Russia was the best at Eurobasket U20 2008 (Photo: FIBA)
Sweden celebrated championship of Eurobasket U20 Div.B 2008 (Photo: FIBA)
Division B Stats leaders of the championship - Jul. 22, 2008
The top scorer of U20 European Championship division B, which was held in Poland, is
Nadia Tavares (178 - F - 88) of Portugal. Her team ended competition in
Preliminary Round winless but Tavares and her teammates outplayed Great Britain
twice in the battle for the 9th place. Tavares demonstrated the best performance
at the opening as well as at the last game of Portugal. In the first game she
netted 23 points against Sweden while at the last one against the British she
drained 25. She scored 109 points during the entire championship which is 18.2 ppg.
Second scorer of the competition is
Frida Eldebrink (174 - G - 88), whose team grabbed the Gold beating the host
Poland in the final. In fact
Frida Eldebrink scored the most points in Poland 118 but she played one game
more than Tavares. Eldebrinks competition - high was in the first round against
Portugal when she scored 25 points. For 7 games Eldebrink averaged 16.9 ppg.
Third place on the list with the top scorers belongs to Skobel, who is member of
the second ranked team Poland. Skobel played all 7 games on this championship
adding 13.4 ppg. She gave her maximum against Sweden in third round scoring 19
points.
Top rebounder of the championship is
Finda Mansare (189 - F/C - 89) of Hungary. She grabbed 9 rebounds per game while
her team won the Bronze. Second on the list of best rebounders is Tetemondova of
Slovakia, who averaged 8.7 rpg, while Polish Kaczmarczyk is on third place with
8.1 rpg. Elin Eldebrink (174 - G - 88) is the top assistant of U20 EC division B as she dished
out 4.9 apg.
Claudia Pop (186 - F - 89, agency:
LBM Management) of Romania follows her with 4 apg while
Rose Anderson (175 - G - 88) from Great Britain has 3.7 apg.
Division B. Finals - Jul. 20, 2008
FINAL GAME U20 Sweden - U20 Poland 64 - 60 Sweden celebrated in the final of European
Championship division B outplaying Poland at the front of their fans.
Very important achievement for both teams is that they will compete in division
A at the next European Championship. Final game is decided in the last quarter.
Poland was much closer to big victory
having plus six at the end of third stanza, 47 - 53. During the first three
minutes of the last frame Swedish made crucial 12 - 0 run thanks to
Frida Eldebrink
(174 - G - 88) and
Louice Halvarsson
(189 - C - 89), which were unstoppable at the offensive end. Thus after minus six,
Swedish made a big turn setting the score on 59 - 53. Skobel finally answered with
successful jump shot for 59 - 56. During the last three minutes Poland committed
two turnovers while on the other side
Frida Eldebrink
and Louice Halvarsson
had 50% from the free throw line. The last train gone for Poland when Durak
missed a lay - up after what Birbzycka attempted from the field but also
unsuccessful.
Frida Eldebrink
missed first but netted second free throw for the final core 64 - 60.
Malin Edlund
(183 - F - 88) was the best player in Sweden this time collecting 20 points and 4
rebounds.
Frida Eldebrink,
who was the leading Swedish player during the entire tournament, needed one more
rebound for double - double. She stopped today on 18 points, 9 boards and 5
assists.
Louice Halvarsson
also had important role in this win adding 13 points and 12 rebounds. The hosts
got 17 points and 8 rebounds from
Joanna Zalesiak
(174 - G - 88) while...
Division A. Finals - Jul. 20, 2008
Final
Russia U20 - France U20 67:58 Russian U20 National Team celebrated their 4th European Championship
title in eight years. They defeated France in the dramatic Final in Italy to
take the crown. Russia did not lose a single game en route to the title and
deservedly earned Gold medals. A trademark stifling defense from Russian team
proved to be decisive once again. They kept the grip tight in three quarters and
it was just enough to prevail at the end. Russia used a 7:2 run at the end of
the first frame to gain a 17:10 lead.
Katerina Keyru (182 - F - 88)
and
Natalia Zhedik (182 - G - 88)
dropped back - to - back three - pointers early in the second period and Russian team
enjoyed a 23:12 advantage early on. However a 13:0 outburst from French team put
them in the driving seat 29:28 with under 3 minutes left in the half. Pavlova
and Natalia Vieru converted a bunch of free throws to retain the lead and the
teams went into the dressing rooms with Russia up by one 32:31. The game was
tied thrice early in the third stanza before
Olga Petrova (184 - G - 88)
knocked down 5 points to ignite a 9:2 run from Russian team as they piled up a
51:42 cushion before the final quarter.
Ingrid Tanqueray
(164 - G - 88) and Paul pulled France within 6 points, but Russia reacted with
straight baskets from
Olga Petrova and
Natalia Zhedik.
Olga Petrova continued to
accumulate points and soon she allowed Russia to clear off to a 12 - point
distance. Lorraine Lokoka chipped in 5 consecutive points to clip the deficit to
7 points but it was as close as France could get.
Katerina Keyru and
Olga Petrova buried
crucial free throws and Russia became the 2008 European Champions! Olga Petrova fired 21
points to lead the action.
Olga Zhuzhgova (203 - C - 88)
delivered 10 points, while
Katerina Keyru and
Natalia Zhedik had 7
points apiece for the winners.
Marielle Amant (191 - C - 89)
answered with 15 points and 10 rebounds for France.
Ingrid Tanqueray dropped
12 points in a losing effort. France had a slight advantage on the boards 39:37
but suffered 16 turnovers and shot just 34% from the field.
Bronze medals game
Serbia U20 - Spain U20 73:46 Serbian U20 National Team scored a comprehensive victory over Spain in
todays consolation Final of the European Championship in Italy. In the rematch
of the last years Final Serbia took revenge and stepped on the pedestal. Serbia
was slightly better in the opening frame and earned a 13:11 lead.
Jelena Milovanovic
(191 - F/C - 89) and
Dragana Gobeljic
(185 - F - 88) netted back - to - back treys to open the second period and stretched the
margin to 8 points.
Sonja Petrovic (189 - F - 89)
capped the first half with 4 straight points and Serbia opened a double - digit
lead at halftime.
Sonja Petrovic,
Jelena Milovanovic and
Dragana Gobeljic fueled a
10:0 run and Serbian team established a 48:29 advantage late in the frame.
