A new edition of the U16 Turk Telekom tournament was held last week in Sakarya (Turkey), with a huge group of european intriguing prospects competing there. Egypt U17, the only team in this category, won the championship led by 6'1'' shooting-guard Ehab Saleh ('95), who finished with 19.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.9 steals. The african team is preparing the U17 World Championship of this summer in Lithuania. Against what team they faced in the final? Poland. European squad fought (73-83) but couldn't earn the title even 5'11'' Marek Zywert ('96), who scored 25 points (5/8 twos and 5/13 threes), dished 6 assists and had 3 steals. With him also shined 6'6'' power-forward Grzegorz Kulka ('96), with 13 points and 14 rebounds, and 6'9'' center Filip Pruefer ('96) with 10+7. Russia finished third after crashing Germany (36-67). 6'4'' guard Pavel Afanasev ('96) nailed 14 points (6/18 FG) and pulled down 6 boards. At the losing effort 6'0'' guard Constantin Ebert ('96) had 8 with 3/11 FG. Let's see who dominated in the stats.
Points: Ehab Saleh ('95, Egypt U17) 19.8; Oleksandr Kobets ('96, Ukraine) 18.3; Vasilije Knezevic ('96, Montenegro) 16.3; Rumen Vasilev ('96, Bulgaria) 15.9; Rauls Avenitis ('96, Latvia) 14.4
Rebounds: Vasilije Knezevic ('96, Montenegro) 13.3; Moataz Hosny ('95, Egypt U17) 9.8; Rumen Vasilev ('96, Bulgaria) 9.3; Nejc Zupan ('96, Slovenia) 8.7; Andrey Korolyatin ('96, Russia) 8.3
Assists: Aleksandr Gavrilov ('96, Russia) 6.8; Lazar Pavicevic ('96, Montenegro) 4.9; Etienne Ory ('96, France) 4.0; Berk Ugurlu ('96, Turkey) 3.9; Domen Janc ('96, Slovenia) 3.9
Steals: Ehab Saleh ('95, Egypt U17) 3.9; Domen Janc ('96, Slovenia) 3.7; Etienne Ory ('96, France) 3.3; Gustavs Treimanis ('96, Latvia) 2.9; Milos Andelic ('96, Montenegro) 2.9
Blocks: Moataz Hosny ('95, Egypt U17) 4.5; Andrey Ivanov ('96, Bulgaria) 2.3; Anas Ossama ('95, Egypt U17) 2.2; Jan-niklas Wimberg ('96, Germany) 2.1; Ayberk Olmaz ('96, Turkey) 1.6
Final standings: 1-Egypt U17, 2-Poland, 3-Russia; 4-Germany, 5-Serbia, 6-Turkey, 7-Ukraine, 8-France, 9-Slovenia, 10-Montenegro, 11-Latvia and 12-Bulgaria.
Photo: Turk Telekom Tournament
