After three days in Solna (Sweden) the norwegian U-16 national team still doesn't know what is a victory. Group coached by Henning Stien acumulates a 0-4 record, but yesterday they were close to beat Denmark (69-64) guided by Espen Fjaerestad ('94). The guard wasn't enough even he scored 35 points (7/9 twos and 7/9 threes), grabbing 3 rebounds and making 1 steal. Danish Peter Moeller ('94) led the win with 25 points (9/20 FG), 8 rebounds and 3 assists. 

In another game of the U-16 tournament Iceland added its third victory beating Sweden (64-68) in one of the day surprises. Martin Hermannsson ('94) was the main reason of swedish defeat, after nailing 20 points with 4/9 behind the arc. Nicholas Spires ('94) made his particular show, but couldn't drive his team to the win: 24 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks. 

Finally Finland destroyed Norway (45-83). Guard Joni Katajamäki ('94) finished as the best scorer of the winners with 15 points and 5/6 FG. At norwegian side serbian-borned Marko Lepovic ('94) nailed 10 and pulling down 13 boards (even 0/7 from downtown).

 

Standings U-16: Iceland (3-0), Sweden (2-1), Denmark (2-1), Finland (1-2) and Norway (0-4).

 

Let's talk about the U-18s, a tournament with a clear favorite: Sweden. Locals have won all four games, with two of them played yesterday. Against Finland (80-83) forward William Magarity ('93) showed many things with 22 points (9/13 FG), 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, while guard Jonathan Person ('93) played his best tournament's game till now: 18 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. At finish side 1.94 guard Osku Heinonen ('92) finished with 22 points and 5/9 behind the arc in only 21 minutes.

In their other contest they beat Denmark (79-62) with six players making double-figures in valoration. The best? Sebastian Norman ('92) with 14 points and 6 boards. For danish squad forward Andreas Bigum ('93) had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 1 steal.

Finally Iceland bet Norway (65-76) with Haukur Palsson ('92) recovering from his bad last game: 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, even 0/6 threes. For norwegians Bouna NDiaye ('92) nailed 17 with 4/6 behind the arc.

 

Standings U-18: Sweden (4-0), Denmark (2-1), Finland (1-2), Iceland (1-2) and Norway (0-3).