Sonja Petrovic and
Ivanovic continued the rally in the fourth term as Serbia extended the distance
to 28 points. Serbia then cruised to an overall victory at the end.
Jelena Milovanovic paced
the winners with 17 points and 6 boards.
Sonja Petrovic dropped 15
points and pulled down 9 boards, while
Dragana Gobeljic finished
with 12 points for Serbia.
Jael Freixanet (187 - F - 88)
replied with 16 points and 7 boards for Spain. Anna Carbo, De La Fuente and
Michel Aguilo nailed 7 points apiece in a losing effort. Serbia outrebounded
their opponents 39:30 and shot solid 50% from the field. Spain converted 31% of
field goals and committed 15 turnovers down the stretch.
5th - 6th spots
Ukraine U20 - Latvia U20 80:59 Olena Samburska
(172 - G - 89) nailed 25 points to pace Ukrainian U20 National Team to a victorious
finish of the European Championship in Italy. Thy beat Latvia on the final day
of action and clinched the 5th overall spot. Baiba Eglite and
Diana Ozolina (179 - F - 89)
stunned their opponents early in the game as Latvia jumped to an 8:0 lead. But
Olena Samburska notched
10 points in the opening frame to lift Ukraine to a 22:21 advantage ten minutes
into the game. Latvia spurred ahead early in the second term before the
encounter turned into a seesaw battle with the lead changing hands for numerous
times. Karline Nimane gave Latvian team a 39:38 advantage at halftime.
Olena Samburska,
Oleksandra Prystupa and
Oksana Kisilova
(188 - F - 88) carried Ukraine back in front 49:42 at the start of the third frame.
Ukraine then reeled off an 18:5 rally to accumulate a 67:47 buffer before the
fourth quarter. Jekabsone and
Sabine Niedola (182 - F - 91)
cut the distance to 16 points in the fourth frame but Ukraine immediately
responded. They chipped in 9 unanswered points to pile up a comfortable
advantage. Latvia failed to recover and suffered a heavy loss at the end.
Oksana Kisilova provided
18 points for Ukraine.
Arina Lysyuk (170 - G - 89)
had 14 points in a winning effort.
Sabine Niedola answered
with 14 points and 6 boards for Latvia.
Diana Ozolina had 10
points in defeat. Ukraine converted 54% from the field and outrebounded their
opponents 34:29.
7th - 8th spots
Turkey U20 - Lithuania U20 69:66 Turkish U20 National Team finished their European Championship campaign
with a win. They defeated Lithuanian counterparts in thrilling encounter today
and occupied the 7th overall spot in the final ladder. Turkish team overcame
another big day for
Gintare Petronyte
(195 - C - 89) to hold off the Baltic team. Turkey used a 7:4 run late in the
starting period to grab an 18:13 advantage going into the second frame.
Bahar Yapar (179 - F - 89)
opened the second quarter with two three - pointers to open a double - digit lead
for Turkey.
Bahar Yapar added 8 more
points and
Ilknur Dumlu (176 - G - 89)
hit a trey as Turkish team enjoyed a 34:20 advantage midway through the second
stanza. Milauskaite and Kamile Nacickaite scored 5 points in a row at the end of
the first half and Lithuania trailed by 8 points at halftime. Turkeu maintained
the gap throughout the third stanza and led by 7 points heading into the fourth
quarter.
Mehtap Gezer (192 - F - 88)
and
Bahar Yapar stretched the
margin to 11 points to tip off the final term but
Gintare Petronyte fueled
an 8:0 surge from Lithuania as they cut the deficit to 3 points. However it was
as close as Lithuania could get.
Mehtap Gezer,
Bahar Yapar and
Ilknur Dumlu were deadly
in the dying minutes and ensured the win for Turkey.
Bahar Yapar finished with
17 points for Turkey.
Ilknur Dumlu and
Mehtap Gezer knocked down
14 points apiece for the winners.
Gintare Petronyte posted
17 points and 12 boards, while
Egle Sarapaite (172 - G - 88)
dropped 11 points for Lithuania. Sarune Jasiunskaite and Kamile Nacickaite had
10 points each in defeat.
9th - 10th spots
Italy U20 - Czech Republic U20 69:67
Italian U20 National Team overcame a 27 - point outburst from
Eva Mrhalkova
(175 - F/G - 88) to score a dramatic 69:67 win over Czech Republic. Italy thus
earned the 9th spot at the European Championship. The teams were well - matched in
the opening frame and finished all tied at 17. Italy capped the second period
with a 7:0 run to pile up a 37:31 advantage at the interval. Lenka Sipova and
Eva Mrhalkova cut the
deficit to minimum early in the third frame. Soon
Aneta Obrusnikova
(174 - G - 88) dropped back - to - back treys and Czech Republic led 45:42. However the
hosts denied the deficit and drew things level 51:51 at the end of the third
period. The teams exchanged the baskets and remained knotted at 62 with 2
minutes to go. Clelia Corsi and Arianna Zampieri dropped 4 points in a row as
Italy clear off to a 4 - point distance. Hindrakova shaved the distance but
Valeria Battisodo
(177 - G - 88) answered with a three - pointer to maintain the gap.
Aneta Obrusnikova gave
hope to Czech Republic side with a treble but her potential winning
three - pointer with 4 seconds remaining missed the mark.
Chiara Consolini
(182 - F - 88) accounted for 17 points for Italy.
Valeria Battisodo had 13
points, while
Sabrina Cinili (190 - F - 89)
added 9 in a win.
Eva Mrhalkova was well
complimented by
Aneta Obrusnikova with 18
points. Lenka Sipova finished with 15 points and 8 boards in defeat.
11th - 12th spots
Montenegro U20 - Belarus U20 73:67
Montenegrin U20 National Team earned the 11th spot at the European Championship
in Italy. Earlier today Montenegro toppled Belarus to finish their campaign in
style.
Snezana Aleksic
(171 - G - 89) put on another sizzling outstanding performance tallying 37 points,
11 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals to pace her team to the win. However Belarus
controlled the situation in the opening stanza. They kept in front for the major
part of the quarter and led 18:16 heading into the second frame. However the
second period became a one - man show as Aleksic netted 14 points and propelled
the Balkan team 36:32 ahead.
Natallia Kozun
(189 - F - 88), Tsikhimirava and Volha Vashkevich all scored from beyond the arc to
give lead back to Belarus 43:40. Montenegro capped the third frame on a 13:9 run
and led 53:49 with a quarter to go.
Tatsiana Likhtarovich
(179 - G - 88) buried 9 free throws in the first 5 minutes of the fourth quarter to
lift Belarus up 62:59. She added a layup as Belarus enjoyed a 64:61advantage
with just over 3 minutes left in regulation. But Montenegro reeled off to an 8:0
rally to claim a 69:64 advantage with 19 seconds remaining.
Tatsiana Likhtarovich
dropped a trey to cut eh deficit to 2 points with 13 seconds to go. But
Snezana Aleksic nailed 4
freebies in the dying seconds to seal the win for Montenegro.
Milica Jovanovic
(187 - F/C - 89) had 11 points, while
Marija Vujadinovic
(175 - G - 90) delivered 10 points for the winners.
Tatsiana Likhtarovich
responded with 20 points for Belarus.
Natallia Kozun provided
15 points in a losing effort.
Division B - Semifinals and classification stage - Jul. 20, 2008
SEMIFINALS
Sweden - Hungary
94 - 52 Sweden confirmed its domination from the
preliminary round easily celebrating over Hungary in the semifinals of U20 European
Championship division B in Poland. Thus Swedish will have to
take on the hosts Poland in the battle for the Gold. On
the other side Hungary will
meet Slovakia in the game for bronze
medal. Swedish had a pretty good shooting day as they made 11 of 19 attempts
from behind the arc. Beside that Sweden dominated under the basket at the both
sides of the court having 42 rebounds matched with 27 by Hungary. After 5 - 5 at
the early beginning, Sweden made furious 15 - 0 run mostly owing to
Frida Aili (178 - G - 88, agency:
LBM Management) and
Frida Eldebrink (174 - G - 88). This resulted with fantastic 17 points lead
after first ten minutes. Swedish continued at the same rhythm in the next period
creating another 9 - 0 run for 32 - 6. Hungarians struggled a lot with their
offensive sets during this entire first quarter as well as in the first couple
of minutes in the next one. The reason for that of course is very aggressive
defense by the Swedish. Hungary succeeded to net some points before the half
time but anyway Sweden didn't stop too setting the score on 47 - 19. The rest of
the game was just a formality.
This time Sweden got the most from
Louice Halvarsson (189 - C - 89), who netted 24 points. As usually
Frida Eldebrink was on her level with 20 points and 6 rebounds while
Frida Aili had 13 points.
Emese Szasz (171 - G - 88) and
Edit Laczi (181 - G/F - 88) scored 10 points each for Hungary.
Division A. Semifinals - Jul. 19, 2008
Semifinals
Russia U20 - Serbia U20 49:47 Russian U20 National Team withstood a fierce comeback effort from
Serbian team to celebrate a dramatic victory in the semifinal of the European
championship. Russia is looking to retain the title they possess in 2000, 2004
and 2006.
Natalia Vieru (198 - C - 89)
and Olga Petrova got things rolling for Russia at the start of the game. The
first stanza was really slow as the teams stressed the defense. Keyru and
Natalia Zhedik (182 - G - 88)
finished the period with 5 points and Russian team enjoyed a 10:3 advantage at
the first intermission.
Jelena Milovanovic
(191 - F/C - 89) scored 7 points early in the second period to singlehandedly drag
Serbia back to life. Dragana Gobeljic soon cut the deficit to one point however
Yulia Lukina (185 - F - 88)
and Elena Pavlova secured Russian lead at halftime 22:18. Russia kept in front
throughout the third frame.
Jelena Milovanovic
accounted for the last basket in the third quarter and Serbia trailed 29:30
heading into the final stanza. Maja Miljkovic and
Iva Roglic (189 - F - 88)
opened the fourth term with 4 points in a row to give Serbia their first lead of
the game. The advantage changed hands for a couple of times before
Natalia Vieru hit two
freebies and Romanova added a jumper to establish a 45:42 advantage for Russia.
Serbia cut the distance back to a single point but
Natalia Zhedik converted
two free throws, while
Jelena Milovanovic
managed just one free throw and Russia pulled away with a narrow victory.
Natalia Vieru tallied 15
points and 9 boards to pace Russia.
Yulia Lukina had 8
points, while
Natalia Zhedik knocked
down 7 for the winners.
Jelena Milovanovic
answered with 16 points for Serbia.
Sonja Petrovic (189 - F - 89)
and
Iva Roglic delivered 9
points apiece in defeat. Russia will now face France in the Final tomorrow.
France U20 - Spain U20 61:56
Spanish U20 National Team ceased their title defense campaign in the semifinal
today. Spanish team could not overcome French counterparts and failed to enter
the title game at the European championship. The teams traded baskets in the
opening stanza but
Anna Carbo (176 - F - 88)
scored 6 straight points late in the period and Bokesa capped the frame with a
jumper to give Spain a 22:18 lead.
Anna Carbo converted a
three - pointer and Spain went up 31:23 early in the second stanza. However 5
points from
Carine Paul (176 - F/G - 88)
and a trey from
Lucie Bouthors (174 - G - 88)
drew things level midway through the frame. Doriane Tahane and Lorraine Lokoka
crowned the first half with consecutive jump shots and France enjoyed a 35:31
advantage at the interval. France stayed in front in the third frame and entered
the fourth term up by 3 points. France looked cool in the final stanza and kept
their opponents at bay in the fourth quarter. Spain still managed to claw their
way within one point from French team but Amant and
Carine Paul stretched the
gap back to 5 points.
Ingrid Tanqueray
(164 - G - 88) hit a freebie for a 60:54 advantage with 24 seconds left. Noelia
Oliva shaved the deficit to 4 points with just 15 seconds remaining but
Carine Paul sealed the
winning outcome from charity stripe.
Lucie Bouthors led the
charge with 15 points.
Carine Paul added 12
points, while
Ingrid Tanqueray had 8
points and 11 boards for the winners.
Gaby Ocete (170 - G - 88)
netted 19 points for Spain.
Anna Carbo delivered 17
points and 7 rebounds in a losing effort. France outrebounded their opponents
45:36 and limited Spain to 31% from the field.
5th - 8th spots semifinals
Latvia U20 - Lithuania U20 83:73 (OT) Latvian U20 National Team secured a difficult win over their archrivals
Lithuania to play for the 5th spot at the European Championship in Italy.
