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1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1997 European Championship for Cadets) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Pepinster, Kortrijk and Quaregnon, in Belgium, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the sixth time, the first since the breakup of Yugoslavia. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * Qualification There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-three national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Greece, Macedonia and Italy. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Croatia (title holder), Spain (runner-up) and Belgium (host) in the final tournament. Preliminary round The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. Group A Group B Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Championship 5th–8th playoffs Final standing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlado Ilievski
Vlado Ilievski ( mk, Владо Илиевски; born 19 January 1980) is a former Macedonian professional basketball. Standing at , he played at the point guard position. Professional career During his career, Ilievski played for Nemetali Ogražden, KK Partizan, Antbirlik Antalya, FC Barcelona Bàsquet, Lottomatica Roma, VidiVici Bologna, Montepaschi Siena, Tau Cerámica, KK Union Olimpija, Anadolu Efes and Lokomotiv Kuban. On 28 September 2012 Ilievski signed a one-year contract with Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb. On 12 November 2013 Ilievski signed a contract with club ČEZ Nymburk from Czech Republic. On 7 November 2014 he signed with Cibona Zagreb. On 10 July 2015, he signed with Italian club Orlandina Basket. On 7 September 2016, he signed with Rabotnički. On 9 June 2017, Vlado Ilievski announces his retirement from basketball. Career statistics Euroleague , - , style="text-align:left;", 2001–02 , style="text-align:left;", Olimpija , 20 , , 10 , , 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system, a competitor has to challenge the current champion to win the championship. A competitor (called ''number 1 contender'') can challenge the current champion after defeating other challengers. This form of championship is used in individual head-to-head competitions and is particularly associated with combat sports such as wrestling, boxing and mixed martial arts. Tournament system The term championships (in the plural) is often used to refer to tournament competitions, either using a knockout format, such as at Wimbledon and other championships in tennis, or a mixed format with a group stage followed by knockout rounds, such as used in the European Football Championships. A variation of the knockout format is the "best-of-X" or ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Stojić
Predrag ( sr-cyr, Предраг) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very, much") and ''-drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved". The usual nickname is Peđa (Pedja). It may refer to: * Predrag Balašević, ethnic Romanian politician from Serbia * Predrag Cvitanović, Croatian physicist and academic * Predrag Danilović, Serbian basketball player * Peđa Grbin Peđa Grbin (born 24 May 1979) is a Croatian lawyer and politician serving as President of the Social Democratic Party since 2020. He was also Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2022, when he was replaced by Davorko Vidović, the leader of t ..., Croatian lawyer and politician * Predrag Krunić, Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball coach * Predrag Lazić, Serbian professional footballer * Predrag Marković, Serbian politician, author, and historian * Predrag Matvejević, Yugoslav writer and scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sreten Lakonić
Sreten ( Cyrillic script: Сретен) is a Serbian and Montenegrin masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to: * Sreten Asanović (born 1931), writer * Sreten Jocić (born 1962), gangster * Sreten Lukić (born 1955), policeman *Sreten Mirković (born 1958), boxer *Sreten Ninković (born 1972), long distance runner *Sreten Sretenović (born 1985), footballer *Sreten Stanić (born 1984), footballer *Sreten Stojanović (1898–1960), sculptor * Sreten Žujović (1899–1976), politician See also *Sretenović Sretenović (Cyrillic script: Сретеновић) is a Serbian patronymic surname derived from a masculine given name Sreten. It may refer to: * Jovana Sretenović (born 1986), football player * Sreten Sretenović (born 1985), football player * ... {{given name Slavic masculine given names Serbian masculine given names Montenegrin masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Rončević
Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukrainian version of the name * Włodzimierz (given name) for the Polish version of the name * Valdemar for the Germanic version of the name * Wladimir for an alternative spelling of the name Places * Vladimir, Russia, a city in Russia * Vladimir Oblast, a federal subject of Russia * Vladimir-Suzdal, a medieval principality * Vladimir, Ulcinj, a village in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro * Vladimir, Gorj, a commune in Gorj County, Romania * Vladimir, a village in Goiești Commune, Dolj County, Romania * Vladimir (river), a tributary of the Gilort in Gorj County, Romania * Volodymyr (city), a city in Ukraine Religious leaders * Metropolitan Vladimir (other), multiple * Jovan Vladimir (d. 1016), ruler of Doclea and a saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Peković
Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also * Marco (other) * Markko (other) * Marka (other) * Markov * Marku * * {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Tica
Vladimir Tica ( sr, Владимир Тица, born June 11, 1981) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m tall center. National team With a Serbian national under-16 basketball team, he won a gold medal at the 1997 Eurobasket The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a ber .... External links Vladimir Ticaat euroleague.net Vladimir Ticaat eurobasket.com 1981 births Living people ABA League players AZS Koszalin players Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players BC Khimik players BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Belfius Mons-Hainaut players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Serbia Centers (basketball) CSU Asesoft Ploiești players KK Budućnost players KK Crvena zvezda players KK Hemofarm players People from Doboj Serbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrija Crnogorac
Andrija Crnogorac (born September 23, 1981) is a former Serbian professional basketball player. He start his career in Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo .... He played in Partizan 2 years and won Yugoslav Cup in 1999. References 1981 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Serbia KK Avala Ada players KK Partizan players KK Sloga players Lugano Tigers players Power forwards (basketball) SAV Vacallo Basket players Serbian men's basketball players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Switzerland Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina People from Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mladen Šekularac
Mladen Šekularac ( sr-cyrl, Младен Шекуларац; born January 29, 1981) is a Montenegrin basketball coach and former professional player. Playing career At one point Šekularac was considered to be one of the biggest European talents and was projected as NBA draft lottery pick candidate. His reputation was such that his club at the time, KK FMP, put a €1.3 million price tag on his transfer. However, inconsistent form and unsteady overall progress made many uncertain about his potential. He was an early entry candidate for the 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ... and 2001 NBA drafts before withdrawing each time. He stayed, however, in the 2002 NBA draft and ended up being taken in the second round with the 55th pick by the Dallas Mavericks. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Vukadinov (basketball)
Ivan Vukadinov ( bg, Иван Вукадинов; born 19 March 1932) is a Bulgarian painter.A. Dzhurova. Ivan Vukadinov. In Modern Bulgarian Art Names (Thirteen Centuries of Bulgaria Series), National Endowment Fund: Sofia, 2015, p. 9. Considered “one of the greatest of Bulgarian artists,” he is a featured as one of the 25 artists since the nineteenth century selected for the definitive monograph series published by thNational Endowment of the Arts Vukadinov has resurrected a specific encaustic technique used in ancient Egypt for making Fayyum mummy portraits and is renowned for his clean emblematic shapes and minimalist compositions with contemplative references to Etruscan, Egyptian, Thracian, Greek and Roman art. Career Vukadinov originally trained in plein-air landscapes and still-lifes, but his style soon style changed to a minimalism of expression, dense coloration and a Figurative Constructivist approach to explore the confluent influences of the past on present c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Tošić
Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović who, inspired by John Stuart Mill's essay '' On Liberty'' baptised his son as Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1991) among various ethnic groups within Yugoslavia and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugoslav peoples. During the decade after World War II, the name Slobodan (means "freedom") became the most popular Serbian male name, and it remained so until 1980. Common derived nicknames are Sloba, Slobo, Boban, Boba, Bobi and Čobi. The feminine counterpart is Slobodanka. It may refer to: *Slobodan Aligrudić (1934–1985), Serbian actor *Slobo Ilijev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Mičeta
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Іван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |