Finland and Cezch Republic will play next year in the Division "A" after qualifying for the final of the U-18 Division "B" European Championship of Tel Aviv (Israel). Finish squad surprised the hosts in their home and czechs beat Montenegro. Let's check what happened yesterday, with Alasdair Fraser ('92), from Scotland, making the best performance of the journey (33 points and 20 rebounds).
Semifinals:
-Finland 61 Israel 59: Surprise in Tel Aviv with the team coached by Gordon Herbert beating hosts, qualifying for the final and getting a spot in Division "A". Villematti Kopio ('92) scored 18 points but 3/15 threes, while Osku Heinonen ('92) added 16 with 3/7 from downtown. Bar Timor ('92) was by far the best of Israel with 23 points and 5 assists.
-Montenegro 54 Czech Republic 56: In a very tied game czech earned the other spot in Division "A". Tomas Vyoral ('92), at the pic, missed many threes (2/11), but scored 16 points. At montenegrin side Radosav Spasojevic ('92) scored 18 pulling down 6 boards.
Fight for 5th-8th position:
-Belgium 57 Estonia 59: Loic Schwartz ('92) finished again as the best belgium (14 points with 3/3 threes), while Rannar Raap ('92) poured 24 with 8/12 twos. No more estonian players scored more than nine points.
-England 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 65: Joshua Owen-Thomas ('92) led the win with 18 points and 3/7 threes, while John Stewart ('93) added 15 and 6 boards. At bosnian side Ernad Mujic ('92) scored 17 pulling down 4 rebounds.
Fight for 9th-12th position:
-Netherlands 56 Belarus 68: Yauheni Suhaniaka ('92) collected a great double-double (13 points and 13 rebounds) to lead the victory. Best scorer at dutch side? Benjamin Ime Jegen ('92) with 14 and 6 rebounds.
-Austria 69 Switzerland 67: Jozo Rados ('93) made a great performance (17 points and 14 rebounds), unstoppable for swiss. At the losing effort Zoran Zivanovic ('92) nailed 15 with 2/4 threes.
Fight for 13th-16th position:
-Scotland 70 Luxembourg 45: Scotish kids won easy with an amazing game of Alasdair Fraser ('92), with 33 points and 20 rebounds. Alex Laurent ('93) scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Luxembourg.
-Denmark 61 Hungary 70: Kevin Larsen ('93) wasn't enough even his 27 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Hungary was led by Balazs Kerpel-Fronius ('92), with 17 points and 4/7 threes, and 2.10 center Laszlo Dobos ('93) with a double-double (16+12).
Fight for 17th-20th position:
-Slovak Republic 71 Portugal 65: Julius Antal ('92) and Boris Bojanovsky ('93) scored 15 points each for the winners, while Eduardo Guimaraes ('92) was the best of portugueses with 18 and 6/10 FG.
-Romania 56 Georgia 71: Horia Cristiean ('93) wasn't enough (14 with 2/5 threes). Duda Sanadze ('92) finished as the best georgian scorer once more: 18 and 6 rebounds. Levan Eliadze ('92) added 15 and 5/11 threes.
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