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2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 30th edition of the European Under-16 Basketball Championship. Sixteen teams participated in the competition, held in Radom, Poland, from 12 to 20 August 2016. Bosnia and Herzegovina, the defending champions, were relegated to the 2017 Division B. Participating teams * * * (Winners, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B) * * * * * * * * * (Runners-up, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B) * * * (3rd place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B) * First round In this round, sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. All teams advance to the Playoffs. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket 5th–8th place bracket 9th–16th place bracket Final standings Awards All-Tournament Team * Marko Pecarski * Eray Akyuz * Dovydas Giedraitis * Luka Šamanić * Usman G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luka Šamanić
Luka Šamanić (born 9 January 2000) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. A power forward, he was drafted 19th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2019 NBA draft. A native of Zagreb, Šamanić started his youth career with the KK Zagreb, eponymous basketball club. In 2016, at age 16, he moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he joined the FC Barcelona Bàsquet, FC Barcelona's FC Barcelona Bàsquet B, reserve team in the Spanish LEB Oro, second-tier league. Šamanić has represented Croatia men's national basketball team, Croatia multiple times in FIBA events, leading his team to a gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship#Division B, FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B in 2017, while earning most valuable player honors. Early life Šamanić was born in Zagreb, Croatia. His father, Marko Šamanić, played basketball professionally for 19 years, including in the EuroLeague, with Slovenian club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 FIBA U16 European Championship
The 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 30th edition of the FIBA U16 European Championship, European Under-16 Basketball Championship. Sixteen teams participated in the competition, held in Radom, Poland, from 12 to 20 August 2016. Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national under-16 basketball team, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the defending champions, were relegated to the 2017 Division B. Participating teams * * * (Winners, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B) * * * * * * * * * (Runners-up, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B) * * * (3rd place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B) * First round In this round, sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. All teams advance to the Playoffs. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket 5th–8th place bracket 9th–16th place bracket Final standings Awards All-Tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dovydas Giedraitis
Dovydas Giedraitis (born August 17, 2000) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. Early career Giedraitis started his career in 2016, playing in the Lithuanian second-tier NKL with Ežerūnas Molėtai. Professional career Estudiantes (2017–2022) In August 2017, Giedraitis signed a long-term contract with Movistar Estudiantes of the Spanish Liga ACB. Under the terms of the deal, Giedraitis spent the first two seasons playing for the club’s reserve U-18 team Estudiantes B in the fourth-tier Liga EBA. On 27 September 2019, Giedraitis made his Liga ACB debut with Estudiantes, scoring three points off the bench in an away loss against Saski Baskonia. On 15 July 2020, Giedraitis signed a contract extension with the club until 2023. On 3 August 2021, the deal was extended until 2024. Loan to Lietkabelis (2021–2022) After the team’s relegation to LEB Oro in 2021, Giedraitis was loaned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The FIBA U16 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U16 European Championship, originally known as the FIBA European Championship for Cadets. It's a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1971 edition. Through the 2003 edition, it was held every second year, but since the 2004 edition onward, it is held every year. The tournament serves as a qualification for the FIBA Under-17 World Cup in odd years, for the FIBA Europe region. The current champions are France. Division A Results Medal table * Defunct countries in italics. Participating nations : As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2001, 3 participations, 3 gold medals) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 4 participations, 2 medals) MVP Awards (since 1999) Division B Results * Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament. Medal table Participating nations Division C Results Medal table Participating nations Under-17 World Cup reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B
