Three games, three victories. Montenegro beat today Russia and they are already with a 3-0 record in the U-16 Division "A" European Championship of Bar, in their home country. Guard Nikola Ivanovic ('94), one of the big names of the tournament sent today a real message to all the fans with 29 points. Are they capable to continue with the game level shown in this start? They've finished the Preliminary Round as one of the three squads unbeaten with Spain and France. At the bottom there are four teams that will fight to avoid the relegation to Division "B". Two of them will go down: Germany, Denmark, Latvia and Israel. Let's check what happened today.
Group A:
-Germany 69 Croatia 44: Mauricio Marin ('94) 14 points with 2/5 threes and 3 rebounds; Nikola Urli ('94) 16 points with 2/2 threes and 6 steals.
-Serbia 73 Italy 61: Nikola Jankovic ('94) 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks; Matteo Imbrò ('94) 18 points with 3/6 threes and 4 assists.
Standings: Croatia (2-1), Serbia (2-1), Italy (1-2) and Germany (1-2).
Group B:
-Denmark 35 France 73: Rasmus Larsen ('94) 14 points with 2/5 threes and 4 rebounds; Anthony Racine ('94) 18 points with 8/18 FG and 5 rebounds.
-Lithuania 63 Greece 66: Marius Grigonis ('94) 26 points with 3/5 threes and 1 block; Ioannis Papapetrou ('94) 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.
Standings: France (3-0), Lithuania (1-2), Greece (1-2) and Denmark (1-2).
Group C:
-Bulgaria 69 Latvia 66: Deyan Karamfilov ('94) 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 steals; Roberts Krastins ('94) 16 points, 5 boards and 2 blocks.
-Spain 75 Poland 52: Albert Homs ('94) 18 points with 4/8 threes and 10 rebounds; Jan Grzelinski ('94) 12 points, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Standings: Spain (3-0), Bulgaria (2-1), Poland (1-2) and Latvia (0-3).
Group D:
-Turkey 58 Israel 61: Tayfun Erülkü ('94) 24 points with 10/22 FG and 4 assists; Naor Sharon ('94) 13 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds.
-Montenegro 65 Russia 60: Nikola Ivanovic ('94) 29 points with 13/24 FG and 3 steals; Pavel Sizov ('95) 17 points with 3/6 threes and 7 rebounds.
Standings: Montenegro (3-0), Turkey (1-2), Russia (1-2) and Israel (1-2).
Photo: FIBA Europe / Nebojsa Parausic