Sabine Niedola (182 - F - 91)
came up with monster double - double of 21 points and 22 boards to pace Latvia to
the win. She eclipsed a sizzling performance from
Gintare Petronyte
(195 - C - 89) as Lithuanian rising star tallied 26 points and 15 boards in defeat.
Lithuania jumped to an early lead as Nacickaite and
Saule Kontautaite
(175 - G - 89) hit trebles.
Saule Kontautaite soon
added another three - pointer to give Lithuania a 16:9 advantage midway through
the opening term. However Latvia managed to cut the deficit to a single point
19:20 at the first intermission. Back - to - back treys from Egle Sarapaite and
Sarune Povilionyte opened a double - digit lead for Lithuania. They rolled to a
39:31 advantage at halftime. Petronyte scored a layup for a 44:31 Lithuanian
cushion early in the third stanza and the situation seemed well in control by
Lithuania. But Latvian players had some other thoughts about it. They went on an
18:2 rally to step in front 49:46 late in the third quarter. Petronyte and
Sarune Povilionyte retained the lead for Lithuanian team but Niedola drew things
level at 53 heading into the fourth term. The teams exchanged the baskets at the
beginning of the final period before Anna Gailite and
Kristine Vitola
(196 - C - 91) spurred Latvia ahead 69:63 with under two minutes left. But
Lithuanian side replied with a three - pointer from
Saule Kontautaite to clip
the distance to 3 points. Nacickaite converted a free throw, while
Gintare Petronyte hit a
jumper to send game into overtime.
Baiba Eglite (175 - G - 89)
and
Kristine Vitola carried
Latvia to a 75:70 advantage in the extra period. Niedola then added two points
and Latvia never looked back to race past Lithuania.
Baiba Eglite and
Kristine Vitola knocked
down 19 points apiece for the winners.
Saule Kontautaite
delivered 12 points in defeat.
Ukraine U20 - Turkey U20 78:67
Ukrainian U20 National Team outgunned their Turkish counterparts and got the
chance to fight for the 5th overall spot at the European championship.
Oleksandra Prystupa
(205 - C - 89, agency:
LBM Management) secured
19 points and 16 boards to pace Ukraine.
Yasemin Dalgalar
(183 - F - 88) led all scorers with 27 points for Turkey but could not prevent loss.
Ukraine will now take on Latvia for the 5th spot tomorrow. Turkey will face
Lithuania in the game for the 7th spot. The teams kept it close in the opening
stanza and Ukraine ensured a 21:18 lead after ten minutes of action.
Olena Samburska
(172 - G - 89) scored 7 points in a 16:0 run from Ukraine that put them ahead 42:25
late in the second frame. Turkey trailed 28:44 at the sides change.
Olena Samburska accounted
for 4 more points and Bovykina added two more for Ukraine to go 60:40 up late in
the third quarter. Dalgalar and Erbas narrowed the gap to 14 points with a
quarter to go. Dalgalar,
Bahar Caglar (188 - F - 88)
and Melek Bilge cut the deficit to 8 points midway through the fourth term.
However Prystupa and Kisilova nailed 4 points in a row to give Ukraine some more
breathing space. Dalgalar and
Bahar Caglar combined for
6 points to spark hope for Turkey but
Arina Lysyuk (170 - G - 89)
silenced Turkish team with a trey.
Olena Samburska scored 17
points, while
Arina Lysyuk added 14 for
the winners.
Bahar Caglar drained 23
points and pulled down 11 rebounds for Turkey in defeat.
9th - 12th spots semifinals
Italy U20 - Montenegro U20 73:51 Italian U20 Team earned a cruising win over Montenegro earlier today.
The victory means Italy will fight for the 9th spot tomorrow. Tomorrow the hosts
will take on Czech Republic. Montenegro will clash with Belarus for the 11th
overall spot on the final day of action. The home team opened the game on a 13:2
run to set the tone early. Rossi and
Chiara Consolini
(182 - F - 88) capped the first frame to give Italian team a 22:10 advantage at the
first intermission.
Chiara Consolini notched
6 points early in the second period to keep Italy rolling. They easily withheld
all comeback efforts from Montenegro to enjoy a 39:23 advantage at halftime.
Biljana Turcinovic
(186 - F - 89) opened the third frame with 5 points as Montenegrin team cut the
deficit to 11 points. However the hosts easily secured a safe distance and
entered the fourth term up by 16. Vujadinovic tipped off the fourth period with
back - to - back treys as Montenegro trailed by 10 points. Battisodo,
Arianna Zampieri
(181 - F - 88) and
Martina Crippa
(175 - G/F - 88) immediately answered with an 8:0 run to take a sigh of relief.
Montenegro could not answer at the closing stages and lost the battle.
Chiara Consolini and
Martina Crippa scored 15
points apiece for Italy.
Arianna Zampieri dropped
9 points in a winning case.
Milica Jovanovic
(187 - F/C - 89) answered with 16 points and 9 rebounds for Montenegro.
Biljana Turcinovic and
Snezana Aleksic
(171 - G - 89) netted 10 points and collected 10 boards apiece.
Czech Republic U20 - Belarus U20 78:69 Lenka Sipova (185 - C - 88)
dropped 20 points and Czech Republic U20 National Team toppled Belarusian
counterparts in Italy today. Czechs will now play for the 9th spot against
Italy. Belarus will have a chance to finish the event at the 11th spot when they
take on Montenegro tomorrow.
Tatsiana Likhtarovich
(179 - G - 88) exploded with 25 points and 5 steals but her effort was gone
fruitless as Czech Republic prevailed in the end. Andrea Ovsikova and Gabriela
Giacintova teamed up for 10 points in the first period as Czech Republic grabbed
a 22:17 advantage. Czech team posted a 7:0 run early in the second period to
open up a double digit lead. Belarus cut it back to 3 points late in the quarter
but Obrusnikova crowned the first half with a layup to make it 45:40 for Czechs.
The teams exchanged the baskets throughout the third stanza and
Tatsiana Likhtarovich
drew things level with a three - pointer late in the third frame. However
Eva Mrhalkova
(175 - F/G - 88) managed to put Czech Republic in front 61:59 at the end of the
third stanza. Belarus stayed in the striking distance throughout the first part
of the final period but eventually Czech Republic ran away. Sipova nailed a
jumper to ignite a 9:0 run that put Czechs away for good.
Katerina Hindrakova
(176 - G/F - 88) and
Eva Mrhalkova dropped 14
points apiece for the winners.
