KORAC CUP 98-99
GROUP G
yellbar.gif (1795 bytes)

Group: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
Standings
1. HKK Brotnjo Citluk (BIH) 4-2
2. Apollon Patra (GRE) 4-2
3. Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana (ISR) 4-2
4. Sparta Prague (CZE) 0-6

Elimination Round (16/9/98 and 23/9/98)
HKK Brotnjo Citluk (BIH) - Dinamo Bucharest (ROM) 78-46
Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM) – Brotnjo (BIH) 55-50 (Simic 18, Vinereanu 12, Ailenei 11, Ivanov 6, Caraiani 4, Mircea 2, Dumitrescu 2 - Krasic 14, Coleman 11, Kalaika 10, Batinic 8, Prskalo 4, Coric 2, Katalenic 1)
Achilleas Nicosia (CYP) - Sparta Prague (CZE) 71-54 (Heggs 22, Jones 17, Kyriakou P. 13, Kyriakou S. 11, Georgiou 6, Shakallis 2 - Milos 18, Dvorak 9, Spicka 9, Vyoral 7, Lizalek 5, Kroupa 4, Frana 1, Welsch 1)
Sparta Praha - Achilleas Nicosia 97-65 (Milos 31(8 times three), Vyoral 17, Dvorak 12, Spicka 10, Frana 9, J.Welsch 8, Kroupa 6, Soukup 4, Dousa 0, Lizalek 0 - Heggs 19, Jones 17, S.Kyriacou 12, Georgiou 8, P.Kyriacou 6, Shakallis 3)
2pts 22/36-20/34, 3pts 12/20-5/18, FT 17/22-10/20, Fouls 17-17, Attendance 1000
First game 54-71. Sparta Praha qualified to Group G with Apollon Patras GRE, Maccabi Raanana ISR and Brotnjo Citluk BIH which eliminated Dinamo Bucurest ROM (78-46, 50-55)

1st round (7/10/98)
HKK Brotnjo Citluk - Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana 74-67 (- Peleg 25, Steinhauer 12, Smith 9, Johnson 9, Brisker 9, Saffar 2, Waitman 1)
Sparta Prague - Apollon Patra 62-85 (Welsch 11, Dvorak 9, Milos 8, Kroupa 7, Frana 6, Soukup 6, Spicka 6, Vyoral 6, Dousa 2, Lizalek 1 - Robinson 22, Oliver 15, Vetoulas 15, Kuisma 11, Georgikoupoulos 11, Argyropoulos 4, Athanasopoulos 2, Haslam 2, Molfetas 2, Hatzopoulos 1)
fouls 20-17, FT 18/14-21/13, 3pts 4-8, attendance: 1000
The key for the victory of Apollon Patras was the center Darnel Robinson (211 cm, 130 kg) with 22 pts and 10 rbs.

2nd round (14/10/98)
Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana - Apollon Patra 100-83
It was a horrible 1st half of Raanana. Apollon, led by 2 American that had had a great seasons in Israel, Darnell Robinson last year in Herzeliya, and Brian Oliver 4 season ago in Macabi Rishon, scored 52 points until half-time. At the 2nd half, the tabels were turned. Raanana's new foreigner, Jose Waitman, paralized Robinson, added 19 points, and grabbed 8 rebounds. Yoav Saffar entered, paralized Oliver, and scored 18 in the 2nd half, points without a miss (4/4 to 2, 2/2 to 3, 4/4 to 1), and stealed 4 balls!!!
HKK Brotnjo Citluk - Sparta Prague 85-67 (Batinic 23, Goluza 15, Zuza 13, Katalenic 10, Coleman 8, Kalaica 8, Krasic 4, Coric 3, Prskalo 1, Pinjuh 0 - Soukup 21, Spicka 11, Kroupa 10, Milos 8, Dvorak 6, Welsch 4, Vyoral 3, Frana 2, Dousa 2, Kosovic), fouls 20-20, FT 19/12-11/9, 3pts 9-6, attendance 2000

3rd round (21/10/98)
Sparta Prague - Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana 68-81 (Vyoral 16, Welsch 11, Spicka 9, Dvorak, Dousa 4, Kosovic 4 - Steinhauer 15, Saffar 13, Smith 11, Johnson 10, Waitman 10, Brisker 9, Erlich 8, Peleg 5)
Raanana grabbed the 1st place to avoid meeting next round... Maccabi Rishon. Raanana controled the boards with it's superb front-court players, Tomer Steinhauer, Jose Waitman, Yoav Saffar and Antwon Johnson.
Apollon Patra - HKK Brotnjo Citluk 79-67

4th round (4/11/98)
Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana - HKK Brotnjo Citluk 70-62, OT (Brisker 17, Waitman 17, Steinhauer 16, Peleg 13, Johnson 5, Smith 2 - Zuza 15, Coleman 14, Goluza 13, Katalinic 8, Coric 6, Kalaica 4, Krasic 2)
A very weak game from Raanana. But it had a lot of luck: It needed 7 points victory, and it won by 8, after over time...
Apollon Patra - Sparta Prague 72-64 (Oliver 15, Robinson 15, Athanasopoulos 11, Barlos 8, Molfetas 5, Argyropoulos 5, Haslam 4, Kuisma 4, Vetoulas 3, Georgikopoulos 2 - Dvorak 19, Milos 13, Welsch 11, Frana 9, Kroupa 4, Soukup 4, Vyoral 2, Dousa 2, Starosta 0, Lizalek 0), FT 17/25-11/17, 3 pts 3-7 (Dvorak 3, Milos 3), fouls 18-21, attendance 900

5th round (11/11/98)
Apollon Patra - Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana 74-52 (- Steinhauer 14, Waitman 13, Peleg 9, Ben-David 6, Brisker 5, Saffar 3, Johnson2)
A humiliating defeat of Raanana, after scoring only 19 points on the 2nd half. So Raanana is not going to finish 1st, and it might not qualify, if it looses in Prague, and Citiluk wins in Greece.
Sparta Prague - HKK Brotnjo Citluk 43-55

6th round (18/11/98)
Maccabi Raanana 80 - Sparta Prague 50 (Johnson 22, A. Ben-David 11, Brisker 9, Peleg 9, Waitman 8, L. Ben-David 7, Saffar 5, Steinhauer 5, Zilber 2, Berg 2 - Davorak 20, Welsh 12, Milosh 7, Kropa 4, Lizalek 3, Prana 2, Vioral 2)
Although Raanana lost interest in that game, because of Citiluk's victory over Apollon Patras, Raanana crushed the Czecks, allowing them to score only 17 poitns during the 1st half.
HKK Brotnjo Citluk - Apollon Patra