This week, several important preparation tournaments for the upcoming European Championships will be held. We take a closer look to two of them and give you some indications about other tournaments to follow.
Douai and Turk Atakol Tournaments about to start
June 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: Douai·Turk Atakol
Two important preparation tournaments ahead
June 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
With the European Championships coming closer, the number of preparation tournaments is increasing as well. This week, two major events will be played in Turkey and France. We took a quick look at both tournaments.
Tags: 2010 U18 European Championship Division A·2010 U20 European Championship Division A·Deniz Kiliçli·Douai·Philipp Neumann·Turgut Atakol
Douai 2009: best of the rest
June 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After the in-detail reports about Lithuania and France, I will take a closer look at the players that stood out in my eyes with the four other non-European participants in Douai. The reports on these players will not be as detailed of course as they are not in the focus of this website.
Tags: Cody Ellis·Douai·Gonzaga·Jordan McRae·Kelly Olynyk·Mangisto Arop·Mike Rosario
Douai 2009: France Review
June 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments
To start the in-depth reports about the Douai World Tournament, I will take a closer look to the third placed French team. Being only one point short of the Final victory, the team looks a bit undersized compared to the different other teams in the competition and also the typical hyper athletic inside player is […]
Tags: Alexis Tanghe·Andrew Albicy·ASVEL·Cholet Basket·Christophe Leonard·Douai·Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez·Paris-Levallois·Paul Lacombe·Tanguy Ramassamy
Today’s picks (live from Douai)
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
After three days of high level competition, the 23rd edition of the Douai World Tournament continued today. Having arrived only today in the city of Northern France, it did not last long to see already some big action.
Tags: Andrew Albicy·Cody Ellis·Cory Joseph·Donatas Motiejunas·Douai·Gediminas Bertasius·Gediminas Orelikas·Jordan McRae·Kelly Olynyk·Laurent Bivard·Mangisto Arop·Mike Rosario·Paul Lacombe·Simon Bibeau
First echoes from Douai
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Before leaving for Northern France on Saturday morning, here are some first pieces of information that could be found around the net about the Douai World Tournament 2009.
Tags: Andrew Albicy·Cody Ellis·Donatas Motiejunas·Douai·Gediminas Orelikas·Hugh Greenwood·Jared Sullinger·Jio Fontan·Kelly Olynyk·Mike Rosario·Rob Gagliardi·Ty Nurse
2009 Douai World Tournament preview
June 4th, 2009 · No Comments
The 23rd edition of the Mondial Juniors de Basket will be played from the 10th to the 14th of June in Northern France. It is one of the last events before the NBA Draft and this year’s edition can be considered as one of the strongest preparation tournament for the Under 19 World Championship to […]
Tags: Alexis Tanghe·Andrew Albicy·Donatas Motiejunas·Douai·Jio Fontan·Jorden Page·Matthew Dellavedova·Mike Rosario·Mohamed Koita·Tautvydas Slezas
Douai World Tournament 2009 – teams announced
January 24th, 2009 · No Comments
The Douai World Tournament has announced 7 of its 8 participating teams. This year’s edition will be played with U19 National Teams that are in their preparation phase for the U19 World Championship that will be played in July in New Zealand. I take a quick look at the teams and who are the possible […]
Tags: Douai
Douai Tournament 2008: US roster announced
June 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments
The organization of the Douai Tournament has announced the final roster for the United States today. The team that will be coached by Ed Schellings features 3 players taller than 2m10 and some of the players that have already been used during the Albert-Schweitzer Tournament. But the main attraction maybe Tyreke Evans.
Tags: Douai
Today’s picks
January 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
An interesting update in Spanish about Giorgi Shermadini including some interesting videos of the Georgian seven footer. NBA Draft.net has translated an article about another European giant: Boban Marjanovic The Douai Tournament organisation confirmed the following participants for this year’s edition: France, USA, Croatia, Turkey, Israel, Germany and Lithuania. There is one spot to be […]
Tags: Boban Marjanovic·Douai·Giorgi Shermadini·Marko Keselj·Philipp Schwethelm·Tibor Pleiss