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2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Rhodes (city), Rhodes and Ialysos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Greece national basketball team, Greece won their second title. Israel national basketball team, Israel and Belgium national basketball team, Belgium were relegated to Division B. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Venues Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Group D Qualifying round Group E Group F Knockout stage Championship bracket 5th place bracket 9th place bracket 13th place group Quarter Final Round Classification round for 9th to 12th place Semi-finals Classification round for 5th to 8th place Semi-finals Finals Final standings Awards All-Tournament Team * Antoine Diot * Kostas Papanikolaou * Kevin Seraphin * Nikola Vučević * Xavier Rabaseda Stats leaders Points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Papanikolaou
Konstantinos "Kostas" Papanikolaou (; born 31 July 1990) nicknamed "Air Pap" is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.04 m (6'8 "), he plays at the small forward position. He is widely considered among the best defensive players in European basketball. A back-to-back EuroLeague champion with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013, Papanikolaou was the EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer in 2012 and won the EuroLeague Rising Star award in 2013. He has reached another two finals with the Reds in 2017 and 2023. Papanikolaou is also the first player in EuroLeague history to record 2.000 points, 1.000 rebounds, 400 assists, 300 three-pointers made, 200 steals and 100 blocks. Since very early in his career, he has been a regular member of the senior Hellenic national team. Professional career Aris (2008–2009) Papanikolaou began playing basketball with the youth teams of Proteas Grevenon and Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Seraphin
Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of the late nineteenth century, with Kev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Sloukas
Konstantinos "Kostas" Sloukas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Σλούκας born January 15, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He is also a regular member of the senior Greek basketball national team. A left-handed, tall combo guard, Kostas Sloukas is one of the most decorated EuroLeague players of his generation. Sloukas has played in eight EuroLeague Finals (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023 and 2024) winning the title on four occasions (2012, 2013, 2017 and 2024). He was a member of the All-EuroLeague First Team in 2019 and a member of the All-EuroLeague Second Team in 2022 and 2024. After lifting the EuroLeague trophy in 2024 and earning Final Four MVP honors in the process, Sloukas became just the second player in history to win the competition with three different teams, alongside Sarunas Jasikevicius. Early career Sloukas began playing club basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorn Steinbach
Jorn Steinbach (born 20 January 1989) is a former Belgian professional basketball player. Professional career Steinbach made his debut in the Tweede Nationale (the Belgian second division) for Waregem. In March 2009 he signed a contract with professional club Okapi Aalstar for the rest of the season. Steinbach won the Belgian Cup in 2011–12, the season in which he had a breakthrough campaign. Steinbach averaged 10.3 points a game for Okapi and was named Belgian Player of the Year. He signed a 2-year contract with Spirou Charleroi at the start of the 2012–13 season. Steinbach retired at the age of 26 after several hip operations which ended his career. Honours * Belgian League Most Promising Player of the Year: (2010) *Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Raposo
Fernando Raposo (born 7 July 1989), sometimes known as Nando Raposo, is a French professional basketball player. He lastly played for Antibes Sharks of the LNB Pro A LNB may refer to: Sport * Liga Nacional de Baloncesto, a professional basketball league in the Dominican Republic * Liga Nacional de Básquetbol, an Argentine basketball league * Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (Paraguay), Liga Nacional de Básquetb ... league. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Raposo, Fernando 1989 births Living people BCM Gravelines players Centers (basketball) Élan Béarnais players French men's basketball players Nanterre 92 players Olympique Antibes basketball players Orléans Loiret Basket players SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer players 21st-century French sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pere Tomàs
