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EuroBasket 2011 Squads
This article displays the squads of the teams that will participate at the EuroBasket 2011. Each team consists of 12 players. ''Age and club as of the start of the tournament, 31 August 2011.'' Group A Great Britain , valign="top" , ; Head coach * ; Assistant coaches * * ---- ;Legend: *(C) Team captain *Club – describes lastclub before the tournament *Age – describes ageon 31 August 2011 Lithuania , valign="top" , ; Head coach * ; Assistant coaches * * ; Athletic trainer * ---- ;Legend: *(C) Team captain *Club – describes lastclub before the tournament *Age – describes ageon 31 August 2011 Poland , valign="top" , ; Head coach * ---- ;Legend: *(C) Team captain *Club – describes lastclub before the tournament *Age – describes ageon 31 August 2011 Portugal , valign="top" , ; Head coach * ---- ;Legend: *(C) Team captain *Club – describes lastclub before the tournament *Age – describes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 2011
EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 championship. FIBA Europe asserted that Lithuania managed to organize the best European championship in its history. The top two teams are guaranteed spots at the 2012 Summer Olympics. EuroBasket 2011 was the largest sporting event in the history of the Baltic states, both in terms of the number of national teams (24), games (90), and that of spectators (158,000 tickets sold, with most tickets valid for three separate games.) Spain won the title for the second consecutive tournament, after defeating France, by a score of 98–85 in the final. Spain's Juan Carlos Navarro was the tournament's MVP. Venues and attendances The group matches were played in four arenas, namely Alytus Arena, Šiauliai Arena, Cido Arena in Panevėžys and an ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saski Baskonia
Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. History 1959–1969: start in the provincial basketball In 1951, the Club Deportivo Vasconia organized its own basketball section but without enough support to survive in the competition. It was already in the 1959–60 season when the club founded the basketball section after disappointment with the football team, under the presidency of Félix Ullivarriarrazua. Vicente Elejalde was appointed as head coach. In its first season, the team occupied the second position of the provincial championship behind Corazonistas. In the 1963–64 season, the team achieved its first provincial titles, proclaiming itself champion of league and cup. The team became strong in the provincial championship winning five of the ten editions pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Bauermann
Dirk Bauermann (born 10 December 1957) is a German professional basketball coach. Playing career Bauermann played club basketball in the German senior club of BBC Krefeld, from 1975 to 1981. Club coaching career Bauermann was an assistant coach at Fresno State University, with the Fresno State Bulldogs, from 1986 to 1988. He was then an assistant coach with the German League club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen during the 1988-89 season, before becoming the team's head coach prior to the 1989-90 season. With Leverkusen, he won 7 German League championships and 4 German Cups, and was twice named the German League's Coach of the Year. He then coached the Belgian League club Oostende, and after that, the Greek club Apollon Patras, which was competing in the Greek Second Division at the time. He then coached the German League club Brandt Hagen, before coaching the Greek League club Dafni. He coached the German League club Brose Baskets, from 2001 to 2008. With Brose, he won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Bayern Munich (basketball)
FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH, commonly referred to as Bayern Munich, is a professional basketball club, a part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club, based in Munich, Germany. The club competes domestically in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and internationally in the EuroLeague. The team plays its home games at Audi Dome, which was opened in 1972. FC Bayern Munich Basketball also has a reserve team that plays in German third-tier level ProB. History Bayern Munich has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 1950s and 1960s ( German Championships in 1954, 1955, and German Cup in 1968), the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956, when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against Lancia Bolzano, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the Basketball Bundesliga. In the following years, the club slowly, but surely, faded into obscurity, and in 1974, was even relegated to the Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Commeres
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related to the surname by the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Origins The origin of this surname ultimately originates from the Latin, Jacobus which belongs to an unknown progenitor. Jacobus comes from the Hebrew name, Yaakov, which translates as "one who follows" or "to follow after". Ancient history A French knight returning from the Crusades in the Holy Lands probably adopted the surname from "Saint Jacques" (or "James the Greater"). James the Greater was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles, and is believed to be the first martyred apostle. Being endowed with this surname was an honor at the time and it is likely that the Church allowed it because of acts during the Crusades. Indeed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruddy Nelhomme
