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China and Iran favorites to win FIBA Asia
The Men’s FIBA Asia Championships are set to kick off tomorrow. The tournament will be held in Manila, Philippines from August 1-11. China and Iran have won the last seven FIBA Asia Championships, with Iran taking back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2007. China has dominated the tournament since the mid-70s, with only South Korea (1997)…
Read MoreFIBA Men’s U18: Montenegro wins Div. B
Montenegro’s U18 National Team was triumphant over their Polish counterparts in a close, 64:63 victory to claim the FIBA Men’s U18 Division B title for 2013. Both teams have earned a promotion into Division A in 2014. The Belgian team crushed the Macedonian hosts 70:45, winning the bronze medal and earning themselves a promotion into…
Read MoreFIBA Men U18: Turkey stops Croatia for U18 Gold
They’ve been the class of the event ever since the FIBA Men U18 European Championships began and on Sunday the Turkish Twelve picked up their prize to show that they are at the top of the U18 game in Europe. With an 81:74 win over defending U18 Champions Croatia in the finals, Turkey wins their…
Read MoreFIBA Men U18: Turkey to play Croatia for title
They saved the best for last… The semifinal contests that pitted Turkey against Spain, and Croatia against host club Latvia, were two of the closest games of the FIBA Men U18 European Championships, with both games coming down to last second shots. In the Turkey-Spain contest, after leading the entire game, Spain found themselves down…
Read MoreFIBA Men U18: Croatia ousts Russia in QFs
Just as it happened in the recent U20 tournament in Estonia, all four quarterfinal contests went to the clubs playing out of the FIBA Men U18 Group F. Turkey, Latvia, Spain, and Croatia, all having competed in Group F, have all won their quarterfinals matches against Serbia, Lithuania, France, and Croatia, respectively. The quarterfinal results…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: FIBA Europe’s Power Rankings
As the countdown to EuroBasket 2013 gets closer to nil, the 24 National teams that have qualified for the event are working at solidifying their rosters, while also getting in friendlies to tune-up their games before heading to Slovenia. As released by FIBA Europe, those 24 teams are put through an internal Power Ranking and…
Read MoreFIBA Men U18: Division B semis are set
Division B Montenegro vs. F.Y.R. Macedonia, July 27 The Montenegrin U18 National Team snuck passed Israel in a 63:60 victory to claim the last slot in the Division B semis. Montenegro took control of the game in the first half. They were able to fend off Israel’s rally in the final quarter and hold on…
Read MoreFIBA Men U18: R2 complete, quarterfinals set
The quarterfinals are finally set in the FIBA Men U18 European Championships with the bulk of the spots being determined after the final game of the second round. Coming out of Group E will be Russia, France, Lithuania, and Serbia. Qualifying from Group F are Turkey, Latvia, Spain, and Croatia. Quarterfinal match-ups: Russia – Croatia…
Read MoreFIBA Men U18: One day remains in R2 QFs next
With one day remaining in Round 2 of the FIBA Men U18 European Champions, there are still many clubs with an opportunity to move on to the quarterfinals. Turkey remains undefeated at 4-0 with three other clubs sitting at 2-2 in Group F. In Group E France and Russia are at the top of the…
Read MoreFIBA Men U18: Round 2 begins with two unbeaten
The FIBA Men U18 European Championships rolled into Round 2 on Monday after Round 1 concluded on Saturday. Currently, there are two unbeaten teams in Groups E and F, Turkey and France, but with Turkey having lost in overtime to Ukraine, France is the only truly undefeated team in four games. Coming out of Groups…
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