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News about Young European Basketball Prospects

Daniel Mayr working his way in the German ProA

December 12th, 2013 · No Comments

With Tibor Pleiss doing his job in the ACB and earning MVP trophies on a weekly basis, there is another German seven-footer on its way to the top at the moment. Born in 1995 and son of the former German National Team player Rolf “Bibo” Mayr who was once considered as the tallest German ever, […]

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Albert Schweitzer 2012: Germany Preview

April 4th, 2012 · No Comments

Looking forward to the 2012 Albert Schweitzer Tournament it‘s time to take a brief glimpse at the German NT, which will be coached by Kay Bluemel once again. Bluemel led the hosts‘ U18 team to the gold medal game two years ago, before coming short to the eventual winners Australia.

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Kay Blümel (German U18 Coach) Interview (Pt.1)

March 13th, 2012 · No Comments

Our friends at Yabazz published a long interviewwith the German U18 National Team head coach Kay Blümel these days. We provide you the English version of the talk where Blümel speaks about the upcoming Albert Schweitzer Tournament and the new Senior head coach Svetislav Pesic in the first part.

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Christmas Tournaments Overview 2011/2012

December 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Traditionally, the weeks around Christmas and New Year are filled with interesting tournaments. Because of logistical reasons (I moved and am still moving to a new place), I can not cover any of these tournaments live. However, here is a quick overview of the major events of the next days.

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U16 European Championship 2011: Day 1

August 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

After a nice drive through the Polish backcountry from Wroclaw to the Czech Republic, we arrived in Pardubice to cover the U16 European Championship of Division A for two days. As all teams except one played at least one game in the small Hala Dukla of the Czech town, we could get a bit of […]

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Türk Telekom Tournament 2011 about to start

February 3rd, 2011 · 5 Comments

The largest international U16 Tournament in Europe will start this Saturday in Gaziantep in Turkey. After Serbia won the tournament in 2010 behind the 16pts and 12rebs of Nikola Jankovic, we will take a look at who are the players and teams to follow in this year’s edition.

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December/New Year Tournaments Preview

November 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments

The month of December/Christmas/New Year period is normally filled with interesting tournaments for Youth Basketball. We checked a few news and notes that are in relation with those upcoming events. For a full overview of the main tournaments, you can find it on our Tournament Agenda.

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