Pardubice (Czech Republic). Sunday afternoon we arrived to the czech city to follow during three days the U16 Division "A" European Championship. After three wins in a row (Spain, Greece and Poland) hosts lost yesterday their first game against Serbia (75-88). Currently they are third in group E of the Qualifying Round (2-1) behind Germany (3-0) and Spain (2-1), and over Serbia (1-2), Russia (1-2) and Greece (0-3). The best four will make it to quarterfinals. 6'0'' PG Radovan Kouril ('95) is its best player with 19.5 points, 6.8 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals. After the defeat we talked with Fiatc Joventut Badalona's czech guard David Jelinek ('90), who is following the event.

 

"In last game Czech Republic had more problems because Poland defended Kouril well, making him 2x1 with one of the big players, so he couldn't drive the ball. At the moment they are doing a good championship. In the opener they defeated Spain (many people say that they are one of the favorite teams). After, they won Greece, also a tough rival", explained the prospect. He also added that "I hope today's loss will help, so players can see that they must improve in some things. They need to play as a group. Hope they can arrive far".

 

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