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*** WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP U19 2007 MEN 2007 ***
Novi Sad (SRB), July 12-22
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 | Serbia is the FIBA U19 World Champion !!! | |
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Serbia revenged to USA for defeat in the group in the most important moment at front of almost 5.000 people in Novi Sad's hall "Spens". They celebrated in the final of the FIBA World Championship U19 74:69. Serbians opened the game in style making run 11-2 mostly owing to Katnic, Jeremic and Cakarevic and later in the second quarter center Macvan and Jeremic continued in same rhythm. Three minutes before the half time score was 42:23 but USA succeeded through Curry and Beverley to decrease their minus on the half time on -13. In the first half Jeremic scored 15 points while Macvan had 13. At the beginning of the third quarter there was totally different picture on the court, USA set up zone defense, Serbian players didn't succeed to find a good solutions in offense making lot of mistakes which resulted with 46:42 in the middle of this period. In the next 5 minutes Serbia resisted on furious rhythm by USA and came in the last quarter having 57:47. Three minutes before the end USA came really close on 65:62 but in the next offense Stojacic netted the most important 3-pts shot for 68:62 which was unreachable for USA until the end. Hero from the semifinal game against Brazil Mladen Jeremic (195-G-88) shined again pouring in 24 points. Center Milan Macvan (206-F/C-89) had double-double 19 points and 10 rebounds while Stefan Stojacic (197-G-89) posted 14 points. Deon Thompson (203-F-88) who scored 16 points and Patrick Beverley (185-G-88) who added 15 points and 8 rebounds were better than the others for USA.
USA - Serbia 69:74
(14:22,16:21,17:14,22:17)
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USA: Porter, Curry 6, Flynn 3, Beverley 15 (8 rebs, 4 st), Bouldin, Lighty 9 (6 rebs), Green, Morgan 10, Thompson 16 (4 rebs), Hollis 3, Beasley 5, Jordan 1.
Serbia: Jeremic 24, Despotovic , Katnic 7, Markovic (6 as, 5 st), Stojacic 14, Cakarevic 6 (6 rebs), Macvan 19 (10 rebs), Raduljica 2, Marjanovic 2 (6 rebs)
DNP: Cupkovic, Radulovic, Keselj (injured).
In the battle for the third place France outplayed Brazil 75:67. |
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| USA and Serbia to play in the Final | |
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by Eurobasket News - Jul 22, 2007 | | | USA U19 - France U19 78:75
USA team became the second finalist of the World Championship in Serbia. They defeated France in one of the highly anticipated clashes to secure their Final appearence. USA will now play against hosting Serbia to try to bring the trophy back home.
However France never provided the United States players with a light jog en route to the Final. French team looked better at the start of this one and quickly cleared off to a 19:12 lead after the first frame. They maintained the lead throughout the next two quarters and entered the fourth stanza in front 59:53. USA needed almost the whole quarter to finally cut the deficit and surge ahead with under 3 minutes to go in regulation. They held on to a 3-point advantage in the last seconds but France had all the chances to force overtime when Antoine Diot (191-G-89) tried it from three point line. But his shot missed the target and the USA celebrated their 8th consecutive win at the tournament.
USA U19: Deon Thompson (203-F-88) 18+13 boards, Raymar Morgan (201-F-88) 13
France U19: Antoine Diot 18, Adrien Moerman (203-F/C-88) 17+12 boards.
Brazil U19 - Serbia U19 74:89
Brazil stopped just one step away from the Final of the World Championship in Novi Sad. They were beaten by the homeside in a heated semifinal yesterday. It was mainly about the first half that forecasted the outcome for Brazilian youngsters. Serbian players got to a better start as they nailed 11 unanswered points to begin the game with. Serbia dominated the game early on and led 25:17 after the opening quarter. Brazil struggled to come any closer in the second quarter as Serbians found the touch from beyond the arc. A couple of three pointers cooled Brazilian comebeck efforts off and established a 49:28 advantage at halftime.
Brazil needed some heroics to save this one and they were about to come. Betihno Duarte drained a trey to mark a 23:18 dominance in the third quarter. However it was not enough for an overall success as Serbia wisely controlled the tempo in the final stages and secured a home Final.
Mladen Jeremic (195-G-88) provided 21 points and 6 rebounds for Serbia. Milan Macvan (206-F/C-89) added another 12 points for the winners. Paulo Prestes (208-C-88) sparked with 31 points and 15 boards for Brazil. Thomas Melazzo (200-F/G-88) had 14 points in defeat. Brazil dominated the boards 33:25. But Serbia converted solid 54.4% from the field, including 57.1% from beyond the arc.