Pere Tomàs (born 5 September 1989) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Granada of the Liga ACB. Professional career Tomàs signed with ICL Manresa on August 5, 2016. On August 9, 2022, he signed with Covirán Granada of the Spanish Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w .... Euroleague career statistics , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , style="text-align:left;", Joventut , 9 , , 1 , , 8.7 , , .500 , , .625 , , .333 , , 1.2 , , .3 , , .4 , , .1 , , 2.3 , , 2.7 , - References External linksPere Tomàsat acb.com Euroleague.net Profile 1989 births Living people Bàsquet Manresa players Basket Zaragoza players Bilbao Basket players CB Prat players Fundación CB Granada players Gipuzkoa Basket players Jove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauris Blaus
Lauris (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is located between the Luberon and the Durance river. Population See also * Côtes du Luberon AOC *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Official site of tourism office Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Ivlev
Vladimir Sergeyvich Ivlev (; born 28 February 1990) is a Russian professional basketball player for BC Samara of the VTB United League. He also represents the senior Russian national team. Professional career After playing junior level basketball with the youth teams of Dynamo Moscow, Ivlev played with the reserve team of Dynamo Moscow (Dynamo Moscow 2), during the 2007–08 season. In the 2009–10 season, he made his debut with the senior men's team of Dynamo Moscow. In 2011, he joined BC Ryazan, and in 2012, he moved to Nizhny Novgorod. In 2016, he moved to Lokomotiv Kuban, where he spent four seasons, before moving to Parma Basket Perm for the 2020–21 season. On 13 July 2021 he signed with team CSKA Moscow, which competed in the EuroLeague until it was suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian national team Ivlev was a member of the Russian junior national teams. With Russia's junior national teams, he played at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dairis Bertāns
Dairis Bertāns (born 9 September 1989) is a Latvian professional basketball player for VEF Rīga of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Bertāns also plays for the Latvia national basketball team. He is the older brother of Dāvis Bertāns. He is a , shooting guard. Professional career Latvia (2004–2013) From 2004 to 2006, Bertāns played for Valmiera and its junior team. In 2006, he signed with ASK Rīga. In 2006–07, he played for ASK Rīga's junior team, and in 2007–08, he made his debut for the senior squad. In March 2009, he left ASK Rīga following the club's financial difficulties and signed a two-year deal with Ventspils. In August 2010, he signed a two-year deal with VEF Rīga. VEF Rīga's coach at the time, Rimas Kurtinaitis, saw potential in Bertāns as a point guard despite primarily being a shooting guard. So, during the 2010–11 season, Bertāns developed point guard skills to a different level, and was one of the key factors in VEF Rīga's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Dragić
Zoran Dragić (born June 22, 1989) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he plays the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is the younger brother of Goran Dragić. Professional career Early years In 2004, Dragić joined Ilirija of the Slovenian 1B league for the 2004–05 season. A year afterwards, he joined Janče STZ of the Slovenian D2 league for the 2005–06 season. During 2006, he signed with Geoplin Slovan of the Slovenian League where he went on to play four seasons for them. In 2010, he signed with Krka where he went on to play two seasons for them. Málaga (2012–2014) In July 2012, Dragić joined the Houston Rockets for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On August 20, 2012, he signed a two-year deal with Unicaja Málaga of the Liga ACB. On July 8, 2014, he signed a two-year contract extension with Unicaja Málaga. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojan Bogdanović
Bojan Bogdanović (; born 18 April 1989) is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at , he plays the small forward position. Bogdanović has also played for the Brooklyn Nets, Washington Wizards, Indiana Pacers, Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons. He also represents the Croatian national team internationally. Professional career Early years Born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bogdanović started his basketball career in 2004 with his hometown club Zrinjski Mostar where he played for one season. In 2005, he signed a five-year deal with Real Madrid, but was loaned back to Zrinjski Mostar for the 2005–06 season. In 2006–07 and 2007–08, he played for Real Madrid's junior team, Real Madrid B, in Spain's 4th-tier league, the Liga EBA. In 2008, he was loaned to CB Murcia for the 2008–09 season. In January 2009, he re-joined Real Madrid's junior team, Real Madrid B. Following th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