Natallia Kozun (189 - F - 88)
answered with 18 points and 7 boards for Belarus in defeat. Czech Republic
outrebounded their opponents 46:25 including 18 offensive rebounds.
Division A. The end of the Qualifying Round - Jul. 18, 2008
GROUP E
Serbia U20 - Turkey U20
87:58
Serbian U20 National Team continued their chase for the European
championship title. Today they cruised past Turkey in the Qualifying round
Group E. Serbia improved to 4 - 1 record on top of Group E. Turkey fell to
2 - 3.
Sonja Petrovic
(189 - F - 89) and
Jelena Milovanovic
(191 - F/C - 89) put their names in the scoring list early in the game. Soon
Dragana Gobeljic
(185 - F - 88) fired from downtown and Serbia accumulated a 7:2 lead. But Turkey
stepped on the gas late in the first frame and pulled ahead 12:10 at the
end.
Yasemin Dalgalar
(183 - F - 88) opened the second stanza with a jumper and Turkey enjoyed a 14:10
advantage. But a couple of triples from
Sonja Petrovic
and Milijkovic allowed Serbia to pile up a 21:14 advantage midway through
the second frame. Serbian team kept Turkey at bay through the reminder of
the second stanza and built a 33:22 cushion at halftime.
Dragana Gobeljic
and Milovanovic teamed up for 8 points to open the third quarter and Serbia
ran away to a 19 - point distance. Turkey never threatened the lead and
trailed by 38 points heading into the final stanza. Dalglar and
Bahar Caglar
(188 - F - 88) clipped the deficit early in the fourth term but Serbian reserves
soon took over and breezed to a stunning win.
Dragana Gobeljic
delivered 14 points for Serbia.
Sonja Petrovic
knocked down 13 points and
Maja Miljkovic
(176 - G - 88) secured 12 in a win.
Bahar Caglar
and
Division B - Results and stats of the quarterfinals - Jul. 18, 2008
QARTERFINAL GAMES
Hungary
-
Netherlands
61 - 52 Hungary is the first semifinalist of the U20
European Championship division B in
Poland. Hungarians booked a spot for
the semis mostly owing to Zsofia Varga (182 - F - 89)
and
Finda Mansare
(189 - F/C - 89), which were unstoppable today for
Netherlands. On the other side
Netherlands will continue competition
in classification stage fighting for the fifth position. Today's game
started wonderful for Hungarians. After just couple of minutes at the very
beginning, they already created double digits advantage.
Jantine Kraak (190 - C - 89)
and her teammates weren't able to stop Hungarians which finally resulted
with 25 - 12 after first ten minutes. In the second stanza both teams showed
their nerves. They scored together just 18 points in this quarter.
Holland succeeded to
finish it with plus two but still they hade minus 11 at the half time.
Situation has change during the next ten minutes.
Netherlands dominated in the paint
grabbing many offensive rebounds.
Jantine Kraak and
Francisca Donders
(170 - G - 89) led
Netherlands to the crucial 10 minutes
melting lead of their opponent on just 3 points. At the fist possession in
the last stanza Kraak made a jump shot setting the score on 45 - 44. Then
Zsofia Varga,
Finda Mansare and Kovatz
stepped up in
Hungary immediately answering with
12 - 2 run. At that point it was clear that the game is over for
Netherlands.
Nadia Tavares (178
- F - 88) of Portugal, jumped ahead Frida Eldebrink
taking the position number one on this list. Tavares played 4 games
averaging 16 ppg for her team, which unfortunately finished Preliminary
Round winless. Her championship high so far happened in the first round
against Sweden when she netted 23 points. Tavares posted two points less
against Netherlands in day number two. Frida Eldebrink (174
- G - 88) is very close to Tavares as she averaged 15.5
ppg. The reason why her name isn't on top of the list with leading scorer is
maybe because she take a rest at the last game against Israel playing only
23 minutes. Anyway, she had a competition high in the first round against
Tavares and her teammates draining 25 points.
Third leading scorer after Preliminary Round is
Agnieszka Skobel (181
- F - 89) with 14 ppg. Fourth place belongs to
Elin Eldebrink (174
- G - 88) who has 13.8 ppg. The host Poland will
remember Elin's performance against them in th second day of the
championship when she was ustoappable scoring 25 points. Position number
five is reserved for
Claudia Pop (186
- F - 89, agency:
LBM Management) of Romania who has 13.5 ppg. Finda Mansare (189
- F/C - 89) of Hungary is the top rebounder of the
competition so far with 10.3 rpg.
Nadia Tavares follows her with 8.8 rpg.
Anita Meszaros (190
- C - 88) in on position number three grabing 8.5 rpg. Francisca Donders (170
- G - 89) of Netherlands is the best assistant at the
moment with 4.8 apg.
Elin Eldebrink is on the second place as she dished out 4.5 apg while
Rose Anderson (175
- G - 88) in on the third place with 3.5 apg.
Division A. Qualifying round. Day 2 - Jul. 16, 2008
GROUP EFrance U20
- Turkey
U20 65:57
France U20 beats Turkey U20 in the game of two different halves at U20
European Championship. The French side trailed after the first one, but
then produced 17:6 in the third quarter to seal 65:57 victory in Group
E.
Ana - Maria Cata - Chitiga
(195 - C - 89) had a great game with 22 points and 16 rebounds.
Carine Paul
(176 - F/G - 88) netted 14, while
Lorraine Lokoka
(184 - C/F - 89) scored 9.
Bahar Caglar
(188 - F - 88) finished the night with 19 points in defeat and
Yasemin Dalgalar
(183 - F - 88) collected 12 points and 11 rebounds. France improved to 3
- 1
and Turkey dropped to 2 - 2 in the group.
Turkey opened the game with 5 straight points and the rest of the first
quarter was a real battle, ending with Turkey up 14:13.
Ana - Maria Cata - Chitiga
was the last to score in the quarter to reduce the gap for her team. In
the second quarter the teams exchanged the lead often but again Turkey
was in front by the end of it. The latter went to the lockers having
31:29 advantage at the halftime.
Bilge scored for Turkey in the beginning of the third quarter, but then
the spectators saw silence from Turkey.
Ana - Maria Cata - Chitiga
tallied eight points in a 17 - 4 French surge over the remainder of the
third period for a 46:37 lead going into the fourth. The game was not
over as Turkey closed the gap to 57:53 with 3.23 remaining in the game.
