European Prospects

The German U17 National Team came with the ambitions to reach the Quarter-Finals in Hamburg. This goal was reached but somehow, the team of coach Menz disappeared a bit after their elimination on Friday and could not build on their excellent showing from the Albert-Schweitzer Tournament in spring.

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Today will be played in Zadar (Croatia) the Final of the FIBA Europe U20 European Championship of Division A.The game between France and Greece can be watched LIVE and for free in the FIBA TV web stream. Click the following link and register for free to watch these two exciting games. 21h15 (CET):  France – […]

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In the quarter-finals yesterday, Croatia managed to beat Serbia with an incredible finish by Dino Butorac who scored a tough three-pointer and 2FTs to bring his team back. Mario Delas was then present to grab the offensive rebound and score the winning bucket. How to cut a 6pt deficit in 30 seconds, watch the video […]

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The Serbian team finished finally at the 5th place of the U17 World Championship in Hamburg. After winning the Bronze Medal in Lithuania last summer in the U16 category, this team reached probably his maximum level with this 5th place as top-talent Nenad Miljenovic could not take over the team as he liked to in […]

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The fourth place of Lithuania can be considered as a surprise as their main player and U16 European Championship MVP Tauras Jogela was missing. The predictions in the Lithuanian press were not very positive either but a team that lacked size and talent but had the cojones to win the games that counted was one […]

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We start our review of the European teams that participated to the U17 World Championship with Poland. The team that finished 4th at the U16 European Championship in 2009 now won the Silver Medal and showed clearly the best progress of all the European teams that were present.

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Today started the U20 European Championship for Division B teams in Austria. Europeanprospects.com spoke with Robert Langer, the Sports director of the Austria Basketball Federation about this tournament and the chances of the hosts to win the Gold Medal.

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Our Finnish friend Hippo is always happy to share his thoughts on the prospects coming from the North. With the U20 European Championship of Division B starting today, Hippo has sent us his opinion on the Finnish team for the tournament in Austria.

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The first ever U17 World Championship has ended on Sunday in Hamburg with the victory of the United States. The team from Coach Don Showalter was clearly the best squad in the whole tournament but was also the best US Youth Team I have ever seen, not only in terms of talent but also in […]

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Today, the final of the first ever U17 World Championship will be played in Hamburg. Poland and Team USA will face each other at 4pm European Time. To put you up in the right mood, check the highlight videos below and subscribe to FIBA TV to watch this exciting game LIVE on your PC at […]

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