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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 […]
U18 Finals: France vs. Serbia; consolation match pits Valanciunas vs. Kanter
Over in France in the U18 European Championship Men, it’ll be France and Serbia duking it out in the finals today after both squads used teamwork to overcome a potentially devastating individual performance. Team France held off Lithuania, 68-63, again allowing the opposition to claw its way back in the fourth quarter yet holding on […]
Final Four set at U18 European championship: Turkey, Serbia, Lithuania, France
The FIBA U18 European Championship Men tips off its semifinal round with four teams keeping title hopes alive: Lithuania, Serbia, Turkey, and France. All the teams played the quarterfinals games yesterday, with Turkey pulling off the notable upset over Spain. Today’s games pit Turkey against Serbia at 6pm CET and Lithuania against France at 8.15pm. […]