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2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Crete, Greece, from 8 to 20 July 2014. The winners were Turkey. To win the title they beat Spain with a score of 65–57. It was their first ever title win. The runners-up were Spain and third place were Serbia. Defending champions from 2013, Italy, came in at tenth place, their worst result since 2010. Participating teams * * * * * * (Runners-up, 2013 FIBA Europe U20 DivB (Romania)) * * (3rd place, 2013 FIBA Europe U20 DivB (Romania)) * * * * * * (Winners, 2013 FIBA Europe U20 DivB (Romania)) * * * * * * Venues First round The first-round groups draw took place on 1 December 2013 in Freising, Germany. In this round, the twenty teams were allocated in four groups of five teams each. The top three teams advanced to the Second Round. The last two teams of each group played in the Classification Games. Group A Group B Group C Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kartal Özmızrak
Kartal Özmızrak (born 29 August 1995) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and Basketball Champions League. Professional career Kartal was a product of Beşiktaş youth system and he also played there between 2011 and 2015. During this period, he has been loaned to Eskişehir Basket for 2014–15 season. On 8 December 2015 he signed with Darüşşafaka and then loaned to İstanbul BB for two seasons. On 6 July 2020 he signed with Obradoiro of the Liga ACB. On 6 July 2021 he signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basketball Super League ( tr, Basketbol Süper Ligi; BSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replac ... (BSL). References External links Profileat tblstat.net at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozmizrak, Kartal 1995 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Janković (basketball)
Nikola Janković ( sr, Никола Јанковић, born February 13, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK FMP of the ABA League. Standing at , he plays the power forward position. Professional career Early years Janković began training basketball in hometown club Ekonomac. Then he played for the youth system of FMP Železnik and Crvena zvezda. After turning 18, in 2012 he refused to sign a professional contract with the club from Belgrade, only to move to Belgium's Spirou Charleroi. Over the season, he averaged 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game in his first international season. Before the 2013–14 season, he moved to Verviers-Pepinster. In the new team he had much bigger role, averaging 11.4 points and 5.7 rebounds over 34 games played. In 2014–15 season, he appeared in just 18 games, averaging 16.1 points and 6.2 rebounds in 24.9 minutes per game. On June 5, 2015, he returned to Spirou Charleroi, only to part ways with the team in late August. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA U20 European Championship
The FIBA U20 European Championship, previously known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under', is a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through the 2004 edition, it was held biennially, but since 2005 edition, it is held every year. The tournament was originally an Under-22 age tournament, but it is now an Under-20 age tournament. The current champions are Spain. Starting with the 2005 B edition, a Division B tournament, which is the secondary level of the European Under-20 Basketball Championship, is also organized. Since the 2013 B edition, the top three placed teams at each year's Division B tournament are promoted to the next year's Division A Championship. This way, the three bottom teams of the Division A Championship are relegated to the next year's Division B Championship. Division A The Division A is the top level of the Under-20 championship organized by FIBA Europe. These teams have always played in Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the 11th edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of the European Under-20 basketball championship. The tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ..., from 9 to 19 July 2015. Participating teams * * * * * * * (20th place, 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A) * * * * * (18th place, 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A) * * * * * (19th place, 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A) * First round In this round, the eighteen teams were allocated in two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Second round. The other teams pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doru Vinasi or doru, the primary armament of Ancient Greek hoplites
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Doru may refer to: * Doru (name) * ''Doru'' (genus), a genus of earwigs * Doru Shahabad, a town in Anantnag District, Jammu and Kashmir, India * Dory (spear) The ''dory'' or ''doru '' (; el, δόρυ) is a spear that was the chief spear of hoplites (heavy infantry) in Ancient Greece. The word "''dory'' was first attested by Homer with the meanings of "wood" and "spear". Homeric heroes hold two ( el, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Rocha (referee)
Fernando Rocha (born 1975) is a Portuguese comedian, actor, and TV presenter, whose career as a professional performer began in 2000. He has performed in Portugal, and internationally, including Angola, which has a majority Portuguese speaking population, and in several Portuguese-descendant communities in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... References"Promoter Zona Jovem holds big show of humour", Angola Press, July 28, 2009 * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilija Belošević
Ilija Belošević ( sr-cyr, Илија Белошевић; born 13 April 1972) is a Serbian basketball referee. Refereeing career Belošević has been a referee since 1987 and an international referee since 1997. At the end of the 2020–21 EuroLeague season, he was the EuroLeague's all-time leader in games refereed (387). Personal life Belošević's father Obrad was a referee who was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame The FIBA Hall of Fame, or FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame, honors players, coaches, teams, referees, and administrators who have greatly contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA, in 1991. It includes the " Samar ....FIBA Hall of Famers: Belosevic Profile fiba.com References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Díaz
Alberto Díaz Ortiz (born April 23, 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. At a height of 1.91 m (6'3") in shoes, and a weight of 86 kg (190 lbs.), he plays at the point guard position. Professional career Díaz started his professional career at Clínicas Rincón, an affiliated team of Unicaja. He played simultaneously with both teams until March 2014, when he was loaned to Bilbao Basket, until the end of the 2013–14 season. Díaz was loaned again for the next season, this time to Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, a team that finished in the last position of the 2014–15 ACB season. Finally, in the summer of 2015, he came back to Unicaja, and definitively took a role in the team in the 2015–16 season. In the 2016–17 season, Díaz won the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup, with Unicaja, after beating Valencia Basket in the Finals. Along with winning the EuroCup trophy, Díaz was also named the EuroCup Finals MVP, after he averaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián Saiz
Juan Sebastián "Sebas" Saiz Soto (born 15 July 1994) is a Spanish basketball player for Alvark Tokyo of the B.League. He also holds Dominican citizenship. Early years Saiz, whose father is Spanish and his mother is from Dominican Republic, started playing basketball at the youth teams of Real Madrid, until transferring to CB Talavera due to personal reasons. In 2009, he passed the trials to join Estudiantes, where he made his debut in senior competitions, playing in some Liga EBA games in 2011, at age 16. High school and college career Saiz moved in 2012 to the United States to continue his basketball career, and in 2013 he joined the Ole Miss Rebels, averaging 5.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in his first season. He ended his college years becoming only the second player in school history after Murphy Holloway to surpass 1,000 points and 900 rebounds and was included in the All-Conference first team of the Southeastern Conference. Professional career In July 2017, Saiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |