After seven days of competition, in the U-20 Division "B" European Championship -held in Austria- the teams are fighting for a spot in the quarterfinals. Bulgaria and Austria are at the top of their groups looking for the promotion to Division "A". Today, the big name of the journey comes from Great Britain, with Ovie Soko ('91) -at the pic- leading the win over Poland, one of the main favorites. The current forward of UAB (NCAA) poured 29 points (11/19 FG) and 7 boards. But let's check what happened in this first week.
Preliminary round:
Group A
-Israel 67 Sweden 71: Jacob Cohen ('90) 16 points and 9 rebounds, Christopher Ryan ('90) 20 points and 6 boards.
-Hungary 83 Georgia 67: Janos Ellingsfeld ('91) 19 points and 8 rebounds, Tornike Shengelia ('91) 22 points and 10 boards.
-Georgia 81 Israel 88: Giorgi Sharabidze ('90) 19 points with 5/9 FG, Jacob Cohen ('90) 34 points and 9 boards.
-Sweden 87 Hungary 67: Christopher Ryan ('90) 16 points with 2/4 threes, Janos Ellingsfeld ('91) 28 points with 10/12 FG.
-Israel 86 Hungary 78: Jacob Cohen ('90) 27 points with 9/14 FG, Norbert Takacs ('90) 18 points with 4/6 threes.
-Georgia 79 Sweden 73: Tornike Shengelia ('91) 23 points and 13 rebounds, Chris Czerapowicz ('91) 15 points with 3/7 threes.
Group B
-Bulgaria 91 Portugal 86: Aleksandar Georgiev ('90) 23 points and 10 boards, Joao Guerreiro ('90) 20 points with 3/6 threes.
-Switzerland 64 Finland 92: Christophe Varidel ('90) 21 points with 3/7 threes, Roopi Ahonen ('90) 18 points with 6/8 threes.
-Finland 49 Bulgaria 63: Roopi Ahonen ('90) 22 points with 6/10 threes, Aleksandar Georgiev ('90) 23 points and 10 rebounds.
-Portugal 70 Switzerland 68: Jose Barbosa ('90) 13 points with 3/5 threes, Christophe Varidel ('90) 27 points with 6/16 threes.
-Bulgaria 104 Switzerland 59: Aleksandar Georgiev ('90) 25 points and 10 rebounds, Christophe Varidel ('90) 11 points and 2 steals.
-Finland 98 Portugal 99: Sasu Salin ('91) 29 points with 5/10 threes, Pedro Catarino ('90) 17 points with 2/4 threes.
Group C
-Belgium 79 Austria 88: Thomas De Thaey ('91) 22 points with 4/7 threes, Rasid Mahalbasic ('90) 27 points and 12 boards.
-Great Britain 79 Denmark 65: Ovie Soko ('91) 24 points with 9/17 FG, Jonas Bergstedt ('91) 16 points with 8/12 twos.
-Denmark 55 Belgium 76: Mathias Seilund ('90) 13 points and 3 boards, Terry Deroover ('91) 23 points with 3/4 threes.
-Austria 91 Great Britain 71: Anton Maresch ('91) 21 points with 3/3 threes, Andrew Lawrence ('90) 18 points with 4/5 threes.
-Belgium 52 Great Britain 73: Thomas De Thaey ('91) 15 points and 8 rebounds, Andrew Lawrence ('90) 16 points and 5 boards.
-Denmark 64 Austria 63: Mathias Seilund ('90) 17 points with 2/3 threes, Anton Maresch ('91) 13 points with 5/9 FG.
Group D
-Belarus 35 Norway 80: Aliaksandr Hrumiantsau ('91) 9 points and 5 rebounds, Anders Stien ('90) 13 points with 6/10 FG.
-Slovak Republic 76 Romania 62: Michal Kózar ('90) 14 points with 3/5 threes, Adrian Gutoaia ('90) 35 points with 11/19 FG.
-Poland 98 Slovak Republic 54: Sebastian Szymanski ('91) 20 points with 9/12 FG, Oto Ulman ('90) 16 points and 7 boards.
