Posts Tagged ‘Eurobasket’
EuroBasket 2015, day 5 action
The penultimate round of group games at the EuroBasket 2015 tournament made up the hoops action during day 5. The contests in France, Croatia, Germany, and Latvia went a long way to completing the Last 16 picture, but there is still plenty to play for tomorrow as Groups A through D lock. Group A Bosnia…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2015, day 4 recap
Serbia and Greece joined reigning champions as the only remaining undefeated teams at EuroBasket 2015 on Day 4 of the tournament. Yesterday was the turn of Group A and D, but Tuesday threw up plenty of action in Group B and C, including Serbia and Greece marching to victories to ensure their own unblemished starts…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2015 Day 3 Highlights
Day 3 of EuroBasket 2015 saw some thrilling upsets take place as well as France’s Tony Parker set a new record, becoming the new all-time scorer of the competition. Parker achieved the milestone as he led France to a victory over Poland, 69-66. He overtook Greek star Nikos Galis for the honor of holding the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2015, Group Stage Day 2
Day 2 of the Group stage of EuroBasket 2015 was filled with all sorts of great basketball action and developing storylines. Some Day 1 winners built on their momentum and remained undefeated, while other teams found redemption, and others faced heartbreaking losses. Overall, there was no shortage of excellent basketball play. Group A Russia vs.…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2015 tips off, all the action from day 1
The EuroBasket 2015 tournament tipped off in France, Germany, Croatia, and Latvia on Saturday and started with plenty of excitement and close fought battles. All the host nations picked up victories in front of their home fans, while there were plenty of ups and downs through groups A to D. Group A Poland vs. Bosnia…
Read MoreSerbia wins final EuroBasket warmup
Serbia grabbed another win over Slovenia in its final warm up game for the 2015 European Championship, which will tip off later in the week. After defeating Slovenia last Thursday on the road in Ljubljana Serbia would have been confident of victory in front of a full crowd in Banja Luka. However, Serbia did not…
Read MoreGreece wins Acropolis Cup
Greece will be heading to EuroBasket 2015 with the taste of trophy success after the team defeated Lithuania to win the Acropolis Cup. The warm up tournament for the European Championships has been held in Athens and with home comforts the Greek’s claimed a 67-62 to claim the top prize. Both nations will now turn…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2015: warm up recap
With EuroBasket 2015 just around the corner the 24 competing nations are continuing to ready themselves for the 39th edition of the competition. The big tip off will be happening on September 5th in Latvia, Croatia, France, and Germany and there were plenty of warm up clashed on Friday. Greece and Turkey both came away…
Read MoreCroatia wins opening for EuroBasket warmup
Croatia has been hot form through the summer winning six out of six friendlies as the country prepares for an assault on the gold medal at the 2015 EuroBasket tournament next week. The nation is hosting a friendly warm up tournament in the Zagreb Arena and edged Estonia 66-63, while in the other contest Bosnia…
Read MoreSpain wins big in EuroBasket warm up despite injury to three players
Spain continued its preparations for the 2015 European Championships by gunning down Macedonia 88-54 in a good display. With just ten days until the big opening tip off, Spain is looking in solid form and eased to victory at home in Logrono despite being understrength. The Spaniard lost three key players early in the week…
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