France however pushed the tempo and reached 65:57 win.
Hungary
-
Romania
35 - 41
Romanians ended Preliminary Round registering third victory but they
remain on position number three in Group A with score 3 - 1. Thus
Romania will play against the host
Poland in the quarterfinals of the
U20 European Championship division B. Despite this defeat second position in the
same group is reserved for
Hungary, which has the same score as
Romania 3 - 1.
It was a game with extremely low number of points. It seems that
Romanians adapted better on that kind of game celebrating at the end with plus
6. The winner of today's game opened it very strong making 8 - 1 run. After few
minutes they extended its lead to 5 points, 18 - 3. Until the end of the first
half Romanians succeeded to transfer 14 points lead into the third stanza.
Interesting is that spectators couldn't see any points almost 5 minutes after
the breather. Both teams made many mistakes also missing many wide open shots.
Anyway, with almost two minutes remaining in third period
Romania had 36 - 17.
Hungary finally started to make some
shots at the beginning of the last 10 minutes but they couldn't come any closer
than 8 points.
Anita Meszaros (190
- C - 88) paced
Romania to win today almost
registering double - double. She finished the game with 13 points and 9 rebounds.
Ramona Tarta (173
- G - 89) also shined for the winners with 9 points and 6
rebounds.
Hungary got 12 points and 7 rebounds
from
Nora Kovats (180
- G - 88) while
Emese Szasz (171
- G - 88) had 11 points.
Group A Great Britain -
Hungary 35 - 59
In the fourth round of European Championship division B Hungary
registered an easy win against
Great Britain
booking a spot for the quarterfinal round. Thus
Hungary is undefeated yet in Group A
with score 3 - 0. On the other side
Great
Britain is still without a victory in
Poland as well
as without any chance to reach the quarterfinals. British struggled a
lot with their offensive sets scoring just 4 points for the first 10
minutes. At the same time
Hungary netted 13 points mostly owing
to
Finda Mansare
(189 - F/C - 89) and
Zsofia Varga
(182 - F - 89). British succeeded to recover after terrible first stanza
playing almost leveled second period. Interesting is that British
outrebounded their rivals in this game but their main problem were
turnovers as they committed 29 matched with only 9 by Hungary. After the
breather teams had another almost leveled 10 minutes but this time Great
Britain finished it 13 - 12. It was a hope for British that after real
fiasco in the first quarter they are able to do something more until the
end of the game. But it was a kind of a signal for
Hungary, which intensified defense
letting their opponent to net just 5 points. At the end British finished
the game with only 35 points.
Finda Mansare
was the key player for
Hungary registering double - double.
She added 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Zsofia Varga
followed her with 12 points while
Nora Kovats
(180 - G - 88) stopped in 11 points. Rose
Rose Anderson
(175 - G - 88) was the best for the British scoring 12 points. At the same
time she had 11 turnovers. In the last round
Hungary will take on
Romania while
Great
Britain will play against
Slovak Republic
Division A Qualifying Round. Day 1 - Jul. 15, 2008
France U20 -
Latvia U20 57:53
French U20 National Team celebrated a tough win over Latvian
counterparts at the start of the qualifying round of the European
championship today.
Sarah Michel
(178 - F/G - 89) led balanced offense with 13 points and France team
grabbed their third win at the tournament. France posted a 9:2 rally
to close the starting period and led 20:11.
Ingrid Tanqueray
(164 - G - 88),
Sarah Michel
and Amant allowed French team to spur ahead to a 30:15 distance
early in the second stanza.
Baiba Eglite
(175 - G - 89) tried to keep Latvia in visibility as she poured in 8
points in the second frame but France persisted. They mounted the
pressure and finished the first half leading by 21 points 41:20.
Baiba Eglite
and
Sabine Niedola
(182 - F - 91) opened the second half with back - to - back jumpers.
Sabine Niedola
and Nimane teamed up for 5 straight points and Latvian team narrowed
the gap to 17 points.
Baiba Eglite
and Neimane crowned the third frame on a high shaving the deficit to
11 points. Nimane converted a three - point play at the start of the
final period and Latvia clawed their way back into contest.
Diana Ozolina
(179 - F - 89) and
Sabine Niedola
made it a 6 - point game with just over 3 minutes remaining.
Baiba Eglite
and Steinberga soon put Latvia just two points behind.
Carine Paul
(176 - F/G - 88) scored a jumper, while Steinberga missed three - pointer
for France to secure a difficult victory at the end.
Carine Paul
and
Frida Eldebrink (174
- G - 88) is currently the top scorer of the
championship averaging 21 ppg. At the opening day of the competition
she demonstrated pretty good performance adding 15 points and 8
rebounds in win against Portugal. In the next appearance of Swedish
National Team, which was on day number 3 against the host Poland,
Frida stepped up with 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assist and 4 steals.
She made two free throws for overtime against Poland just one second
before the end of regular time. Later, with 8 seconds remain in the
extra five minutes, she drained a winning triple for her team. Nadia Tavares (178
- F - 88) of Portugal is currently the second
scorer of the championship with 16 ppg. Unfortunately to Tavares,
her team is winless yet in Group B with score 0 - 3. In the first
round of the competition against Sweden, Tavares netted 23 points.
Polish players kept her on just 4 points in the second while in the
next round she shined once again with 21 points against Netherlands.
Zsofia Varga (182
- F - 89) is currently on the third place with
15.5 ppg. She recorded 19 points against Ireland and 12 points
against Slovak Republic.
Claudia Pop (186
- F - 89, agency:
LBM Management) of Romania and
Elin Eldebrink (174
- G - 88) follow Varga with 15 ppg each.
Anita Meszaros (190
- C - 88) of Romania,
Finda Mansare (189
- F/C - 89) of Hungary and
Sharon Beld (184
- F - 88) of Netherlands recorded 9 rpg each thus
they share position of the leading rebounder so far.
All tops after Preliminary Round - Jul. 14, 2008
Preliminary Round of
European Championship Division A went to the end and now Eurobasket
introduces you all top after three games played. Aleksic from
Montenegro leads all top - scorers averaging 25.3 points per game.
Montenegrin player celebrated a key victory with her team over
Belgium in the preliminary Group D of the European Championship.