The 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 10 to 19 August 2017. 24 teams participated in the competition. Greece won the competition without losing a single game and won the promotion to Division A. Netherlands and Georgia also gained promotion. Participating teams * * * (14th place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A) * * (Winners, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C) * * * * * (16th place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A) * * * * * * * * * (15th place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship The 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 30th edition of the FIBA U16 European Championship, European Under-16 Basketball Championship. Sixteen teams participated in the competition, held in Radom, Poland, from 12 to 20 August 2016. Bosnia ... Division A) * * * * * First round In this round, twenty-four teams are allocated in four groups of six teams each. First two teams advance to the Final r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oton Janković
Oton, officially the Municipality of Oton (; , , ), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 98,509 people making it as the most populous town in the province and the entire Panay island. Oton is west of Iloilo City and is part of the Metro Iloilo–Guimaras area. Oton is the second oldest Spanish settlement in the Philippines after Cebu. It was founded in 1571 and later became the capital of the islands of Panay, Guimaras, Negros, Tablas, Sibuyan, and Romblon. History Oton, formerly known as Ogtong, has a rich history dating back to the settlement of Malays in the area. Evidence of this early settlement includes the discovery of a gold death mask in Barangay San Antonio during the 1960s. The town's name, Oton, was mentioned in records from the Yuan Dynasty in the 1300s, referred to as in Hokkien . The arrival of the Spanish in the mid-16th century marked a significant turning point in Oton's history. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szymon Janczak
Szymon is a Polish version of the masculine given name Simon. Academics *Szymon Askenazy – historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations *Szymon Datner – Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Nazi partisan fighter Artists *Szymon Bobrowski – actor * Szymon Buchbinder – 19th and early 20th century Polish painter *Szymon Czechowicz – 18th-century Polish painter *Szymon Goldberg – Polish-American violinist and conductor * Szymon Szymonowic – Polish Renaissance poet * Szymon Josiah Borzestowski – Australian musician Athletes * Szymon Matuszek – Polish footballer (midfielder) * Szymon Pawlak – Polish footballer (defender) * Szymon Szewczyk – Polish professional basketball player *Szymon Ziółkowski – Olympic gold medal-winning hammer thrower Nobility * Szymon Marcin Kossakowski – 18th-century Polish Lithuanian nobleman and a leader of the Targowica Confederation * Szymon Samuel Sanguszko – 17th-century nobleman of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Gultekin
Yavuz is a common masculine Turkish given name and in Turkish, "Yavuz" means "inflexible", "resolute" and "ferocious". Etymology The Old Turkic intervocalic or stem-final b, represented by the bilabial w in Karakhanid and Khorezmian Turkic, is changed to v. Thus Yavuz comes from Old Turkic: ''yabïz'' (𐰖𐰉𐰕), Old Uyghur: ''yabīz'' or ''yawīz'', Khorezmian: ''yawuz'' meaning "bad, vile". Given name * Selim I (1470–1520), nicknamed Yavuz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire * Yavuz Ağralı (born 1992), Turkish long-distance runner * Yavuz Ali Pasha (fl. 1601–1604), Ottoman statesman * Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official * Yavuz Aygün (born 1996), Turkish footballer * Yavuz Can (born 1987), Turkish sprinter * Yavuz Çetin (1970–2001), Turkish musician * Yavuz Çoker (born 1936), Turkish footballer * Yavuz Eraydın (born 1976), Turkish footballer * Yavuz Baydar, Turkish journalist * Yavuz Bingöl (born 1964), Turkish actor * Yavuz Görey (1912–1995), Turkis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Mattisseck
Jonas Mattisseck (born 16 January 2000) is a German professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), and the EuroLeague. He plays the shooting guard position. Professional career Mattisseck began his career in the youth system of German club VfL Lichtenrade. Heading toward the 2015–16 season, Mattisseck moved to the youth club of TuS Lichterfelde for a year, before signing with Alba Berlin. Prior to the 2017–18 season, Mattisseck was loaned to second division side SSV Lokomotive Bernau. Initially intended to only be a supplementary player with SSV Lokomotive Bernau, Mattisseck impressed, and caught the attention of Alba Berlin head coach Aíto García Reneses. Mattisseck would make it into Alba Berlin's extended roster, for Euro and BBL-Pokal, German Cup competitions in January 2018. After eventually making his Bundesliga debut in March 2018, Mattisseck would later help the Alba Berlin U19 team win the junior championship. He would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |