CSKA Moscow and FMP Zeleznik will play tomorrow the final of the U-14 Champion's Cup Tournament of Moscow after winning today in the semifinals. Russians beat croatians of Fenix Zagreb (72-48) and serbians made the same with lithuanians of Sabonis Academy (90-55). CSKA had in guard Vyacheslav Fedorchenko ('95) as their best player with 17 points with 8/14 twos, even he has struggled at three points line (0/7 today and 5/25 in the tournament). His teammate Aleksandr Martinov ('95) scored 12 making the opposite as Fedorchenko (0/7 twos and 4/8 threes). For croatians, the best tournament scorer and rebounder, the 1.98 forward Carlo Zhganec ('95), shined again (22 points, 21 rebounds and 9 fouls drawn), while guard Gordan Niegovan scored 15. Fenix finished with a 1/15 behind the arc.
On the other semifinal FMP beat easy Sabonis Academy. Twelve serbians played between 10 and 24 minutes, finishing with a curious stat: 53% in twos, threes and free throws. The best player has been 1.90 guard Petar Vorkapic ('95), with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. 1.80 point-guard Nikola Rebic ('95) finished with 15 and 6 assists. At lithuanian side 1.70 point-guard Ernestas Serkevicius ('95) collected 14 points while their best player in the tournament, Jedvinas Sheshkus ('95), only scored 10 and grabbed 7 rebounds.
In the battle from 5th to 8th spot Donetsk beat Poznan easy (66-36), with Vlaglen Berezhnoi ('95) leading ukranians to the victory: 18 points and 8 rebounds. For polish people Maks Drosik ('95) collected 8 points and 11 rebounds. Finally, Riga beat Grodno (85-71). For latvians point-guard Jorens Dylebskis ('95), their best tournament player, was close to the triple-double: 18 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. His teammate Armags Ginters ('95) also shined with 17 points and 9 rebounds. At Belarus team Andrei Filippovic ('95) scored 18 points and Kiril Chumakov ('95) finished with 15 points and 18 rebounds.