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2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 30th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Latvia, from 18 to 28 July 2013. Croatia were the defending champions. Turkey became the new champions, taking their first title. Participating teams * (Winners, 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B) * * * (Runners-up, 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B) * (3rd place, 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B) * * * * * * * * * * * First round The first-round groups draw took place on 8 December 2012 in Freising, Germany. In the first round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group qualified for the Second Round. The last team of each group played in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs. :''Times below are in CEST (UTC+2).'' Group A ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- -- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventspils
Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port. The city's name literally means "castle on the Venta", referring to the Livonian Order's castle built alongside the Venta River. Other names Ventspils was historically known as ''Windau'' in German. A Russian name from the time of the Russian Empire was ''Виндава (Vindava)'' or ''Виндау (Vindau)'' although ''Вентспилс (Ventspils)'' has been used since World War II. Some other names for the city include liv, Vǟnta and pl, Windawa. History Ventspils developed around the Livonian Order Ventspils Castle, built along the Venta River. It was chartered in 1314 and became an important mercantile city of the Hanseatic League. As part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Pechanek
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judaism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adi Zahiragić
Adi or ADI may refer to: Names and titles * Adi (mythology), an Asura in Hindu faith who appears in the Matsya Purāṇa * Adi (name), a given name in Hebrew and a nickname in other languages * Adi (title), a Fijian title used by females of chiefly rank Places * Adi (Khanapur), Belgaum District, Karnataka, India * Adi (Chikodi), Belgaum District, Karnataka, India * Ahmedabad Junction railway station, Ahmedabad, India (code ADI) * Adi, Israel, a community settlement in northern Israel * Adi Island, an island in West Papua, Indonesia * Arandis Airport, Arandis, Namibia (IATA: ADI) Organizations * Aerodynamics Inc., a small airline in the US * Aircraft Designs Inc, an aircraft design firm in Monterey, California * Alfred Deakin Institute, at Deakin University, in Geelong, Australia * American Documentation Institute, former name of the Association for Information Science and Technology * Analog Devices, Inc, producer of semiconductors (ADI is their symbol on the New York Stock Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davor Karamatić , a Slavic given name
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Davor can refer to: * Davor, Croatia, a village in Croatia * Davor (name) Davor is an old Slavic given name possibly derived from the prehistoric Slavic god of war (equivalent of Mars) or from an old exclamation expressing joy or sorrow. Feminine variant: Davorka. The name may refer to: * Davor Antunović (born 1979), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrios Stamatis (basketball)
Dimitrios or Dimitris Stamatis (Greek: Δημήτρης Σταμάτης) may mean: * Dimitrios Stamatis (basketball) (b. 1996), Greek professional basketball player * (b. 1950), Greek MP for New Democracy and government minister in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras The Cabinet of Antonis Samaras succeeded the Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos after the repeated legislative elections in May and June 2012. It was sworn in on Thursday, 21 June 2012. The former ministries of Shipping, Tourism and M ... (2012–15) * {{Interlanguage link multi, Dimitrios G. Stamatis, el, 3=Δημήτρης Γ. Σταμάτης (b. 1952), Greek MP for New Democracy, ANEL and Nea MERA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Mitoglou
Konstantinos "Dinos" Mitoglou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Ντίνος" Μήτογλου; born June 11, 1996) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball at Wake Forest University. He is a 2.10 m (6' 10") tall power forward, who can occasionally play as a center. Early career After playing with the youth teams of the Greek clubs Asteria Academy and Aris, Mitoglou played for the first time in Greece's top-tier level, the Greek Basket League, with the senior men's team of Aris Thessaloniki, during the 2013–14 season. He made his debut in the Greek Basket League, on 30 November 2013, in a game against Olympiacos. With Aris, he played in a total of 3 games, during the Greek Basket League 2013–14 season. Despite playing in Greece's top-tier level professional basketball league, Mitoglou was able to retain his amateur status, thus making him eligible to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Diamantakos
Georgios Diamantakos (alternate spellings: Giorgos, George) ( el, Γιώργος Διαμαντάκος; born January 14, 1995) is a Greek professional basketball player for Mykonosof the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a right-handed 7 ft. 1 in. (2.16 m) tall center. Professional career Diamantakos began his pro career in Greece in 2012, when he played in the Greek League with Panathinaikos, in a game against Peristeri. In July 2015, he signed with the Turkish club Darüşşafaka, of the Turkish Super League, and was subsequently loaned by them to the Greek club Nea Kifissia. Later, he played in a game with the Bulgarian club, Spartak Pleven, in November 2015. He was then loaned to the Croatian club GKK Šibenik, of the Croatian A-1 League. In July 2016, he signed with Apollon Patras in Greece. On August 10, 2017, he joined G.S. Faros Larissas of the Greek Basket League. In summer 2018, Diamantakos followed the team's relocation to the island of Lemnos, under the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Gačić
Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to: Given name or nickname Sports * Sandro (footballer, born 1973), Brazilian footballer Sandro Chaves de Assis Rosa *Sandro (footballer, born 1974), Brazilian footballer Carlos Alejandro Sierra Fumero * Sandro (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Sandro Cardoso dos Santos * Sandro (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian footballer Alexsandro Oliveira Duarte *Sandro (footballer, born March 1983), Brazilian footballer Sandro Luiz da Silva * Sandro (footballer, born October 1983), Brazilian footballer Sandro da Silva Mendonça * Sandro (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer Sandro José Ferreira da Silva * Sandro (footballer, born February 1987), Brazilian footballer Sandro Costa da Silva *Sandro (footballer, born March 1987), Brazilian footballer Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo * Sandro (footballer, born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Lazic
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa (given name), Aleksa and Sander (name), Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria (given name), Alexandria, and Sasha (name), Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genetive, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy shield wall, battle line. The earliest Attested language, attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthropon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojan Lulić
Bojan ( Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed ''Boyan'') is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun ''boj'' "battle." The ending ''-an'' is a suffix frequently found in anthroponyms of Slavic origin. The feminine variant is Bojana. The name is recorded in historical sources among Serbs, Bulgarians, Czechs, Poles, Croats, Slovenians, Macedonians, Ukrainians and Russians. In Slovenia, it is the 18th most popular name for males, as of 2010. (in Slovenian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. The name Bojan may refer to: * Bojan Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imran Polutak
Imran, also transliterated as Emran ( ar, عمران ''ʿImrān'') is an Arabic form of the Hebrew male name ʿAmram in the Middle East and other Muslim countries. The name Imran is found in the Quranic chapter called House of ʿImrān (''āl ʿImrān''). It is derived from the Biblical name ʿAmram. It may refer to: Given name * Imran, father of Moses in the Quran: see Amram * Imran, father of Mary in the Quran: see Joachim (Imran) * āl ʿimrān, the 3rd Chapter in the Quran * Imran (cricketer), Afghan cricketer * Imran Abbas, Pakistani actor * Imran Abbas (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer * Imran Amed, Canadian-British fashion expert and founder of ''The Business of Fashion'' * Imran Arif, Pakistani-born English cricketer * Imran Aslam (actor), Pakistani television actor * Imran Aslam (journalist), Pakistani journalist and media personality * Imran Awan, Pakistani-American Information Technology worker * Imran Awan (cricketer), Pakistani born American cricketer * Emran B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
