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Nikola Peković
Nikola Peković ( Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Пековић; born 3 January 1986) is a Montenegrin businessman, basketball executive and former professional player who is the current president of the Basketball Federation of Montenegro. He began his playing career in Europe before spending seven years with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at , he played at the center position. A two-time All-EuroLeague selection, he represented the senior Montenegrin national basketball team. Professional career Early years Peković began playing basketball with a junior team from Podgorica at the age of 15. In 2003, he moved to Belgrade, Serbia and signed his first professional contract with Atlas during the summer. Partizan (2005–2008) After two years there, Peković joined the national champions Partizan in July 2005. With Black and Whites, he won three consecutive Basketball League of Serbia titles, two Adriatic League and Radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijelo Polje
Bijelo Polje ( cnr, Бијело Поље, ) is a town in northeastern Montenegro on the Lim River. It has an urban population of 15,400 (2011 census). It is the administrative, economic, cultural and educational centre of northern Montenegro. Bijelo Polje is the center of Bijelo Polje Municipality (population of 46,051). It is the unofficial center of the north-eastern region of Montenegro. Bijelo Polje means 'white field' in Serbo-Croatian. History Bijelo Polje's Saint Peter and Paul Church is the place where the UNESCO Miroslav's Gospel of Miroslav, brother of Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja was written. During World War II, Bijelo Pole was a prominent location for the anti-fascist resistance movement in Yugoslavia, Montenegro in particular. Population Bijelo Polje is the administrative centre of the Bijelo Polje municipality, which in 2011 had a population of 46,251. The town of Bijelo Polje itself has 15,400 citizens. Population of Bijelo Polje (town): *1981 - 11,927 *199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABA League
The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia). Due to sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as the Goodyear League from 2001 to 2006, the NLB League from 2006 to 2011, and as the AdmiralBet ABA League from 2021. The league coexists alongside scaled-down national leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. All but one of Adriatic League clubs join their country's own competitions in late spring after the Adriatic League regular season and post-season have been completed. In the past, the league has also consisted of clubs from Bulgaria ( Levski), the Czech Republic ( ČEZ Nymburk), Hungary ( Szolnoki Olaj), and Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv) that received wild card invitations. The Adriatic League i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montenegro National Basketball Team
The Montenegro men's national basketball team ( cnr, Кошаркашка репрезентација Црне Горе, Košarkaška reprezentacija Crne Gore) represents Montenegro in international basketball tournaments. The supervising body is the Basketball Federation of Montenegro. Montenegro joined FIBA in 2006, following the restoration of Montenegrin independence in the same year. Since 2006, the national team has qualified for EuroBasket on four occasions ( 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022). Montenegro also qualified for their first appearance to the FIBA World Cup in 2019. The team has also taken part in smaller tournaments such as the Games of the Small States of Europe. History 2006–2014 In 2006, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro along with this team joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on its own following the Independence of Montenegro. The Montenegrin national team entered international competition in 2008, and appointed Duško Vujošević as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball sports league, league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. It is the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). It changed its name to the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League (NBL). In 1976, the NBA and the American Basketball Association (ABA) ABA–NBA merger, merged, adding four franchises to the NBA. The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. The league's NBA playoffs, playoff tournament extends into June. , NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Cyrillic Script
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, the other being Gaj's Latin alphabet. Karadžić based his alphabet on the previous Slavonic-Serbian script, following the principle of "write as you speak and read as it is written", removing obsolete letters and letters representing iotified vowels, introducing from the Latin alphabet instead, and adding several consonant letters for sounds specific to Serbian phonology. During the same period, linguists led by Ljudevit Gaj adapted the Latin alphabet, in use in western South Slavic areas, using the same principles. As a result of this joint effort, Serbian Cyrillic and Gaj's Latin alphabets for Serbian-Croatian have a complete one-to-one congruence, with the Latin digraphs Lj, Nj, and Dž counting as single letters. Karadžić's C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eighth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Chekhov, in Russia, hosted the tournament. Russia won their first title. Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B. Format change For the first time, the format of the competition was changed. Four more teams entered the competition, and another round was played. The two last teams were relegated to Division B. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Squads Preliminary round The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. Group A Group B Group C Group D Quarter-Final round The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Group E Group F Classification round The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Group G Group H Knockout stage 13th–16th playoffs Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B. 9th–12th playoffs 5th–8th playoff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia Men's National Under-20 Basketball Team
The Serbia men's national under-20 basketball team ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије до 20 година) is the men's basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Serbia, that represents Serbia in international under-20 (under age 20) men's basketball competitions, consisting mainly of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The event was originally referred to as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under' and the 2000 European Championship for Young Men. The national team competed as FR Yugoslavia up to 2002, and as Serbia and Montenegro from 2004 to 2006. History 1992–2006: Serbia and Montenegro 2007 onwards: Serbia Individual awards * Most Valuable Player ** Igor Rakočević – 1998 ** Miloš Teodosić – 2007 ** Miroslav Raduljica – 2008 ** Marko Gudurić – 2015 ** Mihailo Bošković – 2022 (Division B) * All-Tournament Team ** Ivan Koljević – 2004 ** Luka Bogdanović – 2005 ** Nik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the ninth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of İzmir, in Turkey, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won their second title, the first one with that name (they won the 1998 Championship) as Yugoslavia. Germany and Belarus were relegated to Division B. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Squads Preliminary round The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. Note that while Serbia and Montenegro dissolved into Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006, they still competed as one team. Group A Group B Group C Group D Quarter-Final round The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Group E Group F Classification round The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Group G Group H Knockout stage 13th–16th playoffs Belarus and Germany were relegated to Division B. 9th–12th playoffs 5th–8th playoffs Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The FIBA U20 European Championship, previously known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under', is a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through the 2004 edition, it was held biennially, but since 2005 edition, it is held every year. The tournament was originally an Under-22 age tournament, but it is now an Under-20 age tournament. The current champions are Spain. Starting with the 2005 B edition, a Division B tournament, which is the secondary level of the European Under-20 Basketball Championship, is also organized. Since the 2013 B edition, the top three placed teams at each year's Division B tournament are promoted to the next year's Division A Championship. This way, the three bottom teams of the Division A Championship are relegated to the next year's Division B Championship. Division A The Division A is the top level of the Under-20 championship organized by FIBA Europe. These teams have always played in Division A ... [...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 court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 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) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Basket League Pentad
The Greek Basket League Pentad, Greek Basket League Pentada, or Greek Basket League Best Five, is an annual award for the 5 best players of each season of Greece's top-tier level professional basketball club league, the Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso .... Greek Basket League Pentad by season 2003–04 season 2004–05 season 2005–06 season 2006–07 season 2007–08 season 2008–09 season 2009–10 season 2010–11 season 2011–12 season 2012–13 season 2013–14 season 2014–15 season 2015–16 season 2016–17 season 2017–18 season 2018–19 season 2020–21 season 2021–22 season Players with multiple Pentad selections The following table only lists players with at least two total selections. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriatic League Final Four MVP
The ABA League Finals MVP award, also known as the Adriatic League Finals MVP award (formerly the Final Four MVP), is an annual award that is given to the most valuable player of the finals of the European regional Adriatic ABA League, which is the top-tier level professional basketball league for countries of the former Yugoslavia. The award has been given since the 2001–02 ABA League season. Winners See also * ABA League MVP * ABA League Top Scorer *ABA League Top Prospect *ABA League Ideal Starting Five The ABA League Ideal Starting Five, also known as the All-ABA League Team, is an honor which is given to the best five players of a given ABA League season. The ideal five of the season are selected by head coaches, fans and the ABA League Commiss ... * Player of the Month References External links Adriatic ABA League official websiteAdriatic ABA League page at Eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:ABA League Final Four MVP Finals Mvp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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