FIBA Europe U20 European Championship - Day 3

On day 3 of this competition FIBA Europe and the Local Organisation Committee were still involved with the teams on the issues surrounding the players' sickness.

Portugal, for the second day, could not use their full roster. They had to play with eight players. Serbia who had managed to field eight players on day 2 were down to six. Some of the other teams were also not able to present a full team for the same reason.

However there was some good news from the Netherlands and Jill Bettonvil who gave everybody a scare on day 2 is okay and was present for the final group game.

At the end of the day's basketball action there were tears from the players of Great Britain, Latvia, Italy and Portugal because of having to play in the new format of FIBA Europe's relegation round.


Eugénio Rodrigues

Whether you are a fan of Portuguese basketball or not you have to take your hat off to Eugénio Rodrigues who is the coach of U20 team.

He has been involved in the youth basketball international scene for a number of years. When Portugal finally won promotion to Divison A, it was a big reward for him and his staff.

He came to this tournament with ambition but he lost six players after the first match. Yet in the two games his six players played some good basketball.

They needed to beat Ukraine to stand any chance of avoiding the relegation round. They matched Ukraine for 25 minutes but with two players on 4 fouls they had to stop defending.

Alina Iagupova from Ukraine was then free to cause riot. She hit shot after shot on her way to a game high 29 points in the victory (64-47).

All credit to the players and staff from Ukraine who did not celebrate the victory: they just shook hands and walked off the court.

In the other game from Group C Turkey beat France (61-56) to clinch first place in the group. For Portugal they must now fight for their FIBA Europe Division A status.

Poland found energy to see off Italy in a classic encounter

Angelika Kowalska, Ramona Cossengue, Monika Jasnowska, Magdalena Zietara, Magdalena Idziorek, Dorota Mistygacz, Paulina Kuras, Aldona Morawiec, Martyna Stelmach, Kinga Bandyk, Agata Szczepanik, Karolina Wilk

Luckily our friend who is preparing the highlight clips for FIBA Europe was at the game between Poland and hopefully you will be able to see some of the action from this game. (Our video interview with Polish head coach Iwona Jablonska is below. )

The match was an excellent advertisement for international youth basketball with plenty of engagement and some unbelievable plays.

Although Italy had lost the match Caterina Dotto still scored an unbelievable basket (her team's last). She got the ball in the basket with a scoop shot despite being blocked by at last three players.

For Poland Magdalena Zietara and Ramona Cossengue did a lot of work and it was Zietara with a dagger three-ball with about 16 seconds to play that sealed the victory.

Poland won (54-47) and survived to play another day for the title while Italy have to play in the relegation round.

Earlier in the day in the other Group B game the Netherlands beat Sweden (54-52) with two free throws by Marlou de Kleijn.

In the rest of the day actions Russia huffed and puffed to victory against Serbia (64-57) to clinch Group D title, while Slovak Republic beat Great Britain (74-61).

Spain continued their perfect competition on the court with a comfortable victory against Latvia (57-43). But off the court two more players fell sick: Yurena Diaz and Maria Espana.

In the other Group A game Belarus beat Lithuania (72-66) thereby eliminating Latvia.



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Final Round


29 August 2012 Latvia: Bridina Krista's reflections

26 August 2012 U20 European Championship title goes to Spain

26 August 2012 France take fifth place

25 August 2012 France will face Sweden for fifth place

25 August 2012 Spain to meet Russia in the final again

24 August 2012 Russia and Turkey qualify for semi-final

24 August 2012 The Netherlands on history course

24 August 2012 Spain eliminate France (55-53)



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24 August 2012 Erin Mc Garrachan, GB U20 captain fighting for a win

23 August 2012 Eugénio Rodrigues from Portugal is proud of his team

22 August 2012 Second round comes to an end

22 August 2012 France eliminate the Slovak Republic

21 August 2012 Turkey, only team with perfect record - Portugal win

21 August 2012 France gave Serbia no chance

21 August 2012 Spain and Turkey remain perfect on day 4

20 August 2012 Third defeat in a row for France

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18 August 2012 Turkey beat France for Group win

18 August 2012 The Slovak Republic send Great Britain into the relegation round

17 August 2012 Injuries and illness still the focus on day 2

17 August 2012 France lost against Ukraine

17 August 2012 Latvia defeat Belarus

16 August 2012 The show goes on despite players falling ill

16 August 2012 Turkey open with a comfortable victory against Ukraine

16 August 2012 France made to work hard against Portugal



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