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| Eurobasket.com All-World Championships U17 Awards 2016 - Jul 4, 2016 | |||||||||||
Best Player: Collin Sexton (6'2''-G-99) of USA Best Guard: Dzanan Musa (203-G-99) of Bosnia Best Forward: Sergi Martinez (201-PF-99) of Spain Best Center: Wendell Carter (6'10''-F/C-99) of USA 1st Team PG: Arnas Velicka (192-PG-99) of Lithuania G: Collin Sexton (6'2''-G-99) of USA G: Dzanan Musa (203-G-99) of Bosnia F/C: Wendell Carter (6'10''-F/C-99) of USA PF: Sergi Martinez (201-PF-99) of Spain 2nd Team G: Troy Brown (6'6''-G-99) of USA SF: Rowan Barrett Jr. (6'7''-SF-99) of Canada SF: Jaylen Hoard (6'8''-SF-99) of France F: Carteare Gordon (6'8''-F-0) of USA C: Ragip Atar (210-C-99) of Turkey 3rd Team G: Junghyun Lee (185-G-99) of Korea G/F: Ignas Brazdeikis (6'6''-G/F-99) of Canada F/G: Yves Pons (192-F/G-99) of France F: Emir Cerkezovic (196-F-99) of Bosnia C: Oluwasimisola Shittu (6'11''-C-99) of Canada Honorable Mention Ivan Fevrier (200-F-99) of France Samson Froling (207-F/C-0) of Australia Ahmed Khalaf (206-F/C-99) of Egypt Esam Mostafa (196-PF-99) of Egypt Lautaro Lopez (188-PG-99) of Argentina Ting-Chien Lin (190-SG-99) of Taiwan Anderson Mirambeaux (196-F-99) of Dom. Rep. Elias Valtonen (192-G/F-99) of Finland Rongzhen Zhu (210-C-99) of China | |||||||||||
| USA and Turkey for the gold medal! - Jul 3, 2016 | |||||||||||
SemifinalsTurkey - Spain 83-79 OTIt was quite interesting game for this semifinal game, Turkey won it after interesting over time by 4 (10:6) in extra five minutes. It was pretty equal game by points, but Turkey catched more rebounds (46 vs. Spanish 34). Sergi Martinez (201-PF-99) scored 20 points and had 11 rebounds, while Miguel Gonzalez (201-G/F-99) had 15 points and 7 rebounds for Spain, for winning side Onuralp Bitim (196-G-99) scored 23 points and had 10 rebounds and Ahmet Duran (205-C-99) scored 18 points and 14 rebounds for also double double game. Index rating was also equal, Turkey had 44 and Spain 43. Turkish players will be going into gold medal game versus USA. USA - Lithuania 98-70 USA proved that the are favorite on this game by winning this game with closely 30 point difference. They flushed 98 points to Lithuanian basket while Europeans scored only 70. Gary Trent (195-G-99) led USA to win with 15 points and 4 rebounds, also Markus Howard (185-G-99) scored 16 points with 2 rebounds and Collin Sexton (187-G-99) scored 15 points and had 6 rebounds. For Lithuania Ignas Sargiunas (193-G-99) scored 15 points with 3 rebounds. Lithuania will be going for bronze medal game against Spanish side. That will be basketball derby for 3rd place game. Places 5-8Canada - Australia 96-58Rowan Barrett Jr. (201-SF-99) led Canada to win with 23 points and he was followed from Ignas Brazdeikis (198-G/F-99) with 18 points and 5 rebounds, also Danilo Djuricic (200-F-99) had great game with 17 points and 4 rebounds. For losing side most efficient was Samson Froling (207-F/C-00) with 12 points and 9 rebounds. Australia will be playing against South Korea for game which will decide winner of 7th place on this tournament. South Korea - France 61-119 France dominated the game against South Korea and goes into game for trying to win at least fifth place of tournament. They didn't let South Koreans to win any quarter of this game, at the end they have huge difference alongside their name by winning the match with 58 point difference. For France every player scored at least for points, they scored 119 points in total and made index ranking 142 and South Korea had only 30. For Asian side, most efficient was Seomoon Sechan (180-F-00) with 25 points. For France we have few great performance, Jaylen Hoard (202-SF-99) have 22 points and 5 rebounds, Joshua Mballa (198-F-99) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. France will be playing against Canada in game for fifth place. Places 9-10China - Bosnia 84-88Again, Dzanan Musa (203-G-99, agency: BeoBasket) dominated the game with 33 points and with 9 rebounds. He was followed by Vedran Mirkovic (202-C-99) with 11 points and 5 rebounds, also Sani Campara (188-PG-99) had 19 points. That was enough for Bosnian side for winning 9th place after they win this game against China. For Asian side Chen Peidong (204-F/C-99) had huge game with 30 points and 8 rebounds. Zhu Rongzhen (210-C-99) also had nice game with 15 points and 9 rebounds with total index of 19. China finished tournament on 10th place. Places 11-12Finland - Dominican Republic 56-65Miguel Diaz (192-G/F-99) led Dominican Republic to 11th place on this tournament with 18 points and 7 rebounds. For