They overcame a 7 - point halftime deficit to grab their first win at
the tournament and advanced to the qualifying stage. Montenegro
jumped to a quick start as
Snezana Aleksic (171
- G - 89) and
Milica Jovanovic (187
- F/C - 89) put them up 10:2. Belgium failed
to recover and
Snezana Aleksic sealed the winning outcome from charity stripe.
Snezana Aleksic was simply unbelievable with 37 points, 7
assists, 6 steals and 5 boards for Montenegro.
Milica Jovanovic nailed 27 points and averages 19.0 points per
game which is the second result.
Sabine Niedola (182
- F - 91) from Latvia also has 19.0. In day 3
Latvia U20 won over Greece U20 to finish Group B with 2 - 1 record.
Only due to the third quarter Greece could not celebrate the first
win in U20 European Championship for Women.
Sabine Niedola was unstoppable with 22 points and 14 rebounds.
Due to that result
Sabine Niedola is the top player in rebounds stats. She averages
14.7 rebounds per game which is an outstanding result. Milovanovic
from Serbia is second with 10.7. The latter collected 13 points and
11 rebounds in the last game over France.
Bahar Caglar (188
- F - 88) from Turkey has the same result as her
Turkey U20 clinched the top position in Group B beating Czech
Republic U20 78:56. After a loss in the opener of the U20 European
Championship for Women the team won the next two to finish the first
round with 2 - 1 record. Czech Republic U20 also has the same record
but due to the game with each other finished second with the same
record.
Bahar Caglar collected 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Gaby Ocete (170
- G - 88) from Spain,
Gizem Yavuz (170
- G - 88, agency:
Prosportman) from Turkey,
Romina Ciappina (180
- F/G - 88) from Belgium and
Snezana Aleksic from Montenegro all have 3.3 assists per game.
Division B results and stats. Day 3 - Jul. 13, 2008
Group A
Hungary -
Slovak Republic 64 - 52
Slovak Republic suffered the first defeat in Preliminary Group A on
U20 European Championship division B in Poland thus it currently has
score 2 - 1. On the other side
Hungary recorded second victory on
the championship thanks to nice performance
Finda Mansare (189
- F/C - 89) and
Zsofia Varga (182
- F - 89).
Slovakia had terribly shot percentage
from behind the arc as well as from the free throw line (20% 3 - pts,
57% FTs). Slovakians also committed 29 turnovers.
Hungary started the game with
attitude creating 8 points lead very soon. In the second quarter
Hungarians extended lead even more so they went on the half time
with 34 - 22. Afther the breather it was expected that
Slovakia show better performance but
that didn't happen. Slovakians succeeded to score just 9 points in
this period having minus 17 before the last stanza. During these 10
minutes
Slovakia succeeded just to make this
defeat acceptable decreasing its minus to 12 points.
Finda Mansare paced the winners registering 18 points and 8
rebounds.
Zsofia Varga also shined for
Hungary with 12 points and 7 rebounds
while
Dora Szondy (173
- G - 88) followed scoring 9 points.
Slovakia got
double - double from
Lucia Krc Turbova (184
- F - 87), who added 12 points and 10
rebounds.
Katarina Slimakova (180
- G/F - 89) and
Janka Mincikova (169
- G - 89) stopped on 9 points each. All teams
will have day - off tomorrow while on Tuesday
Hungary will meet
Great Britain.
Slovakia will play its next game on
Wednesday against the same team.
Division A results and stats. Day 3 - Jul. 13, 2008
GROUP A
Serbia U20 - France U20 59:66
France U20 upset the favorite of U20 European Championship
for Women beating Serbia U20 66:59. Trailing 13:29 in the opening
quarter, French squad came back to the game and recovered 24 points
after the first half.
Sarah Michel (178
- F/G - 89) led the winners with 19 points.
Ana - Maria Cata - Chitiga (195 - C - 89) nailed 14, while
Lorraine Lokoka (184
- C/F - 89) scored 10.
Sonja Petrovic (189
- F - 89) collected 17 points and 7 rebounds in
defeat, while
Dragana Gobeljic (185
- F - 88) posted 14 and
Jelena Milovanovic (191
- F/C - 89) had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Serbia U20 was too good in the beginning of the game and proved the
ambitions for the top places.
Jelena Milovanovic gace her team 16:6 in the opening tip with no
doubt for the favorite. Serbia created 12 - 0 run to finish the first
period at 29:13 and looked awesome in the game. Moreover
Sonja Petrovic made plus 20 in the center of the second quarter.
It was her again to close the first half at 45:23.
The second half was a huge difference in comparison with the first.
French squad came back to the game with another mood and desire.
Dragana Gobeljic's lay
- up left Serbia ahead 57:46 only to have
the French finish the game on a 20 - 2 spurt.
Sarah Michel drained another long ball and was later followed by
triples from Ingrid Tanqueray and Carine Paul, the later of which
evened the game at 59:59 with less than two minutes to play. Amant
sent France in front and then
Sarah Michel made a lay
- up for the team. Tanqueray brought
French team the second win and the hard win over the tough Serbia.
Italian U20 team had another win in U20 European
Championship for Women to improve to 2 - 1 record. The last game of
Group A saw Italian team edging Germany U20 67:55.
Chiara Consolini (182
- F - 88) and
Sabrina Cinili (190
- F - 89) led the winners with 14 points each.
Valeria Battisodo
(177 - G - 88) supported
Division A results and stats. Day 2 - Jul. 12, 2008
GROUP A
Italy U20 - Serbia U20 53:71
Serbia U20 is on the right way to its previous achievement as the
tea overcame Italy U20 71:53 in Day 2. Last year Spain U20 National
team became the European champions edging Serbia 75:60 to complete
their perfect campaign in Bulgaria. Miljana Musovic's 16 points for
Serbia were not enough that night. Tonight Serbian
Sonja Petrovic collected 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Ana Dabovic (183
- G/F - 89) top - scored for the winners with 16
points, while
Dragana Gobeljic (185
- F - 88) and
Maja Miljkovic (176
- G - 88) netted 12 each.
Valeria Battisodo (177
- G - 88) ended up with 12 points in the
losing effort. Sonja Petrovic (189
- F - 89) scored from the arc in the very
beginning to give Serbians the first lead. The latter rushed ahead
13 - 2 early on and led 21:15 after one period. Italians stayed in the
game for two more minutes, but then missed 0 - 14 run from the
winners. Serbians enjoyed 18:11 in the second quarter to finish the
half at 39:26.