Ruddy Nelhomme (born March 15, 1972) is a Guadeloupean- French former professional basketball player and coach. Coaching career Club coaching career Since 2007, Nelhomme has coached Poitiers Basket 86. National team coaching career Since 2010, Nelhomme has been the assistant coach of the senior French national basketball team The France men's national basketball team (french: Équipe de France de basketball) represents France in international basketball and is administered by the French Federation of Basketball. France is currently ranked fifth in the FIBA World Ra .... Olympians.pointafter.com. Accessed 23 January 2017. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Collet
Vincent Florent Antoine Collet (born 6 June 1963) is a French former professional basketball player and a current professional basketball coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the senior men's France national team and Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A. Club playing career Collet began his senior men's club career in the 1980–81 season, playing in the French 3rd-tier level league, the amateur level NM1, with AL Montivilliers. He then began his professional career, in the 1981–82 season, with Le Mans. With Le Mans, he won the French top-tier level LNB Pro A league championship, in 1982. In total, he played 13 seasons in France's top-tier level LNB Pro A league, playing with Le Mans, Caen, and ASVEL. He then spent the last 4 seasons of his pro career, playing in France's 2nd-tier level league, the LNB Pro B, with Le Havre. Club coaching career Collet first became a basketball coach in 1998. He was the head coach of the French squad Le Mans, for eight years, between the 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaeddin Yakan
Aladdin ( ar, علاء الدين, commonly ) (various spellings and transliterations) is a male given name which means "nobility of faith" or "nobility of creed/religion". It is one of a large class of names ending with ad-Din. The name may refer to: Given name *Ala al-Din Husayn (died 1161), king of the Ghurid dynasty from 1149 to 1161 *Ala al-Din Atsiz (died 1214), Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty from 1213 to 1214 *Ala al-Din Ali, last Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty, from 1214 to 1215 *Kayqubad I or Alā ad-Dīn Kayqubād bin Kaykāvūs (1188–1237), Seljuq Sultan of Rûm *Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari (1196–1291), Sufi saint *Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashq, or Ibn al-Nafis (1213–1288), Arab Muslim polymath *Ata-Malik Juvayni (in full: Ala al-Din Ata-ullah) (1226–1283), Persian historian *Al al-Din (died 1312), Muslim Persian military expert who served in Kublai Khan's army *Allauddin Khan (c. 1862–1972), Indian musician *Alauddin Al-Azad (1932– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihat Izić
Nihat is a Turkish given name for males. It means "legacy". People named Nihat include: * Ali Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964), Turkish chess official * Nihat Anılmış (1876–1954), Ottoman army officer and Turkish general * Nihat Balkan, Turkish fencer * Nihat Baştürk (born 1973), Turkish footballer * Nihat Bekdik (1902–1972), Turkish footballer * Nihat Berker (born 1949), Turkish theoretical physicist * Nihat Ergün (born 1962), Turkish politician and government minister * Nihat Erim (1912–1980), Turkish politician and journalist * Nihat Eski (born 1963), Turkish-Dutch politician * Nihat Genç (born 1956), Turkish journalist and writer * Nihat Kahveci (born 1979), Turkish footballer * Nihat Nikerel (1950–2009), Turkish actor * Nihat Özdemir (born 1950), Turkish businessman * Nihat Şahin (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Nihat Türkmenoğlu (born 1988), Turkish opara archer * Nihat Zeybekci (born 1961), Turkish economist, politician and government minister ;See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orhun Ene
Orhun Ene (born 1 February 1967 in Erzurum, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.88 m (6'2") tall, he played at the point guard position. Professional playing career During his club career, Ene won 3 Turkish League championships (1988, 1989, 1995), the Turkish Cup (1992), and 2 Turkish Supercups (1988, 1995). National team playing career Ene was a member of the senior Turkish national team. With Turkey, he won a silver medal at the 2001 EuroBasket. He also played at the 1993 EuroBasket, the 1995 EuroBasket, and the 1997 EuroBasket. Coaching career Ene was named the head coach of the senior Turkish national team in 2011, after Bogdan Tanjević Bogdan Tanjević ( sr-cyr, Богдан Тањевић; born 13 February 1947), nicknamed "Boša" ( it, Boscia) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. He is best known for being KK Bosna's head coach when the club becam ...'s depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacio 'Nacho' Coque
Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch (who was thrown to wild beasts by emperor Trajan) and Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Variants include the archaic Iñacio, the Italian Ignazio, the German Ignatz, the Basque Iñaki, Iñigo, Eneko, and the diminutives Nacho/Natxo, Iggy, and Iggie. Ignacio can refer to: People * Ignacio Chávez (other) * Ignacio González (other) * Ignacio López (other) ; Arts and entertainment * Ignacio Aldecoa, 20th-century Spanish author * Ignacio Berroa, 20th-21st-century Cuban jazz drummer * Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh, 19th-20th-century Cuban virtuoso pianist and composer * Ignacio Figueredo, 20th-century Venezuelan folk musician * Ignacio Merino 19th-century Peruvian painter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José 'Pepiño' Casal
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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