losing Finland side, Mikael Jantunen (200-F-00) scored 9 points and have 11 rebounds. Only one point needed to him for double double performance. With this win Dominican Rep. was on 11th place and Finland finished World Cup on 12th place. Places 13-14Argentina - Taiwan 67-64It was close game and only 4 point Taiwan was far away from making surprise on this game, but Argentina was better with 67:64, by winning last two quarters by one one and three points and that how wins this game and winning also 13th place. Lautaro Lopez (188-PG-99) scored 23 points and have 6 rebounds, for Taiwan, Lin Ting-Chien (190-SG-99) have huge game with 29 points and 7 rebounds. Places 15-16Egypt - Mali 38-61Mali win against Egypt and won 15th place. They dominated entire game by winning all part of the games, for total win of 23 points. Abdoul Coulibaly (202-F-00) scored 22 points and 11 rebounds for double double performance, for Egypt, Ahmed Khalaf (206-F/C-99) scored 12 points and cached 13 rebounds. | |||||||||||
| USA won 4th gold in the row on World Cup U17 - Jul 3, 2016 | |||||||||||
FINALUSA - Turkey 96-56USA did it again. They won 4th gold in the row at World Cup U17. They dominated against Turkey this time with huge win by +40 points difference. They didn't allowed Turkey any quarter as they win all of them for huge win at the end. They were better in rebounds also with 10 (47-37) and also in assists 20-8 for USA in that category. Bench players for USA scored almost as starting five (49:47) while for Turkey they are equal, both scored by 28 points. One interesting fact is that USA had huge amount of steals (20!) and big difference in assists by 20:8. In all part of the game USA were better so it can be say that they more then deserved this gold medal. Leaders on this game were Collin Sexton (187-G-99) who flushed 16 points and added 8 assists to his name, and Gary Trent (195-G-99) scored 17 points with 4 rebounds in total for him. For losing side Ragip Atar (210-C-99) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Places 3-4Lithuania - Spain 81-63Lithuania clinch third place and won bronze medal game on this tournament. All was decided in starting ten minutes when Lithuanian side make it huge difference by +15 lead. In second quarter they were tied (21:21), while in first ten minutes of second half Lithuania again dominated game with huge quarter win by 12 (22:10), that was just too much for Spain who only make difference a bit smaller with wining last quarter by 9 (15:24) but that was only enough for final 81:63 for Lithuanian side. They were leaded by Arnas Velicka (192-PG-99) with 18 points and 8 rebounds, Ignas Sargiunas (193-G-99) scored 14 points and Lukas Kisunas (205-C-99) scored 12 with 7 rebounds. For losing Spanish team Sergi Martinez (201-PF-99) scored 17 with 15 rebounds and Joel Parra (201-F-00) nipped 15 points with 5 rebounds. Spain finish tournament on fourth place. Places 5-6France - Canada 68-99Ignas Brazdeikis (198-G/F-99) with 26 points scored and 10 rebounds in his double double performance lead Canada to winning fifth place on World Cup. Danilo Djuricic (200-F-99) helped him with 14 points and Oluwasimisola Shittu (210-C-99) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Canada was just too good this time for France who scored only 68 points versus Canadian 99. For French team best was Jaylen Hoard (202-SF-99) with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, also Eddy Kayouloud (195-F-99) contributed for French team with 13 points. Places 7-8South Korea - Australia 76-83Close game but at the end Australia won it by 7 points margin (83:76) against South Korea in battle for seventh place. Matthew Johns (201-F-99) scored 12 points and had 6 rebounds for Australia, Patrick Bines (198-F-99) contributed also with 13 points, while in South Korea, Lee Junghyun (185-G-99) had nice performance with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists and Lee Hyunjung (192-F-00) scored 18 points on their last game of this tournament. Australia won seventh, while South Korea finished World Cup on eight place. | |||||||||||
| USA, Spain, Lithuania and Turkey advancing into semifinals in Zaragoza - Jul 1, 2016 | |||||||||||
