/F-87) 26,
Pietro Aradori
11,
Lorenzo D'Ercole
9
Russia U20:
Alexey Shved
14,
Pavel Sergeev
(187-G-87) 12
Game
for the 5th place
Slovenia U20-Israel U20 90:81 (17-28, 17-20, 21-19, 35-14)
Israel U20 could not grab the fifth place at the U20
European Championship Men. In the game for that place
Slovenia took their spot. Israel blew a 20-point lead and
allowed co-hosts Slovenia to win.
Matej Krusic
(211-F/C-87) paced the winners with 16 points and 11
rebounds.
Emir Preldzic
(206-F-87, agency:
Beo Basket)
ended up with 16 points and
Rok Perko
(178-G-87) added 14.
Omri Casspi
(204-F/G-88, agency:
Interperformances)
poured in 25 points and 6 rebounds in the losing effort.
Israelis opened game with great performance hitting huge
triples with great percentage. The team had a great first
quarter winning 28:17. The co-hosts were thrilled and could
not notice support from the fans that supported them all the
time. In the second quarter nothing had changed as Israel
increased to 48:34 at the half-time.
In the third quarter
Omri Casspi
with a lay-up gave Israel 16 points deficit. That was the
end of the Israeli powerhouse. Up 67:55 going into the
fourth, Israel's lead was reduced to 74:68 with 6 minutes
left. Slovenia closed the game on a 12-3 run to finish at
90:81.
Slovenia U20:
Matej Krusic
16 points+11 rebounds,
Emir Preldzic
16 points,
Rok Perko
14,
Dejan Cigoja
(205-F/C-88) 13,
Jaka Klobucar
(198-G-87) 11, Gasper Vidmar 10 points+8 rebounds.
Israel U20:
Omri Casspi
25 points+6 rebounds,
Elishay Kadir
(195-F-87) 12,
Tal Michael
Dunne
(198-G/F-87, agency:
Ronsport)
12
Game for the 7th place
Turkey U20-Bulgaria U20 97:88
Turkey
snapped up a 97-88 victory over Bulgaria on the final
day of EC and had to be contented with the seventh place
after a dissapointing serie of losses. Bulgaria got off
to a better start in the first quarter but Turkish U20
NT managed to outrebound their opponents and dominate
the paint thanks to centers
Oguz Savas
(208-C-87) and
Mutlu Demir
(205-C-87) who totally hit 35 points. On the other hand
Chavdar
Kostov
(190-G-88)'s game high 26 points was not enough for
Bulgaria. Despite not having
Cenk Akyol
(200-G-87, agency:
FCM)
and
Ersan
Ilyasova
(208-F-87) Turkey tried to play hard during the
tournament but as a result
Nihat Izic's
famous 87 generation registered a dissapointing result
at the end of EC.
Game for the 9th place
France U20-Croatia U20 91:82 (27-25, 19-16,
20-20, 25-21)
Croatia U20 finishes 10th in U20 European
Championship Men losing their last game to France.
With a tough game throughout 4 quarters, Croatia did
not win any of them. French squad pushed the
opponents with 25:21 in the last to finish 9th.
Nando De Colo (195-G-87) led the winners with 18
points.
Aaron Cel (203-F-87) collected 16, while
Fabien Causeur (190-G-87) added 16.
Nino Vlaic (208-C-87) top-scored for Croatia
with 23 points.
Croatia U20 was leading in the whole first quarter
against France. They reached 4 points (18:14) after
Ante
Tomic
(217-C-87) made a lay-up. France thanks to
Nando
De Colo's
three finished the first with 27:25.
In the second quarter Croatia had the biggest lead
at 35:27. It was
Nino
Vlaic
who made a jump shot to give Croatians 8 points
advantage. A 13-0 run by the French squad lifted
them on top with 46:41 at the half.
In the third quarter France increased the lead to 11
points, but Croatia reduced to 66:61 after 30
minutes.
In the last quarter
Franjo
Bubalo
(192-G/F-88) cut the deficit to 83:79, but that was
the final spurt for Croatia. France led the game to
91:82 win leaving croatia on the 10th spot.
