Here are some notes on the 4 teams that played the semi-finals at the U18 European Championship this summer in Turkey. We start with Croatia so that this reports features scouting reports on the top level prospects Dragan Bender, Marko Arapovic, Lovro Mazalin and Ante Zizic.
U18 European Championship 2014: Croatia
August 23rd, 2014 · 1 Comment
Tags: 2014 U18 European Championship Division A·Ante Zizic·Dragan Bender·Lovro Mazalin·Marko Arapovic
Adidas Eurocamp 2014: Day 2 Review
June 8th, 2014 · No Comments
The second day of the Eurocamp was marked mainly by the Next Generation Camp as there have not been many other games. However, it was another occasion to see some of the players in the morning sessions and in a great matchup against Team USA for the closing of the afternoon.
Tags: Adidas Eurocamp 2014·Aleksa Radanov·Alexandre Chassang·Arnoldas Kubolka·Bathiste Tchouaffe·Dragan Bender·Isaiah Hartenstein·Johannes Voigtmann·Mam Jaiteh·Marcus Eriksson·Moussa Diagne·Nemanja Dangubic·Ojars Silins·Paolo Marinelli·Vailije Micic
NIJT Belgrade 2014: the Bigs
March 23rd, 2014 · No Comments
In the last part of our review of the Nike International Junior Tournament in Belgrade, I am going to talk about the big guys. In this group, you will find scouting reports on the top-level prospects Dragan Bender and Ante Zizic as well as some interesting players for the College level like Norbert Janicek.
Tags: Ante Zizic·Danilo Ostojic·Dragan Bender·Ivan Bojanic·Jonathan Jeanne·Marko Radovanovic·Mihalo Radunovic·NIJT Belgrade 2014·Nikola Pavlovic 1996·Norbert Janicek·Vasilije Bacovic·Yankuba Sima·Ywen Smock
NIJT Belgrade 2014: Day 3 Recap
February 24th, 2014 · No Comments
The last day of the Nike International Junior Tournament in Belgrade was of course marked by the Final, the different contests and the individual trophies handed out to the players. See below for the review of Sunday’s action.
Tags: Ante Zizic·Dragan Bender·Lovro Mazalin·NIJT Belgrade 2014·Nikola Pavlovic 1996·Stefan Lazarevic·Stephane Gombauld·Vasilije Bacovic·Vojislav Stojanovic·Ywen Smock
NIJT Belgrade 2014: Day 1 Recap
February 22nd, 2014 · No Comments
For my first trip of the 2013-14 season, I went once again to Belgrade to cover the Qualification Event for the Nike International Junior Tournament. 8 teams competed in the Serbian capital with a majority of squads from the Balkan area. Here is the recap of the first game day.
Tags: Aleksandar Dozic·Aleksandar Novosel·Ante Zizic·Chris Tang·Dragan Bender·Jon Ander Caudra·Jovan Starincevic·Lovro Mazalin·Mihalo Radunovic·Milos Glisic·NIJT Belgrade 2014·Nikola Pavlovic 1996·Norbert Janicek·Radovan Djokovic·Slobodan Jovanovic·Stephane Gombauld·Vanja Marinkovic·Vasilije Bacovic·Vojislav Stojanovic
Notes on the U16 European Championship
August 20th, 2013 · 2 Comments
The U16 European Championship 2013 is history. I was not able to cover the event from the Ukraine and despite the great coverage by the Ukrainian media, I could not even follow many games through live streams. So here are a few notes on the players that I managed to see at least a little. […]
Tags: 2013 U16 European Championship DivA·Andrea la Torre·Ante Zizic·Dragan Bender·Furkan Korkmaz·Georgios Papagiannis·Leon Kratzer·Lovro Mazalin·Martynas Varnas·Milos Glisic·Nik Slavica·Niklas Kiel·Richard Freudenberg·Santiago Yusta·Stefan Peno·Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk·Xabier Lopez-Arostegui