In Iscar, a spanish city 160km from Madrid, seven U-16 national teams will meet from tomorrow to Monday in a tournament that every year join some of the best european teams. In this edition Spain, Portugal, Russia, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Slovenia will fight for the tittle beside the Castilla-Leon region team.

Slovenia won on last edition after eigth spanish tittles (from 2000). First game will face Turkey and Italy (11.00h). According to Turkish Federation its team will send a very interesting group, with Burak Yildizli ('94) and Tayfun Erülkü ('94) -top 10 of Eurohopes in their age- and Kenan Sipahi ('95), at the pic. This Tofas point-guard will be one of the main references of next turkish generation.

 

Photo: FIBA Europe / Tomas Tumalovicius