France U20:
Nando
De Colo
18,
Aaron
Cel
16,
Fabien
Causeur
16
Croatia U20:
Nino
Vlaic
23,
Ante
Tomic
17+11 rebs,
Zoran
Vrkic
(203-G/F-87) 14
Game for the 11th place
Georgia U20-Lithuania U20 70:81 (17-30, 20-16,
17-18, 16-17)
Lithuania U20 won the game for the 11th place last
night. Georgia could not wake up after a 17:30 in the
first as Lithuania celebrated 81:70 win.
Remigijus
Trakimas
(204-C-87) paced the winners with 21 points and 7
rebounds.
Evaldas
Baniulis
(201-F-87) produced 13 points, while
Ernestas
Ezerskis
(195-G-87) and
Edvinas
Ruzgas
(200-F-87) had 12 points each.
Giorgi
Shermadini
(216-C-89) finished with 18 points and 8 rebounds in
defeat.
It was the game for two different teams in the
tournament, especially their tasks for it. Georgia
finished 12th in their first-ever season in U20 Division
A and could be glad with it. Meanwhile Lithuania had the
worst participation in the European Championships.
Somehow to end on the lucky note Lithuania rushed to
score. The Baltic team finished the first with 30:17
that allowed them to control the game. In the second
quarter Georgia stayed closer as Didia's three made the
score 32:40.
Lasha
Parghalava
(190-G-87) with another three sent the teams to the
interims with 37:46.
In the second half Lithuania won both quarters with 1
point deficit. A 18:17 and 17:16 brought Lithuania 11th
place in European Championship.
Georgia U20:
Giorgi
Shermadini
18 points +8 rebs,
Lasha
Parghalava
13
Lithuania U20:
Remigijus
Trakimas
21 points + 7 rebounds,
Evaldas
Baniulis
13 points,
Ernestas
Ezerskis
12,
Edvinas
Ruzgas
12
Serbia defended European Championship title !! - July 16, 2007
Serbian U20
National Team defended European Championship title celebrating
over, until tonight, undefeated Spain in the final game 87:78.
Serbia lost the opener on EC against Slovenia and it looks like
they needed it because after that moment team played much better
and won all games until the end. Serbia had very good shot
percentage behind the arc 11/25 (44 %) but also lot of troubles
with free throws, just 12/24. In the middle of first quarter
Spain had lead 11:6 and later 27:21 but in the last 4 minutes of
second period Serbia made run 18:4 and went on the half time
with plus 6. From the 25th minute until the end Serbia all the
time had advantage of 5 or more points. Once again
Milos Teodosic (196-G-87) was team leader. He collected 22
points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds.
Milenko Tepic (202-G-87, agency:
Beo Basket) also showed great performance and finished game
with 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Sergi Llull (178-G-87) posted 24 while
Pau Ribas (182-G-87) stopped on 13 points and 4 assists for
Spain.
Point guard
Milos Teodosic is voted to be the MVP of the European
Championship while
Dragan Labovic (208-C/F-87) is in the best five.
In the game for the third place co-host Italy outplayed Russia
74:63 and won bronze medal. Slovenia beat Israel 90:81 and
finished on the 5th place.
Serbia - Spain 87:78
(10:12,29:21,25:26,23:19)
Serbia: Teodosic 22 (5 assists, 4 rebs), Tepic 20 (5
rebs), Nikolic Stefan 3, Djurkovic 8 (4 rebs), Labovic 13 (5
rebs), Kovacevic, Jereminov, Zivcevic, Stimac 2, Paunic 13,
Dragovic 6 (9 rebs), Nikolic Uros.
Spain: Llull 24, Ribas 13 (4 as), Sol, Sanchez
2, Beiran 8, Fernandez 14, Teruel 9 (7 rebs), Rey 8, Andres
DNP: Lucas, Perez-Urruti, Gama
Division B Semifinals: Ukraine faces Montenegro in the Final -
July 15, 2007
Ukraine and Montenegro will fight for the Gold tonight in
Division B of U20 European Championship. Both teams did not
have any difficulties in reaching the Final. Their victories
in the semifinals were too confident.
Ukraine U20 - Germany U20 80:56
Ukrainian U20 team had successfully completed the task and
drove into the European championship Final. A perfect start
to the semifinal clash against Germany proved proved the
difference and lifted Ukraine to an overall win.
Ukraine could not have dreamt of a better beginning as they
knocked Germany out with a 14:0 run in the opening frame.
They held Germany scoreless for more than 5 starting minutes
before
Frieder Diestelhorst (201-F-87) nailed a jumper. Ukraine
reacted with another 14:4 run that saw Germany trail by 22
points after the first quarter 6:28.
Germany tried to find their way back in the seconf quarter
as they cut the deficit to 18:30. But consecutive plays from
Maxym Korniyenko (201-F/C-87) secured a safe distance
for Ukrainian side. They were up 45:29 at halftime and
posted first 4 points of the second half to maintain the
gap.
Sergiy Gladyr (196-G/F-89) and Oleksandr Sizov knocked
down two straight three pointers to make it 62:38 for
Ukraine midway through the third quarter. Germany struggled
to get control of the game and could not get any closer. The
teams went scoreless for more than 3 minutets in the final
frame. Dmytro Gliebov finished the game with a perfect trey
to mark a 80:56 victory for Ukraine. They will now play in
the championship Final against Montenegro tonight.
Oleksandr Kolchenko (196-F-88) (196-F-88) topscored for
Ukraine with 19 points.
Sergiy Gladyr added 18 points in a winning effort.
Frieder Diestelhorst had 20 points in defeat.
Ukraine outrebounded their opponents 40:33 and forced them
to 19 turnovers.
Germany plays against Finland for the 3rd spot today.
Ukraine U20:
Oleksandr Kolchenko 19 points,
Sergiy Gladyr 18,
Maxym Korniyenko 12
Germany U20:
Frieder Diestelhorst 20,
Tim Ohlbrecht (211-C-88) 8+14 boards.
Montenegro U20 - Finland U20 83:53
Montenegro is one step from the U20 European championship
title after they edged Finland 83:53 in the semis yesterday.
An impressive defence from Montenegrin team held Finland to
just 1 point in the opening 7 minutes of the game and alowd
them to spur off to a 16:1 advantage. They completed the
first frame 21:5 ahead. Dasic play midway through the second
frame marked a 20-point lead by Montenegro. Finland however
tried to stay in race and
Antti Vanjoki (188-G/F-88) crowned the first frame with
a trey to come within 18 points.
Juho Nenonen drained five straight points at the dying stage
of the third quarter to put Finland as close as 38:51 but
Dasic and Martinic regained the lead with a couple of
successful offensive plays. Finland had little chances to
save this one in the final quarter and Montenegro cruised to
a confident 83:53 victory keeping in mind today's Final
against Ukraine.
Vladimir Dasic (208-F-88) was on fire scoring 25 points
and grabbing 14 rebounds for Montenegro.
Suad Sehovic (195-G-87, agency:
Ultimate Sports Agency) ensured 15 points for the
winners.
Gerald Lee (206-F-87) was the only Finnish player to
score in double-digits as he nailed 11 points.
Antti Vanjoki produced 9 points in a loss.
Montenegro shot impressive 60.6% of field goals and
outrebounded Finland 41:32.
Montenegro will clash with Ukraine in today's decisive game.
Finland sees Germany to fight for Bronze.
Montenegro U20:
Vladimir Dasic 25+14 boards,
Suad Sehovic 15,
Boris Savovic (207-F-87) 13
Finland U20:
Gerald Lee 11,
Antti Vanjoki 9.
Division A Semifinals results. Serbia will face Spain in the
Final- July 15, 2007
Spain U20 and
Serbia U20 will meet each other in the Final of U20 European
Championship Men. Both teams had fabulous wins over the
opponents in the semifinals.
Spain started not in a good note against Russia. The latter won
the opening quarter and lost only in the end. Spain celebrated
76:69 win and advanced to the Final.
Pau Ribas (182-G-87) led the winners with 21 points. Russia
were paced by 14 points and eight rebounds from
Andrey Vorontsevich (204-C-87) while Alexey Shved had 13
points.
In another game Serbia upset co-hosts Italy 77:62.
Nikola Dragovic (203-F-87, agency:
Beo Basket) and
Milos Teodosic (196-G-87) produced 40 points for the
winners. Italy started better and won the opening tip with 8-2.
Serbia answered with some good runs and won the first and the
second quarters respectively. Marco Ammannato scored a
break-away layup and
Daniel Hackett (196-G-87) and Aradori drained back-to-back
three-pointers to cut the deficit to 38:28.
The game with the result was clear before the whistle. Serbia
stormed with 30:21 in the last and grabbed the final place.
U20 NT of Slovenia finishes 5th on EC - July 15, 20 |
