Swiss Clint N'Dumba-Capela ('94) and slovenian Luka Kokol ('95) -at the pic- have been the men of the journey at the U-16 Division "B" European Championship of Tallinn (Estonia). Both came from another planet to make amazing performances. The forward of Switzerland poured 29 points, pulling down 20 boards and putting 5 blocks, while the guard of Slovenia nailed 11/18 from downtown. Both won. Ukraine (3-0), Czech Republic (3-0) and Georgia (3-0) are the only unbeaten teams at the moment in the Preliminary Round. Let's check what happened today.
Group A:
-Switzerland 75 Sweden 69: Clint N'Dumba-Capela ('94) 29 points, 20 rebounda and 5 blocks; Niklas Larsson ('94) 21 points with 9/18 FG and 4 rebounds.
-Austria 32 Portugal 65: Timur Bas ('94) 10 points, 8 boards and 1 steal; Diogo Ventura ('94) 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Standings: Ukraine (3-0), Portugal (2-2), Switzerland (2-1), Austria (1-2) and Sweden (0-3).
Group B:
-Ireland 53 England 86: Ryan Downey ('94) 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists; Joshua Ward-Hibbert ('94) 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals.
-Slovak Republic 85 Belarus 65: Simon Krajcovic ('94) 24 points, 7 steals and 6 rebounds; Aliaksei Pahireichyk ('94) 21 points with 5/8 threes and 7 rebounds.
Standings: Czech Republic (3-0), Slovak Republic (2-1), England (2-1), Belarus (0-4) and Ireland (1-2).
Group C:
-Romania 40 Belgium 82: Vlad Popovici ('94) 20 points with 8/14 FG and 11 boards; Mathias Van Steenwinkel ('94) 14 points with 5/6 twos and 5 boards.
-Luxembourg 42 Slovenia 93: Tim Schmit ('95) 14 points with 4/8 threes and 1 block; Luka Kokol ('95) 33 points with 11/18 threes and 3 assists.
Standings: Georgia (3-0), Slovenia (2-1), Belgium (1-3), Luxembourg (2-1) and Romania (0-3).
Group D:
-Norway 57 Finland 88: Espen Fjaerestad ('94) 11 points with 3/3 threes and 1 block; Johnny Laakkonen ('94) 19 points and 9 boards in 19 minutes.
-Estonia 59 Netherlands 50: Styv Solovjov ('94) 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals; Shane Hammink ('94) 14 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Standings: Netherlands (3-1), Estonia (2-1), Hungary (2-1), Finland (1-2) and Norway (0-3).