QuarterfinalsLithuania - France 73-72 OTHuge start for Lithuania as they won first ten minutes with 25:10 but then they just stooped. France get some new energy and start playing better in next three quarters which they all won. They won second quarter with 3, third quarter with 10 and last quarter with 2 points...but that was enough only for over time in this thriller game. In over time, somehow Lithuania gained power and won extra five minutes with 10:9 for total win of 73:72. They will play semifinal game against USA. Best for winning team was Arnas Velicka (192-PG-99) 23 points and 5 assists, while in France Jaylen Hoard (202-SF-99) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Turkey - Canada 80-74 Rowan Barrett Jr. (201-SF-99) had huge game on Quarterfinals against Turkey, he scored 33 points for Canada but that was not enough for his National Team as Turkey were better for 6 points (80:74). In Turkey Ragip Atar (210-C-99) had amazing performance with 28 points and 15 (!) rebounds. He was followed from Ahmet Duran (205-C-99) with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Probably thing that decided this game was points from the bench. Turkey scored 37 while Canada scored only 8 points from the bench. Also, entire game was pretty tied except last ten minutes where Turkey won with 27:20 for total of 80:74 for European team. Spain - Australia 74-63 Sergi Martinez (201-PF-99) lead his National Team to important win and advancing into Semifinals with 26 points and 9 rebounds. True MVP of the game. He was followed with Miguel Gonzalez (201-G/F-99) with 11 points and 8 rebounds. For losing side Tom Fullarton (200-F-99) scored 16 points and catches 9 rebounds. Last quarter was decider who will go into next round and Spain won last ten minutes with 27:16. They will face Turkey in semifinal. USA - South Korea 133-81 USA was favorite at this game and they prove it on court what everybody was thinking. They dominated entire game, they won all four quarters without any bigger problems and they win the game with magnificent difference in their favor (+52). Interesting fact from the game is that USA scored 133 points and bench players scored more then half (77). Collin Sexton (187-G-99) lead USA offensive with 24 points and also Carteare Gordon (203-F-00) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. For South Korea best was Yang Jae Min (198-F/C-99) with 14 points. Places 9-16Egypt - Finland 73-84Finland overcame Egypt 84-73. Europeans took early lead, but after strong second quarter Egyptians were up 41-34 in the half. Then came third quarter where Finland outscored opponents 33-14 and keep the lead until the end of the game. Elias Valtonen (192-G/F-99) was a star of the game with 24 points. Ahmed Khalaf (206-F/C-99) responded with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks. Argentina - China 74-80 China booked their date against Finland in the Classification 9-12 by knocking off win less Argentina 80-74 as Zhu Rongzhen (210-C-99) had 16 points and 15 rebounds and Li Xiangbo (203-F-99) added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Argentina were topped by Lautaro Lopez (188-PG-99) and Francisco Caffaro (212-C-00) both scoring 19 points. Mali - Dominican Republic 70-74 Dominican Republic got their first taste of U17 Worlds victory with a 74-70 defeat of Mali. Alanzo Frink (203-F-00) collected 24 points and 11 rebounds while Yeison Rivera (178-PG-99) Rivera scored 16 points and Miguel Diaz (192-G/F-99) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Mali will face Taiwan in the Classification 13-16. Taiwan - Bosnia 75-105 Less than a day after shedding tears of disappointment, Bosnia and Herzegovina star Dzanan Musa (203-G-99, agency: BeoBasket) grabbed a bit of consolation by breaking the FIBA U17 World Championship scoring record with 50 points in the Classification 9-16 game against Chinese Taipei. Musa unleashed his disappointment on the Asians as he scored 50 points in 27:15 minutes. He made 18-of-26 shots from the field, went 11-of-15 from the free-throw line, grabbed 7 rebounds, handed out 4 assists and drew 12 fouls. Bosnia and Herzegovina will take on the Dominican Republic in the Classification 9-12. Places 13-16Argentina - Egypt 76-73 3OTThis was a real thriller of the game. Argentina and Egypt played 3 (!!) over times. Argentina at the end won it by 3 and it was great display for both National Teams. Lautaro Lopez (188-PG-99) was leading Argentinians with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists while in Egypt Ahmed Khalaf (206-F/C-99) scored 20 points and had 22 (!!) rebounds. Mali - Taiwan 61-77 Taiwan win this game for placement from 13 to 16 place with easy win against Mali. 77 points was just enough for this type of opponent as Mali scored only 61. Tang Wei-Chieh (190-SF-99) was most efficient with 18 points and 9 rebounds, he also added 5 assists while in Mali best was Lassana Haidara (197-SF-99) with 13 points. Places 9-12Dominican Republic - Bosnia 73-96Another MVP performance by |