Serbia will now take on the USA in today's title decider. Brazil faces France in the Bronze game.
Brazil U19: Paulo Prestes 31+15 boards, Thomas Melazzo 14, Rafael De Souza 11
Serbia U19: Mladen Jeremic 21, Milan Macvan 12. |
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| Serbia smashed Turkey 94:56 and advanced to the semis | |
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| | | Serbia advanced to the semis smashing Turkey in the quarterfinal 94:56. Turkey was an equal rival just in the first five minutes after what Serbia totally dominated until the very end. Hosts finished game having 44 rebounds while Turkey had only 19. Coach Nikolic gave a chance to all players and all of them exploited it. Stefan Stojacic (197-G-89) and Milan Macvan (206-F/C-89) scored 13 points each while Stefan Markovic (191-G-88) and Aleksandar Radulovic (188-G-88) also added same digits, 12 points.
Today at 18:00h in the semis Serbia will play against Brazil who made surprise beating until that moment undefeated Australia 73:72. In the other semifinal game USA will meet France today at 20:30h. Interesting is that these four team came from the same qualifying group.
Head coach of Serbian U19 NT Miroslav Nikolic for the local newspapers said: “ We have to rest as much as we can and to prepare for Brazil who surprised Australia. Brazil has very good players, we already outplayed them once but it will be difficult for us to do the same again. We will give our best and if we don't take the medal on this WC it will be my personal failure."
Serbia - Turkey 94:56
(18:10,22:17,20:11,34:18)
Serbia: Jeremic 11, Despotovic 11 (7 as), Katnic, Markovic 12, Radulovic 12, Stojacic 13 (7 rebs), Cakarevic 2, Macvan 13 (8 rebs), Raduljica 10 (6 rebs), Marjanovic 8 (9 rebs), Cupkovic 2
DNP: Keselj (injured).
Turkey: Balbay 8 (4 rebs), Ozurganci, Hacioglu 7, Turgut 2, Ozcan 9, Cipa 5, Sevinc 12, Kocabalkan, Aydogan 1, Tunca 6, Ozcan 4 (4 rebs), Selen 2. |
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| Novi Sad enjoys quarterfinal stage | |
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by Eurobasket News - Jul 21, 2007 | | | Brazil U19 - Austrlia U19 73:72
Australia lost just a single game but it was enough to got eliminated from the U19 Wotld Championship in Serbia. Having entered the quarterfinal clash against Brazil with a perfect 6-0 record Australia hoped to stay unbeaten and book their semifinal spot. However it was not the task for South Americans.
Australia started to dominate the game right from the start and secured a 19:14 lead after the opening frame. Pat Mills provided 10 points for Australia to maintain their favourite status. Brazil however repsonded immediatelly and limiting Australia to just 10 points in the second frame spurred ahead 41:29 at halftime.
Andrew Ogilvy (211-C/F-88) was the main offensive threat from the Boomers in the third quarter as he nailed 8 points to cut the deficit to 3 points 52:55. Australia then enjoyed a 6:0 run to start the fourth frame and appeared leading by a single point. Both teams kept it close from now on before brazil grabbed a 1-point advantage with 18 seconds left on the clock. Andrew Ogilvy replied with a jumper to regain the lead but Brazil had the last word. Caue De Freitas sank a jump shot to bring victory to Brazil.
Nardi Jose Nardi Duarte (193-G/F-88) scored 23 points and 5 steals for Brazil. Paulo Prestes (208-C-88) contributed 15 points and 14 rebounds in a winning effort for Brazilian squad. Andrew Ogilvy was a usual contributor for Australia with 22 points and 6 rebounds. Pat Mills provided 19 points, 6 assists and 6 steals in a defeat.
The win saw Brazil advance into the semifianl where they will meet Serbia today. Australia will play in classification round against Turkey today.
Brazil U19: Nardi Jose Nardi Duarte 23 points, Paulo Prestes 15+14 boards
Australia U19: Andrew Ogilvy 22, Patrick Mills (182-G-88) 19.
France U19 - Spain U19 100:83
French U19 National team advanced into the semifinal stunning Spain 100:83. They trailed 23:25 after the opening frame but found the touch midway through the game and rallied past their South neighbours. Antoine Diot (191-G-89) provided 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists for France. Adrien Moerman (203-F/C-88) scored another 24 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for the winners. Spain replied with 28 points from Xavier Forcada (195-G-88).
France will now take on the USA in highly anticipated semifinal clash. Spain will play against Argentina in the classification round.
France U19: Antoine Diot 27 points, Adrien Moerman 24
Spain U19: Xavier Forcada 28, Victor Claver 17.
Serbia U19 - Turkey U19 94:56
The hosting Serbian team faced little problems en route to the semifinal. They cruised past Turkey 94:56 and celebrated another win at the home World Championship. Serbia dominated the game right from the start as they ensured a 18:10 advantage after the opening frame. They extended to 40:27 at halftime and left no chances for Turkish side in the second half. Seven Serbian players scored in double digits. Stefan Stojacic (197-G-89) and Milan Macvan (206-F/C-89) led the way with 13 points apiece. Ogun Sevinc (198-F-88) netted 12 points in a loss.
Serbia will now face Brazil in today's semifinal. Turkey takes on Australia in classification round.
Serbia U19: Stefan Stojacic 13, Milan Macvan 13
Turkey U19: Ogun Sevinc 12, Kerem Ozcan 9
USA U19 - Argentina U19 112:86
United States remained unbeaten at the World championship as they drove past Argentina yesterday. They now imroved to 7-0 record and will now face strong French team in the semis tonight. All the damage in this one was done by the end of the first quarter when the USA squad were up by 18 points. They never stopped in the second and piled up a 62:40 advantage at halftime. Argentina struggled to stop an impressive offense performance from the States and had to surrender at the end. Patrick Beverley (185-G-88) ensured 20 points and 6 rebounds in a win. Raymar Morgan (201-F-88) added 16 points and 7 rebounds for the winners. Argentina were paced by 18 points, 7 steals, 5 rebounds and 5 assists from Nicolas De los Santos (188-G-88).
USA U19: Patrick Beverley 20, Raymar Morgan 16
Argentina U19: Nicolas De los Santos 18, Federico Aguerre (203-F/C-88) 15. |
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| Serbia continues WC U19 without Marko Keselj | |
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| | | Serbian U19 NT has one more problem before quarterfinal of the World Championship in Novi Sad. They will have to continue competition without maybe the best player of the team Marko Keselj (208-F-88, agency: Beo Basket) who got serious cut (7 stitches) on a palm of the right hand. Injury happened in the second minute of the game against Lithuania when player tried to block a shot and got big cut of the rim so he for sure won't be able to help his team mates in the battle for the medals. Keselj had bad luck on this WC, on the last preparation game just couple of days before WC Keselj twisted ankle and coach Nikolic couldn't count on him a lot in the first three games. But on the most important game for Serbian NT so far on WC against France Keselj made fantastic return despite on the other side his opponent was top European prospect Nicolas Batum. He led Serbia to this necessary win netting 18 points. Keselj played last season for Spanish Akasvayu Girona and with them won FIBA EuroCup.
However this is a big problem for head coach Miroslav Nikolic and Serbian U19 NT who will play today in the quarterfinal against Turkey at 18:00h. |
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| The last day of the Qualifying Round | |
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by Eurobasket News - Jul 19, 2007 | | |
Group E
Lithuania U19 lost the last game of the Qualifying Round in Group E and did not qualify to the Top 8 of FIBA U19 World Championship. Last night the team was upset by the hosts 76:89 that finished second. Miroslav Raduljica (213-C-88, agency: CAA Sports) (213-C-88, agency: CAA Sports) led Serbia with 23 points and 7 rebounds. Stefan Markovic (191-G-88) supported him and his team with 15 points. Zygimantas Janavicius (192-G-89) paced the Baltic state with 17 points and 7 assists. Lithuania will continue in the Classification Round. The opening quarter was the result of the whole game. The hosts started very energetically and took initiative into their hands. Serbia outscored Lithuania 24:13 in the first quarter that was the result of the whole game as in the next three quarters Lithuania played the same level of the game.
In the second quarter both teams nailed 24 points and still Serbia had 11 points deficit. Lithuania started the third quarter in much the same way they had started the second and reduced their opponents to a seven-point lead midway through the period. Serbia however advantaged the lead to 12 points. The hosts displayed their tournament credentials by scoring nine points without reply to race into a 62:50 lead by the start of the final quarter.
With an offensive basketball from both teams Serbia defended their lead and led the game to the lucky end. Lithuania lost the fourth 26:27 and the game itself 76:89.
Brazil U19 celebrated an important win to advance to the Quarter-Final of FIBA U19 World Championship. In the last game of the Qualifying Round Brazil rolled over China 89:77. The latter won three quarters out of four, however the loss in the second was too much for China. Brazil smashed the Asians with 34:9 and advanced to the next stage. Paulo Prestes (208-C-88) led the winners with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Duarte produced 19 and De Moura Melazzo added 16. Xu Yong (202-F-89) top-scored with 23 points in the losing effort.
China led 19:16 after the first quarter but could not repeat the same in the second. Brazil had two enormous runs to win the second 34:9. Both teams went to the lockers as the board showed 50:28 at the half.
China started the third quarter with 17-4 run and trailed only 51:64 after three quarters. The teams played evenly in the fourth quarter but China never got closer than 9.
Brazil outrebounded China 49-33 and had 16 turnovers to 23 by China. China hit 57 percent of its 2-point shots and 46 percent of its 3-pointers while Brazil hit 45 percent of its 2-point shots and 27 percent of its 3-pointers.
USA beat France 87:82 and stayed the undefeated team in the group.
Group F
Korea got the unexpected, however pleasant win in the last day of the Qualifying Round. Having no chances to advance Korea beat Turkey 104:96. A great second quarter gave the Asians lead that followed the end of the game. Kwon Yong Woong (189-G/F-88) led the way with 20 points. Ham Nuri posted 18 points and made 10 rebounds, while Jung Chang Young added 16. Ogun Sevinc (198-F-88) produced 25 points in the losing effort.
Korea and Turkey both finished on a high tempo as two teas finished the first 24:24. The second quarter was the break up of the game when Korea went on a 10 points lead. Both teams of the tournament went to the lockers with 48:38 for Asians. Turkey got back within a point thanks to Dogus Balbay (184-G-89)'s lay-up to make it 55:54 in the third period. Trailing again in the fourth Turkey almost pulled off a comeback with a 13-3 scoring stretch to make it 85:82. Korea did not go down and had 98:93 with some minutes to go. Instead of keeping the score Korea increased it to 104:96 and got the second win of the Qualifying Round. The team finished at 2-4 and will continue in the Classification round.
Argentina qualified to the quarter-finals of the FIBA U19 World Championship even though the team lost to Canada 82:87. Three teams in the group finished with 3-3 and only Canada stayed out of the Quarterfinals. Due to the loss from Turkey (58:81), the latter and Argentina qualified to the next stage. In the game over Canada Nicolas De los Santos posted 24 points for Argentina. Sebastian Vega (200-C-88) nailed 17 and made 10 rebounds, while Nicolas Aguirre netted 16. Kai Williams (198-F-89) top-scored for Canada with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Boris Bakovic ended up with 17 points and 13 rebounds and Devoe Joseph had 14.
Canada played the great game and you seldom see a winner of the game unhappy, as the loser qualifies to another stage. Both teams nailed 24 points in the opening quarter and looked forward toward the rest of the game. Greg Francis' outfit quickly learnt from their mistakes from the opening period and tightened their defense to race into a 38:28 lead midway through the second quarter.
In the second half Argentina won the third quarter 17:13 however lost the fourth 28:29. As a result 82:87 loss but the ticket to the next round for the South Americans.
Australia stayed undefeated beating Spain 86:84.
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| Serbia against Turkey in the quarterfinal | |
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| | | After nice performance and win vs France Serbian NT outplayed Lithuania 89:76 and will meet Turkey in the quarterfinal tomorrow at 18:00h. All quarterfinal games will be played on Friday so USA will play against Argentina, France against Spain while undefeated Australia will meet Brazil. Serba made plus 11 after first quarter and successfully kept that advantage until the end. Miroslav Raduljica (213-C-88, agency: CAA Sports), who netted 90% of his points in the first half, led Serbians scoring 23 points and grabbing 7 rebounds while PG Stefan Markovic (191-G-88) followed him adding 15 points and 3 assists. Zygimantas Janavicius (192-G-89) posted 17 points and dished out 7 assists for Lithuania who had 25 attempts for 3-pts during the game making only 7 of them.
One of the best Serbian players and best scorer against France with 18 points Marko Keselj (208-F-88, agency: Beo Basket) got serious slashes on his hand early in the 2nd minute of the game and it is still not known will he be able to help his team mates in the fight for the medals.
Serbia - Lithuania 89:76
(24:13,24:24,14:13,27:26)
Serbia: Jeremic 10, Despotovic 8 (4 as), Katnic 3, Markovic 15 (3 as), Keselj 2, Radulovic 2, Stojacic 6, Cakarevic, Macvan 10 (4 as), Raduljica 23 (7 rebs), Marjanovic 10 (4 rebs), Cupkovic.
Lithuania: Janavisius 17 (7 as), Birgelis, Cepukaitis 4 (4 rebs), Beliavicius 2, Kleiza 7, Gvezdauskas 11, Gailius, Brazdauskis, Valukonis 13 (6 rebs), Gecevicius 13, Skardauskas 2, Grinius 7. |
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