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FIBA EuroBasket 2001
The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four (or five, depending on Yugoslavia reaching one of the top four places) teams in the final standings. It was held in Turkey between 31 August and 9 September 2001. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won its eighth FIBA European title by defeating hosts Turkey with a 78–69 score in the final. Vlado Šćepanović scored 19 points for Yugoslavia, while İbrahim Kutluay scored 19 for Turkey. Yugoslavia's Peja Stojaković was voted the tournament's MVP. Venues Qualification Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2001, the top eight teams from the previou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia Men's National Basketball Team
The Serbia men's national basketball team ( sr, Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије, Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international basketball competition and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked sixth in the FIBA World Rankings. From 1992 to 2003, the national team played under the name of FR Yugoslavia and from 2003 to 2006, under the name of Serbia and Montenegro in international tournaments. Following the Montenegrin declaration of independence in 2006, Basketball Federation of Serbia retained the place of Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro as a FIBA member. Therefore, all the results and medals from this period are succeeded by the Serbia national team. History Serbia and Montenegro With the start of Yugoslav Wars in 1991, and subsequent breakup of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavia national team was disbanded. The team consisted of players selected from the population of o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peja Stojaković
Predrag Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Предраг Стојаковић, ; born June 9, 1977), known by his nickname Peja (''Peđa'', Пеђа, ), is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the assistant general manager and director of player personnel and development of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 10 (2.08 m), Stojaković played mostly at the small forward position. He won the NBA Three-Point Contest two times, and was the first European-born player to win one of the All-Star Weekend competitions. Stojaković made 1,760 three-point field goals in his career which ranked 10th all-time at the point of his retirement. Stojaković currently ranks 23rd in this category. After starting in Crvena zvezda and while playing for PAOK, Stojaković was drafted fourteenth overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 1996 NBA draft. In the NBA, he had a breakthrough season in 2000–01 followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlado Šćepanović
Vlado Šćepanović (born 13 November 1975) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. At , he played the shooting guard position. Professional career Šćepanović began his professional career with Budućnost during the 1993–94 season. In 2000 he moved to Turkey and signed with Efes Pilsen. In the 2001–02 season, Šćepanović played with Partizan. Šćepanović moved to Skipper Bologna in 2002, before returning to Partizan in 2004. He then spent three years in Greece, with Panathinaikos and PAOK, and three years in Spain, with Granada and Murcia. In February 2011, Šćepanović signed with Panellinios until the end of the 2010–11 season. National team career Playing with Serbia and Montenegro/FR Yugoslavia, Šćepanović won the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship, the bronze medal at the 1999 EuroBasket and gold again at the 2001 EuroBasket. He also took part in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2005 EuroBasket. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gintaras Einikis
Gintaras Einikis (born September 30, 1969) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player and current coach. He stands at 6 ft 10 in (208 cm), and is a former center for the senior Lithuanian national team. Einikis is the only player from the Lithuanian national team to have won all three consecutive bronze medals at the Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, Atlanta, and Sydney. Professional career In 1987, the then 18-year-old Einikis, arrived at Žalgiris, to replace his injured teammate, Arvydas Sabonis. Einikis established himself as a strong and aggressive defender, an excellent center, and a surprisingly accurate three-point shooter. When Sabonis left Žalgiris, Einikis continued his career, as a starter. In 1995, Einikis joined Avtodor Saratov. After dominating with Avtodor, Einikis then moved to CSKA Moscow. After 2 moderate seasons with CSKA, he moved to Idea-Slask, where he averaged 9 points per game, and 4.4 rebounds per game, in 22 minutes per game of Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Ramūnas Šiškauskas (, born September 10, 1978) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball player and basketball coach. At a listed height of 6'6" (1.98 m) tall, he could play at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His individual accolades as a player include a EuroLeague MVP award, four All-EuroLeague Team selections, as well as an All-EuroBasket Team designation. On May 16, 2014, Šiškauskas was named a EuroLeague Basketball Legend. During his playing career, Šiškauskas won two EuroLeague titles, one each with Panathinaikos Athens and CSKA Moscow, in 2007 and 2008, and reached two more EuroLeague Finals with CSKA, in 2009 and 2012. He was a member of the senior Lithuanian national team that won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2003. As a member of Lithuania's national team, he also won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2007. Professional playing career Lithuania Šiškauskas made his pro debut with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viacheslav Ievstratenko
