What a shocker!!! Italy came back from a 14-point deficit going into the fourth quarter to upset Lithuania 69-68 and reach the U20 European Championship semifinals. This has got to be up there on the list of crazy upsets in European hoops history. It was truly incredible. Elsewhere, Pablo [...]
After a short hiatus – too much work for the fibaeurope website – here another posting from the U20 European Championship where we are about to start the second day of the qualifying round. Spain and France are the only two undefeated teams left but things are still wide [...]
Greek national team coach Jonas Kazlauskas was sited watching his U20 Lithuanian compatriots before switching gyms to see the Greek U20 team later on Friday. Also USC are expected to come to Greece on Saturday to observe Montenegrin power forward Nikola Vucevic and Pablo Aguilar’s return appears set back [...]
Looking at the first day of action at the U20 European Championship, a few of the big names were missing from the box scores in Rhodes and Ialysos. And some of the U19 World Championship stars started slowly in the tournament.
Basketball fans have plenty of great talent to observe at the U20 European Championship including seven Greeks who won the silver medal at the U19 World Championships and Lithuanian stud big man Donatas Motiejunas.
