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Team Spain takes U16 tourney, garners sixth medal in 2009
Congratulations this morning go out to – believe it or not – Team Spain, who managed to knock off host Lithuania in Kaunas, 70-64. Jaime Fernandez led all scorers in the final game, putting in 20 points just as he had in the semifinal against Serbia. For those of you keeping score at home, Spain […]
FIBA U18 men, U19 women tournaments wrap
FIBA’s U18 European Championship Men and U19 World Championship for Women wrapped this weekend, with Serbia topping France in the former, 78-72, and Spain succumbing to Team USA in the latter. In Metz, France, Serbia repeated their success of 2007, when their U18s won this tournament. In breaking pattern with the typical games of the […]
Betting on basketball: Lines on today’s championship games
Two international competitions close today, with Spain and USA battling it out in the FIBA U19 World Championship for Women in Thailand while Serbia and France vie for the FIBA U18 European Championship Men title. The lines, as provided by Ball in Europe sponsors Bet on Bet and Sporting Bet, respectively, imply that today’s action […]
Mammoth meeting in today's FIBA U19 Women final
A true clash of titans happens in the FIBA U19 World Championship for Women today with still-undefeated Spain taking on Team USA at 6pm Bangkok time (11am GMT, 1pm CET). The Spanish ladies handed the red, white and blues their only loss of the tournament (and its first since 2001) when Spain overcame the USA […]
Elite eight tip off today in FIBA U19 World Championship for Women
Down in Thailand, the FIBA U19 World Championship for Women enters the homestretch as elimination rounds begin with the elite eight remaining. The good news for European basketball fans: Four European teams – France, Russia, Spain and Lithuania – are still alive in the competition.
FIBA Women's U19: All European squads advance; Spain stays undefeated
Five out of five: Can’t do much better than that, and today fans in all five European nations sending teams to the FIBA U19 World Championships for Women can see their ladies playing in the second pool round, which tips off today. Group E sees the Czech Republic, France and Lithuania grouped with Argentina, Australia […]
FIBA U19 World Championship for Women starts today; five European squads compete
‘Tis the season for international tournaments! Tipping off today in the lovely nation of Thailand is the FIBA U19 World Championship for Women, a competition with a field truly representing the best of the worldwide class. Sixteen teams will be competing for the prize, and no fewer than 13 of the world’s top 15 FIBA-ranked […]