-Romania 60 Belarus 66: Vlad Corpodean ('91) 17 points with 2/3 threes, Valiantsin Ihnatchyk ('91) 16 points and 8 boards.
-Norway 70 Romania 63: Anders Stien ('90) 16 points with 3/4 threes, Ioan Pop ('90) 12 points and 3 assists.
-Belarus 56 Poland 87: Maksim Dabravolski ('91) 10 points with 4/10 FG, Piotr Pamula ('90) 23 points with 5/8 threes.
-Slovak Republic 64 Belarus 53: Michal Kózar ('90) 11 points and 6 boards, Uladzimir Krysevich ('91) 12 points and 4 rebounds.
-Poland 91 Norway 70: Aleksander Czyz ('90) 17 points and 8 boards, Karamo Jawara ('91) 21 points with 8/11 FT.
-Norway 68 Slovak Republic 58: Anders Stien ('90) 17 points with 3/8 threes, Tomas Mrvis ('91) 14 points and 4 assists.
-Romania 73 Poland 96: Bogdan Tibirna ('91) 21 points with 7/11 twos, Aleksander Czyz ('90) 22 points and 9 boards.
Qualifying round:
Group E
-Portugal 57 Israel 64: Andre Pereira ('90) 17 points and 6 rebounds, Yotam Shiran ('90) 19 points and 7 boards.
-Finland 84 Sweden 77: Sasu Salin ('91) 19 points and 12 rebounds, Andreas Person ('91) 21 points with 3/5 threes.
-Hungary 57 Bulgaria 89: Ferdinand Morgen ('90) 15 points with 3/6 threes, Aleksandar Georgiev ('90) 21 points and 11 boards.
-Sweden 87 Portugal 79: Andreas Person ('91) 21 points with 3/6 threes, Joao Gurreiro ('90) 20 points with 3/4 threes.
-Finland 86 Hungary 59: Sasu Salin ('91) 26 points with 7/11 threes, Ferdinand Morgen ('90) 19 points and 7 rebounds.
-Israel 57 Bulgaria 62: Yotam Shiran ('90) 18 points with 9/15 FG, Hristo Zahariev ('90) 14 points with 6/12 FG.
Group F
-Norway 47 Great Britain 83: Anders Stien ('90) 14 points with 2/5 threes, William Neighbour ('90) 24 points and 14 boards.
-Slovak Republic 65 Austria 72: Michal Kózar ('90) 18 points and 4 assists, Anton Maresch ('91) 23 points with 3/3 threes.
-Belgium 72 Poland 84: Thomas De Thaey ('91) 24 points with 10/15 FG, Piotr Pamula ('90) 23 points and 4 steals.
-Slovak Republic 76 Belgium 82: Andrej Kuffa ('90) 16 points with 4/8 threes, Thomas De Thaey ('91) 20 points with 4/6 threes.
-Austria 61 Norway 56: Moritz Lanegger ('90) 13 points with 2/4 threes, Anders Stien ('90) 21 points with 4/8 threes.
-Great Britain 98 Poland 89: Ovie Soko ('91) 29 points with 3/6 threes, Piotr Pamula ('90) 28 points with 6/8 threes.
13th-17th position
-Switzerland 62 Romania 88: Christophe Varidel ('90) 23 points with 4/9 threes, Rolland Török ('90) 28 points and 13 boards.
-Belarus 70 Denmark 71: Viktar Ausepian ('91) 10 points and 8 boards, Jonas Bergstedt ('91) 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Standings:
Group E: Bulgaria (4-0), Sweden (3-1), Finland (2-2), Israel (2-2), Portugal (1-3) and Hungary (0-4).
Group F: Austria (4-0), Poland (3-1), Great Britain (3-1), Belgium (1-3), Norway (1-3) and Slovak Republic (0-4).
Group G: Romania (1-1), Belarus (1-1), Denmark (1-0), Switzerland (0-1) and Georgia (0-0).
Photo: FIBA Europe / Michael Filippovits / Pictorial
