Czech Republic followed the steps of their U-18 team becoming the new U-16 Division "B" European Champions after beating Ukraine in the final (61-53). Both teams will play next season in the upper level after shining in the tournament held in Tallin (Estonia). Lukas Festr ('94) and youngster Radovan Kouril ('95) led the winners with 12 points each. Slovenia finished third. Let's check all the results, the final standings and the awards.
Final:
-Czech Republic 61 Ukraine 53: Lukas Festr ('94) 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists; Volodymyr Gerun ('94) 12 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Classification Game (3rd-4th):
-Netherlands 60 Slovenia 62: Shane Hammink ('94) 28 points with 5/9 threes and 9 rebounds; Tomaz Bolcina ('94) 17 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block.
Classification Game (5th-6th):
-Hungary 71 Georgia 76: Benedek Varadi ('95) 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists; Beqa Burjanadze ('94) 29 points with 10/17 FG and 14 rebounds.
Classification Game (7th-8th):
-Slovak Republic 71 Switzerland 72: Vladimir Michalek ('94) 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals; Clint N'Dumba-Capela ('94) 21 points, 26 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Classification Game (9th-10th):
-Finland 71 Portugal 53: Joonas Lehtoranta ('94) 17 points, 9 rebounds and 1 steal; Joao Gallina ('94) 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.
Classification Game (11th-12th):
-England 84 Luxembourg 65: Joshua Ward-Hibbert ('94) 15 points with 2/3 threes and 4 boards; Bob Melcher ('94) 25 points with 5/8 threes and 5 rebounds.
Classification Game (13th-14th):
-Sweden 64 Belgium 65: Nicholas Spires ('94) 25 points with 10/16 twos and 9 boards; Naim El Khounchar ('94) 15 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.
Classification Game (15th-16th):
-Estonia 75 Ireland 80: Styv Solovjov ('94) 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists; Ryan Downey ('94) 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
Classification Round (17th-20th):
-Romania 98 Norway 71: Vlad Popovici ('94) 34 points with 13/25 FG and 16 rebounds; Espen Fjaerestad ('94) 27 points with 7/11 threes and 3 boards.
-Austria 64 Belarus 73: Valentin Bauer ('94) 14 points, 3 assists and 2 steals; Yauheni Drobau ('94) 19 points, 6 assists and 3 steals.
Final standings: 1-Czech Republic, 2-Ukraine, 3-Slovenia, 4-Netherlands, 5-Georgia, 6-Hungary, 7-Switzerland, 8-Slovak Republic, 9-Finland, 10-Portugal, 11-England, 12-Luxembourg, 13-Belgium, 14-Sweden, 15-Ireland, 16-Estonia, 17-Romania, 18-Belarus, 19-Norway and 20-Austria.
All Tournament Team: Volodymyr Gerun ('94, Ukraine) MVP, Danylo Zuikov ('94, Ukraine), Joshua Ward-Hibbert ('94, England), Aleksej Nikolic ('95, Slovenia) and Shane Hammink ('94, Netherlands).
Photo: FIBA Europe
