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2017 FIBA U20 European Championship
The 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in three Greek cities, Chania, Rethymno and Heraklion, on the island of Crete, from 15 to 23 July 2017. Venues Participating teams * * * * (3rd place, 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B) * * * (Runners-up, 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B) * * * (Winners, 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B) * * * * * * First round In this round, the 16 teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. All teams will advance to the Second Round of 16. Group A Group B Group C Group D Playoff round Round of 16 5th–8th place playoffs 9th–16th place playoffs Final standings Awards Most Valuable Player All-Tournament Team * Tamir Blatt * Vassilis Charalampopoulos * Tryggvi Hlinason * Antonis Koniaris * Amine Noua Amine Noua (born February 7, 1997) is a French p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodoros Karras
Theodoros "Thodoris" Karras ( el, Θεόδωρος "Θόδωρος" Καρράς; born December 18, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player for Karditsa of the Greek Basket League. At a height of 2.10 m (6' 10") tall, with a 2.30 m (7' 6") wingspan, he plays at the center position. Professional career Karras began his professional career in the 2015–16 season, in the Greek 2nd Division, with Doukas. In the summer of 2017, Karras joined PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League, signing a four-year contract. On July 28, 2020, he was released from the club and joined Karditsa. During the 2022-2023 Greek Basket League season with Karditsa, in a total of 8 games, Karras averaged 2 points and 1.7 rebounds in under 6 minutes per contest. Greek national team Karras was a member of the Greek junior national teams. With Greece's junior national team, he played at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2017 FIBA U20 European C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Charalampopoulos (basketball)
Vassilis Charalampopoulos (alternate spellings: Vasileios, Vasilis, Basilis, Charalabopoulos) ( el, Βασίλης Χαραλαμπόπουλος; born January 6, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Early career Charalampopoulos, a left-handed tall, small forward, that can also play power forward, with a 2.11 m (6'11") wingspan; started playing basketball with the youth teams of the Greek club Aigaleo. He spent the 2011–12 season with the senior men's club of Aigaleo. That same season, he played in the semi-pro level Greek B League, which is the 3rd-tier division of Greek basketball. Professional career Panathinaikos (2012–2018) In 2012, Charalampopoulos moved to the Greek 1st Division club Panathinaikos. He made his pro debut in the 1st-tier level Greek League, during the 2012–13 season, on 26 November 2012, in a home game against Panelefsiniakos. Charalampopoulos made his debut in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Kratzer
Leon Kratzer (born 4 February 1997) is a German professional basketball player for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Career The son of former professional basketball player Marc Suhr, a 7-foot center who won four caps for the German men's national team during his career, Kratzer started out with BBC Bayreuth’s youth team at age 12, moving on to the Brose Bamberg youth program in 2012. Representing Bamberg's development squad Baunach Young Pikes, he made his debut in Germany's third-tier ProB during the 2013-14 season, helping the team win promotion to ProA that year. Kratzer made his first appearances in Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga for Bamberg in the 2016-17 campaign, while still being a regular in the reserve team. Averaging 14.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks a game for Baunach in 2016-17, he garnered ProA Player of the Year honors. Looking to take the next step in his career and to gain more playing time in the Bundesliga, he si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurynas Birutis
Laurynas Birutis (born 27 August 1997) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. Professional career BC Zalgiris junior team and debut in LKL Birutis started his professional career when he signed with BC Žalgiris-2 in summer 2014. On January 5, 2016, in a match against BC Petrochema he made a National Basketball League record by rebounding 23 balls. Later, that season he won silver medals with Žalgiris-2, who lost the final game against BC Sūduva. On 14 April 2017, after dominating in the second-tier National Basketball League with 17.4 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2 blocks averages per game, Birutis was invited to join the top-tier Lithuanian Basketball League playoffs team Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas. Birutis powerfully debuted on 15 April 2017 by scoring 17 points and grabbing 4 rebounds, but his team lost 92–89 after Justas Tamulis buzzer-beater. Two days later, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórir Þorbjarnarson
Þórir Guðmundur Þorbjarnarson (born 26 May 1998) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Landstede Hammers of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Nicknamed "Tóti Túrbó", he has won the Icelandic championship three times and the Icelandic Basketball Cup twice. Career Early career with KR (2014–2017) Þórir came up through the junior ranks of KR and played his first senior game, at the age of 16, on 7 December 2014, when he scored 31 points against Haukar-b in the Icelandic Basketball Cup. During the 2015–2016 season he was named the best young player of the first half of the season. He developed into a key player for KR during its 2017 championship run, averaging 10.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, and was named the Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year after the 2016–17 season. Nebraska (2017–2021) In August, 2017, Þórir joined the University of Nebraska. On 8 January 2020, he tied his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egehan Arna
Egehan Arna (born 5 January 1997) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at tall, he plays at the small forward position. Early years Arna began playing with the youth clubs of Fenerbahçe, at the age of 7. Professional career Arna began his pro career in 2015, with the senior men's club of Fenerbahçe. On 10 May 2019 Arna scored 51 points and had 14 rebounds in a 138–62 away win over Sakarya BB. Arna shot 20-31 from the field, while shooting on 10-16 three point field goals. He set a season-high for points scored in the 2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi. On 7 July 2020 Arna was released from the Turkish powerhouse. Arna signed a two-year deal with Beşiktaş on 6 August 2020. On 1 July 2022 Arna moved to Anadolu Efes of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). On 21 June 2023 he signed with Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) for a second stint. On January 18, 2024, he signed with Bah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ömer Yurtseven
Ömer Faruk Yurtseven (born June 19, 1998) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack and the Georgetown Hoyas. Listed at and , he plays the center position. Early life and career He was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Turkish parents and played basketball in Turkey and for the Turkish youth national team. Yurtseven was selected to the Best Five of the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He was also invited to play at the Jordan Brand Classic International Game. On March 20, 2015, he made his EuroLeague debut, in a game against Emporio Armani Milano, scoring 2 points, in 1 minute and 4 seconds of playing time. On October 5, 2015, he played against the Brooklyn Nets, at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. He had 8 points and 7 rebounds, with one block, in 15 minutes and 18 seconds of playing time, in his team's win over the Nets. He would bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amine Noua
Amine Noua (born February 7, 1997) is a French professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in), he plays power forward. Professional career Noua was born in Lyon and cut his teeth in the youth ranks of ASVEL Basket. After playing in the club’s under-21 team, he made his first-team debut in January 2016, scoring two points in five minutes against Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket. During ASVEL’s championship run that year, he averaged 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds in 3.8 minutes per contest. In April 2018, he declared for the 2018 NBA draft. However, he withdrew before the deadline. His breakout season came in 2017-18, when he averaged 11 points and 4.7 rebounds a game in 32 ProA contests (including 26 starts). He also attended the French All Star Game that season. On July 7, 2021, he has signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the Liga ACB. On April 11, 2022, he has signed with SIG Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kári Jónsson
Kári Jónsson (born August 27, 1997) is an Icelandic basketball player who plays for Valur in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team in 2016 when he helped Haukar to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they lost to KR. In 2022, he won his first Icelandic championship and was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP. In 2023, he won the Icelandic Cup for the first time and was named the Cup Final MVP. Playing career First years Kári came up from the junior ranks of Haukar and played his first games with the senior team in the 2013–2014 season, averaging 7.6 points in 25 regular season and playoffs games. The next season he moved to the starting lineup and averaged 15.0 points in 21 regular-season games. He averaged 13.0 points in 9 playoffs games, helping Haukar to the semi-finals where they lost to Tindastóll. He had his breakout season in 2015–2016 and was named the best player of the second half of the season before the playoffs. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tryggvi Hlinason
Tryggvi Snær Hlinason (born 28 October 1997) is an Icelandic professional basketball for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. He began his career in his home country, competing with Þór Akureyri. Tryggvi is a regular member of the Icelandic national team, with experience at EuroBasket. Early life Tryggvi was raised on the Svartárkot farm, a sheep facility in the municipality of Þingeyjarsveit, an area of northeastern Iceland so isolated that his family's closest neighbors live away, and there is no grocery store within an hour's drive of the farm. In a 2017 ESPN story, Jón Arnór Stefánsson, one of the country's greatest players, said about the area where Tryggvi was raised, "It's a situation you can't explain to a person that doesn't live in Iceland or that part of the country. When the weather is harsh, you can't really get to or from it, so you're just stuck up there. It's a unique story, man." Tryggvi himself would say in a 2018 interview with Yahoo Sports, "There was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Christidis
Vassilis Christidis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Vasileos) ( el, Βασίλης Χρηστίδης; born July 10, 1998) is a Greek professional basketball player for Karditsa of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.08 m (6'10") tall center. Professional career Christidis started playing basketball with the youth teams of Mantoulidis. He then played in the Greek minors with Mantoulidis. He signed a contract with Aris in 2015, but he was loaned back to Mantoulidis for the 2015–16 season. Christidis began his pro career in 2016, with the top-tier level Greek League club Aris, when he debuted in a Greek League game against Promitheas Patras. He joined Olympiacos' new reserve team of the Greek 2nd Division, Olympiacos B, for the 2019–20 season. On December 21, 2021, Christidis was loaned from Olympiacos to Peristeri, under coach Milan Tomić. In 13 league games, he averaged 7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.3 blocks, playing around 18 minutes per contest. On July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonis Koniaris
Antonis Koniaris (alternate spelling: Antonios) ( el, Αντώνης Κόνιαρης; born September 30, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is a 1.93 m (6'4") tall point guard. Early career Koniaris began playing youth basketball during primary school, in 2006, after joining a local team in Akrotiri, Chania. Professional career Koniaris began his pro career in 2013, after he signed with the Greek League club PAOK. On 24 July 2014, Koniaris' agent, Tasos Delimpaltadakis, announced via Twitter, that Panathinaikos had signed a young point guard. Some hours after this, Panathinaikos announced the signing of Koniaris, for 5 years. As a member of Panathinaikos, Koniaris won two Greek Cups, in 2015 and 2016. On August 19, 2016, he returned to PAOK, after signing a three-year contract with them. On June 30, 2019, Koniaris signed a three-year contract (two years guaranteed, plus one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
