Incredible journey the one lived yesterday in Bar (Montenegro) during the U-16 Division "A" European Championship. The four quarterfinals were played with an impressive comeback in only a few seconds (Spain won after losing 49-55 with 49 seconds in the clock), a winning buzzer-beater (turkish Erülkü killed Serbia), the Eurohopes'94 number 1 crashing his opponent (Saric against russians) and the hosts being knocked out. In the bottom of the standings, in the Classification Round, Denmark lost the spot and will play next year in Division "B" even having an interesting prospect like Rasmus Larsen ('94). Let's check all the results and the best scorer of each team. The semifinals will be Croatia-Spain and Lithuania-Turkey.

 

Quarterfinals:

-Croatia 81 Russia 65: Dario Saric ('94) 34 points with 4/6 threes and 9 rebounds; Vasily Martynov ('95) 14 points with 2/5 threes and 1 steal.

-Serbia 62 Turkey 64: Vasilje Micic ('94) 19 points with 2/4 threes and 5 rebounds; Tayfun Erülkü ('94) 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 steals.

-Spain 57 France 56: Albert Homs ('94) 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists; Alexandre Chassang ('94) 16 points with 2/3 threes and 4 boards.

-Montenegro 55 Lithuania 56: Nikola Ivanovic ('94) 14 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists; Justas Tamulis ('94) 20 points with 5/11 threes and 2 assists.

 

Classification Round (9th-12th):

-Italy 76 Poland 61: Amedeo Tessitori ('94) 24 points with 11/16 FG and 9 boards; Filip Struski ('94) 13 points with 6/12 FG and 7 rebounds.

-Bulgaria 67 Greece 78: Deyan Karamfilov ('94) 15 points with 4/8 threes and 5 assists; Alexandros Mitsialos ('94) 14 points with 6/10 FG and 4 boards.

 

Classification Round (13th-16th):

-Latvia 49 Denmark 47: Edgars Stelmahers ('94) 17 points with 5/11 threes and 2 boards; Rasmus Larsen ('94) 16 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks.

-Israel 60 Germany 49: Rafael Menco ('94) 14 points with 5/8 FG and 1 steal; Dominic Lockhart ('94) 11 points with 4/7 twos and 13 boards.

 

Standings: Latvia (3-1), Germany (3-1), Israel (2-2) and Denmark (0-4).

 

Photo: FIBA Europe / Marko Metlas