Viacheslav is a Slavonic masculine given name (also can be transliterated as Vyacheslav or Viatcheslav). Notable people with the name include: *Viacheslav Aliabiev (1934–2009), Ukrainian professional footballer * Viacheslav Belavkin, professor in applied mathematics at the University of Nottingham *Viacheslav Chornovil (1937–1999), Ukrainian politician *Viacheslav Datsik (born 1980), Russian former kickboxer and mixed martial artist *Viacheslav Dinerchtein (born 1976), violist and promoter of novel and overlooked viola repertoire *Viacheslav Dydyshko (born 1949), Belarusian chess Grandmaster (1995) *Viacheslav Fetisov (born 1958), retired professional ice hockey defenseman *Viacheslav Grachev (born 1973), Russian rugby union player *Viacheslav Ivanovski (born 1975), Israeli Olympic weightlifter *Viacheslav I of Kiev (1083–1154), Prince of Smolensk, Turov, Pereyaslavl, Peresopnitsa, Vyshgorod, and Grand Prince of Kiev *Viacheslav Kravtsov (born 1987), Ukrainian basketball player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Okunskyy
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 and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and 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 (, 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 battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+3
UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be written as, for example, 2019-02-08T23:36:06+03:00. As standard time (year-round) :''Principal cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Doha, Riyadh, Baghdad, Nairobi, Dire Dawa, Addis Ababa, Manama, Sana'a, Aden, Minsk, Kuwait City, Asmara, Antananarivo, Kampala, Amman, Damascus'' Africa East Africa *Comoros *Djibouti *Eritrea *Ethiopia *France **French Southern and Antarctic Lands ***Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean ****Bassas da India, Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island **Mayotte *Kenya *Madagascar *Somalia *Somaliland ''(disputed territory)'' *South Africa **Prince Edward Islands *Tanzania *Uganda Antarctica *Some bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica **Japan *** Showa Station Asia Arabia Standard Time Arabia Standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer. A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT), although Egypt and Libya also use the term ''Eastern European Time''. The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Athens. Usage The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time all year round: * Egypt, since 21 April 2015; used EEST ( UTC+02:00; UTC+03:00 with daylight saving time) from 1988–2010 and 16 May–26 September 2014. See also Egypt Standard Time. * Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), since 26 October 2014; also used EET in years 1945 and 1991–2011. See also Kaliningrad Time. * Libya, since 27 October 2013; switched from Central European Time, which was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA EuroBasket 2001 Qualification
Qualification for the 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001 took place between 18 May 1998 and 27 January 2001. FIBA.com A total of eight teams qualified for the tournament. The top eight teams from EuroBasket 1999 earned direct qualification. Format A total of 32 teams participated. Competition consisted of three stages: *A Preliminary Round that consisted of seven teams that competed in a round robin tournament that took place in Helsinki, Finland between 18 May and 24 May 1998. The top two teams advanced to the Semi-Final Round. *A Qualifying Round where the third through seventh teams from the Preliminary Round joined another eleven teams ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdi İpekçi Arena
Abdi İpekçi Arena, formerly known as Abdi İpekçi Sports Complex, was a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey, situated just outside the Walls of Constantinople, ancient city walls, in Yedikule. History Designed in 1979, and opened on 3 June 1989, after several years of interrupted construction, it was named after the renowned Turkish people, Turkish journalist Abdi İpekçi. It was the primary basketball venue in Istanbul for two decades and hosted many (mostly the international) games of Istanbul's four top basketball clubs Anadolu Efes S.K., Anandolu Efes, Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball), Galatasaray and Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball), Besiktas, as well as many other sports events and concerts. However, its significance declined after the opening of Sinan Erdem Dome in 2010, which surpassed Abdi İpekçi Arena as the biggest and most state of the art arena in Istanbul. Closure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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