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Petar Popović (basketball, Born 1979)
Petar Popović ( sr-cyr, Петар Поповић; born 28 July 1979) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Professional career He played with Spartak Subotica and Crvena zvezda before moving to Hemofarm. With them he played the next four seasons, and won the Adriatic League in 2005. In August 2005 he signed for the Italian powerhouse Benetton Treviso. With them he won the Italian League. For the 2006–07 season he returned to Crvena zvezda. In September 2007, he had a trial with Joventut Badalona. He first signed a one-month contract, but later re-signed for the rest of the season. With them he won the ULEB Cup and the Spanish King's Cup. In September 2008, he signed a short-term deal with Estudiantes, to replace injured Martin Rančík. He later resigned for the rest of the season. In July 2009, he re-signed with them for one more season. In July 2010, he signed a one-year deal with the Russian team Spartak Saint Petersburg. With them he won the Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade. It is the third largest of all List of cities and towns on Danube river, cities on the Danube river. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004–05 ABA Goodyear League
Adriatic League expanded from 14 to 16 teams before the 2004–05 season. It was the second time since the inaugural 2001-02 that the competition expanded its number of teams. 16 teams from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro participated in Goodyear League in its fourth season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Pivovarna Laško, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, Šibenka Dalmare, Široki Hercegtisak, Bosna ASA BH TELECOM, Crvena zvezda, Partizan Pivara MB, Hemofarm, Reflex, Budućnost. In this season the league also decided to change the play-off system. The Final Tournament was expanded and renamed into the Final Eight Tournament. There were 30 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best eight teams qualified for the Final Eight Tournament which was played in Belgrade from April 28 until May 1, 2005. Hemofarm became the 2005 Goodyear League Champion. Throughout the season, the issue of Partizan's forward Milan Guro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the sixteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, a part of the Hellinikon Olympic Complex, in Athens, for the preliminary rounds, with the later stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. Italy and Argentina warming up before the game. In Olympic basketball tournaments, 12 teams take part. The host nation ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Basketball League
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Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage. At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage, and the teams positioned in the 17th and 18th places are relegated to a lower-tier league. The playoffs are played in a "Best of five" format. The winning team of the final round are crowned the German Champions of that season. In addition to the league competition, all BBL teams compete for the German Basketball Cup. Teams playing in the second league (ProA or ProB), or in a lower level Regionalliga, are also eligible to participate in the BBL-Cup. There are always 3 knock-out rounds that are played for the BBL-Cup. If more teams from the leagues below the BBL level apply for participation, then available ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Rančík
Martin Rančík (born June 5, 1978) is a Slovak former professional basketball player. College career Rančík played college basketball with the Iowa State Cyclones, from 1997–2001. Professional career During his pro career, Rančík was named the Slovak Player of the Year, in 2001 and 2002. Personal life Rančík's younger brother, Radoslav Rančík Radoslav Rančík (born 6 October 1979) is a Slovak retired professional basketball player. Professional career Rančík started his career with Istra Pula in Croatia. He then played in France. After joining the Czech club ČEZ Nymburk, he went ..., is also a former professional basketball player. References External links Euroleague.net ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileSpanish League Profile Italian League Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Rancik, Martin 1978 births Living people Bilbao Basket players CB Estudiantes players CB Lucentum Alicante players Centers (basketball) Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players Iowa State Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Summer Universiade
The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6,757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 sports. The hosts, China, topped the medal table for the first time, with a total of 103 medals and 54 gold medals (more than twice the number of gold- medals won by the United States, in second place). The event was also considered a rehearsal for the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to the announcement that Beijing would host the 2008 Olympic Games, which was made one month before the Opening Ceremony of the Universiade. Venues Chaoyang District * Beijing Workers' Stadium — ceremonies and football (men's finals) * Olympic Sports Center Stadium — athletics * Ying Tung Natatorium — swimming * Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium - volleyball (finals) * Sino-Japanese Youth Center pool - water polo * Beijing Chaoyang Gymnasium - volleyball Fen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universiade
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games; however, this latter term can also refer to competitions for sub-University grades students. In July 2020 as part of a new branding system by the FISU, it was stated that the Universiade will be officially branded as the FISU World University Games. The most recent games were held in 2019: the 2019 Winter Universiade, Winter Universiade was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia while the 2019 Summer Universiade, Summer Universiade was held in Naples, Italy. The next Winter World University Games are scheduled to be held in Lake Placid, New York, Lake Placid, United States between 11–21 January 2023, after the 2021 edition scheduled to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland was cancelled d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Basketball Cup
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Copa Del Rey De Baloncesto 2007–08
The Copa del Rey 2007-08 was the 72nd edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was disputed in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country in the Fernando Buesa Arena between days 7 and 10 of February. The winning team was DKV Joventut. Brackett Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- SemiFinals ---- Final *Barclaycard MVP of the Final: Rudy Fernández Television Broadcasting *TVE2, FORTA and Teledeporte. Organizer * ACB and the Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz. Sponsorships *Nike, Mahou-San Miguel and Winterthur Group Axa Winterthur is a multinational insurance company. The original company named Winterthur was founded in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1875. From 1997 to June 2006, Winterthur was a Credit Suisse (CS) subsidiary. Now, Paris-based Axa Insurance has e .... External links2007/2008 Copa del Rey Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Copa del Rey de Baloncesto 2007-08 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto 2007–08 in Spanish basketball cups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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