Another 15:10 in the third quarter was too much for Italy to
recover. Although
Chiara Rossi (170
- G - 88) reduce the gap from the arc to 36:54,
the last ten minutes were not enough for them. Italy played even
however and tied the period at 17:17.
Chiara Rossi's three was the last for Italians, while
Sonja Petrovic set up the final score 71:53.
Italy U20:Valeria Battisodo 12,
Chiara Rossi 10 Serbia U20:Ana Dabovic 16,
Sonja Petrovic 14+10 rebs,
Dragana Gobeljic 12,
Maja Miljkovic 12
Germany U20 - France U20 59:84 France U20 is back on track after the loss in the
opener beating Germany U20 84:59. The latter lost the second in
a row and covers the bottom of Group A of U20 European
championship. A 17 - 0 from the start gave them good confidence
later in the game.
Sarah Michel (178
- F/G - 89) paced all the winners with 15
points.
Carine Paul (176
- F/G - 88) ended up with 13, while
Marielle Amant (191
- C - 89) collected 11 points and 14
rebounds.
Ireti Amojo (174
- G/F - 90) top - scored in defeat with 15 and
Hanna Mugge
Division B results and stats. Day 1 - Jul. 12, 2008
Group A Romania -
SlovakRepublic 43 - 62
In the second game of Preliminary Group A on U20 European
Championship division B Romania suffered defeat against
SlovakRepublic. It was a game
with not so many points as both teams struggled with their shots
almost the entire time.
Romania finished the game with 14.3%
from behind arc and 25.9% for FG2. On the other side
Slovakia was
just a little bit better having 18.8% for 3 - pts and 38% for FG2.
Teams finished first quarter almost equalized, actually
Slovakia had 1
points lead at that time. Slovakians showed better performance
in the second one mostly owing to
Katarina Tetemondova (185
- F - 88), who had 7 offensive
rebound in this game. Thanks to her and
Katarina Slimakova (180
- G - 89),
Slovakia had advantage of 6 points on
the half time. After the breather once again it was seen totally
equal battle as teams finished third stanza 15 - 15. The last 10
minutes actually were the crucial ones.
Slovakia intensified defense while
Romania continued with missing the
important shots. With just 6 scored points in this period
Romania couldn't
count on turn for sure. On the other hand
Katarina Slimakova and
Katarina Tetemondova took care about the points for
their team which resulted with 6 - 19 in the last frame.
Katarina Slimakova shined for the winners adding 14
points and 7 rebounds.
Katarina Tetemondova also had very god day
registering double - double. She had 11 points, 16 rebounds and 4
steals.
Clau
Division B results and stats. Day 2 - Jul. 12, 2008
Group A SlovakRepublic -
Ireland 90 - 57 Slovakia grabbed the second win in Preliminary
Group A on U20 European Championship division B in
Poland. At the
same time it is the second defeat for
Ireland in this competition. As a
reminder
Slovakia
outplayed
Romania 62 - 43 yesterday while
Ireland lost against
Hungary 44 - 80.
Slovakia
demonstrated its quality from the beginning. It seemed that
Ireland was too
upset with yesterday's huge defeat that they once again showed
poor performance. After first ten minutes
Slovakia already made comfortable
lead of 24 points, 32 - 8.
Katarina Pindrochova (184
- F - 88) and
Janka Mincikova (169 - G - 89) were unstoppable for
Ireland's defense while on the other
side Irish struggled a lot at the offensive end. The score 46 - 16
at the half time sent clear signal that game is already over.
Until the end
Ireland showed some of its qualities
but for sure it was not enough for nothing else but to 33 points
defeat.
Katarina Pindrochova paced the winners delivering 15
points including 4 rebounds.
Janka Mincikova also showed nice performance adding 11
points and 4 steals.
Katarina Tetemondova (185
- F - 88), who was Slovakian
best player yesterday, this time stopped on 11 points, 4 assists
and 4 steals.
Shauna O'Connor (183 - F - 88) netted 12 points for
Division A results and stats. Day 1 - Jul. 11, 2008
Group ASerbia U20 - Germany U20 74:44 Serbian U20 National team got to a winning start of the
European championship in Italy. The 2007 championship runners - up
thumped Germany to grab their first win in the preliminary Group
A. Serbia is widely taken as one of the main favorites in any
kind of tournament they take place in. Serbia lived up to the
status and had little problems against Germany in the first
game. Milovanovic, Miljkovic, Petrovic and Cerina all scored in
the starting minutes to give Serbian team a 12:2 lead. Matovic
capped the first frame with a three - pointer and Serbia led
comfortably 26:9. Fatsawo opened the second quarter with a
basket for Germany but Serbia quickly denied the effort.
Petrovic nailed 7 points in the second term and Serbian team
stretched the lead to 44:17 at halftime. Germany simply had no
answers for the onslaught. Miljkovic and Cerina ignited another
run from Serbia early in the third quarter to put aside any
possible questions about the outcome. Schaffner and Dietz
clipped the distance a bit at the start of the fourth stanza.
Unger scored 7 straight points to keep Germany contestant but it
was far from enough to revive any kind of intrigue. Serbia
breezed to an overall easy win at the end.
Jelena Milovanovic (191
- F/C - 89) led the winners with 14
points and 11 boards.
Maja Miljkovic (176
- G - 88) delivered 14 points, while
Sonja Petrovic (189
- F - 89) had 10 points for Serbia.
Ireti Amojo (173
- G - 90) and
Jacqueline Fatsawo (179
- F - 88) answered with 9 points apiece
for Germany. Mirijam Unger provided 7 points in a loss. Serbia
will face Italy, while Germany will play against France
tomorrow.
Italian U20 team surprised France U20 in Group A of the U20
European Championship for Women. The hosts of the tournament
used 19:12 from the start to seal the victory.
Arianna Zampieri (182
- F - 88) paced all the winners with 16
points.
Chiara Consolini (182
- F - 88) netted 14, while
Sabrina Cinili (185
- F - 89) scored 11.
Marielle Amant (189
- C - 89) top - scored for the guests with 15
points and 8 rebounds.
France U20 was the favorite of the game as the team won recently
Zamora Tournament held in Spain. There France overcame Italy
68:33 in the opener of the competition. Moreover France claimed
Bronze medals at the U20 European championship that finished in
Sofia last year. They narrowly defeated Turkey i
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