The Preliminary Round of the U-16 Division "B" European Championship held in Tallinn (Estonia) is already finished and the best eight teams of the tournament will start tomorrow their fight for a spot in the semifinals. The squads are: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Netherlands, Georgia, Slovenia and Hungary. The two finalists will make it to the Division "A". Let's check what happened in the last day of the first round, with georgian Beqa Burjanadze ('94) -at the pic- leading his team over Luxembourg with 33 points. At the other side Jo Hoeser ('94) nailed 36.
Group A:
-Sweden 81 Austria 78: Papa Ndiaye ('94) 19 points with 3/8 threes and 6 rebounds; Timur Bas ('94) 24 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks.
-Ukraine 78 Switzerland 37: Volodymyr Gerun ('94) 14 points with 6/9 FG and 6 rebounds; Branislav Kostic ('94) 18 points with 4/7 threes and 1 steal.
Standings: Ukraine (4-0), Switzerland (2-2), Portugal (2-2), Sweden (1-3) and Austria (1-3).
Group B:
-England 72 Slovak Republic 73: Joshua Guddemi ('94) 22 points with 2/2 threes and 6 rebounds; Simon Krajcovic ('94) 20 points with 2/5 threes and 5 steals.
-Czech Republic 86 Ireland 41: Jan Svandrlik ('94) 14 points with 2/4 threes and 6 boards; Lorcan Murphy ('94) 9 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
Standings: Czech Republic (4-0), Slovak Republic (3-1), England (2-2), Ireland (1-3) and Belarus (0-4).
Group C:
-Georgia 103 Luxembourg 98: Beqa Burjanadze ('94) 33 points with 11/18 FG and 8 boards; Jo Hoeser ('94) 36 points with 8/13 threes and 8 assists.
-Slovenia 62 Romania 60: Luka Kokol ('95) 21 points with 5/16 threes and 8 rebounds; Vlad Stoicoviciu ('94) 19 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists.
Standings: Georgia (4-0), Slovenia (3-1), Luxembourg (2-2), Belgium (1-3) and Romania (0-4).
Group D:
-Finland 73 Estonia 72: Niko Mattila ('94) 24 points with 2/3 threes and 7 steals; Tiit Talumaa ('94) 20 points with 4/5 threes and 5 boards.
-Hungary 76 Norway 49: Peter Mohay ('94) 13 points, 6 boards and 3 steals; Marco Lepovic ('94) 14 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.
Standings: Netherlands (3-1), Hungary (3-1), Finland (2-2), Estonia (2-2) and Norway (0-4).
