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U20 European Championship Division B 2010

September 27th, 2010 · No Comments

This summer, the Austrian U20 National Team won the Gold Medal at home by dominating the U20 European Championship in Oberwart. In this first article on Division B events, we will cover this tournament by taking a look at the teams qualified for the semi-finals: Austria, Sweden, Bulgaria and Poland.

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Is Sweden becoming the new Eldorado for talent scouts? (Pt2: the main prospects)

March 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments

After having presented the reasons for the recent upswing of Swedish Basketball in the first part of our article, I will focus today on those prospects that represent the future of Swedish Basketball. The players mentioned are only those being born in 1991 or younger though.

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Generation Ranking: 1991 born players

January 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments

The 1991 generation features a very dominant Serbian team that had no competition for the first spot. The nations behind are all having strong 1992 born players that helped them to reach their respective Medals in the different European Championships.

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Christopher Czerapowicz shoots Sweden to Div A

September 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

During this year’s edition of the FIBA Europe Division B U18 European Championship in Sarajevo, the Swedish team marked the tournament with its playing style and underlined the continuous improving of the Swedish basketball in general. With a 4th place at the Under-20 and a 5th at the Under-16 Euro in Division B, Sverige is […]

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Eurobasket 2009: U18 All-Star Game

September 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments

A new initiative established by FIBA Europe and sponsored by Champion was the U18 All-Stars camp for young European players held these days in Poland. 32 players got selected according to their performances at the U18 European Championships and went to work in several sessions with established coaches like Svetislav Pesic .21 players got an […]

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FIBA Champion U18 All Star Camp: the selection

August 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

FIBA Europe announced the creation of a new event on the Youth basketball calendar this weekend with the Champion U18 All-Star Game that will be held from 16th to 19th September 2009 in Katowice during the Eurobasket 2009. 24 players have been selected during the FIBA Europe European championship of Division A. Together with the […]

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Today’s picks (Day 8 live from Metz)

August 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

The final weekend of the FIBA Europe U18 European Championship 2009 is behind us. The day featured of course the semi-finals but I had the time to check out some of the other games too.

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Nordic Championships 2009 review (U18)

June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Hippo has sent us a great report on the Nordic Championships that have been played nearly a month ago in Solna, Sweden. Enjoy the read and get the info on the most talented players coming from Scandinavia.

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Baltic Sea Cup notes

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

From the 3rd to the 5th January, the Baltic See Cup for U18 and U16 National Teams has been played in Tallinn, Estonia. This traditional tournament sees the Youth teams from Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Estonia face each other. Let’s have a quick look at the results.

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U18 European Championship Division B – Preview

July 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Not only the Division  A of the U18 European Championship will start this weekend, but also the Division B will have its first games on Friday in Debrecen, Hungary. To preview this tournament is quite more difficult because lots of nations are not known for producing elite prospects, but this year, the tournament looks particularly […]

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