Youth National Team: Zogres in Top Five of Pan-European Championship – Forcus Award Time (vid)

Selected as a member of the Pan-European Top Five, Vangelis Zougris was unable to hold back his tears when he took home the award from Nikos Zisis.

Vangelis Zougris was named to the top five All-European youngsters, with the young center unable to contain himself and crying through his award, before the commemorative photo with Nikos Zisis.

At the Pan European Championships, Vangelis Zogris had 14.4 points (56.6% on 2-pointers and 55.6% on shots), 11.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2 errors, 1.9 steals and 1 block per 30.4 shares.

France’s Elias Camardin was the best player of the tournament, while the other three in the top five were: Noam Yacoub (France), Daniel Wolf (Israel) and Tess de Ridder (Belgium).

The moment of awarding the Vangelis Zougris Prize:

France was crowned European champion by defeating Israel in overtime with a score of 89-79 in the final of the FIBA ​​European Junior Championship that was held in Heraklion. The Greek team finished third and won the bronze medal by defeating Belgium 68-64 after an exciting match that was decided in overtime.

In the final match for first place, after an exciting game, France is “determined” to fight Israel with a score of 89-79 in overtime. The Israelis fought hard, the team looked undefeated throughout the tournament in their eyes and took the match to overtime (27-26, 47-44, 61-57, 72-72). But there Camardin “spoke” with seven points in a row, three-pointer and … four-pointer, bringing the score 77-77 84-77, a minute and a half before the end. Despite the Israelis’ efforts, the French celebrated the gold with a score of 89-79. Kamardin scored 23 points and Renault 26 points, while Yaqoub scored 31 points and Lavov scored 17 points and 15 rebounds.

A similar spectacle and suspense was recorded in most of the final day’s matches, where there was no shortage of ‘excitement’, especially in the Division A ‘staycation’ match, where Montenegro scored with a last-second three-pointer. By Luka Bogavecs (25 points, 4/8 three-pointers) beat Croatia 81-78. The Croats equalized in the sixth minute with a three-pointer from Zvonimir Ivicić, but the winners “said” the last word in a match that went point-to-point from the start (39-40 in the first half).

Earlier, Serbia finished fifth in the tournament by defeating Germany 82-78 in another exciting match. The Serbs found themselves trailing with a score of 34-41 in the first half, but in the third quarter they put pressure on the defense and with a partial score of 29-20 “turned” the game and kept their small lead until the end. Ranking a satisfactory fifth. Saranovic emerged with 26 points, Markovic with 18 points for the winner and Schroeder with 24 for the loser, who finished sixth.

With its first victory in the tournament, Poland finished in 15th place, sending Estonia to the last place (71-62) to play in Division B, unlike the winners who would organize the next Eurobasket and thus not be relegated.

The first 20 minutes belonged to the Estonians, who led by 14p. (29-15 in 16′). But the continuity was different, as Poland advanced in the third quarter and with a partial score of 45-25 in the second half of the match, and reached the victory with relative ease. Once again, Center Urbaniak led the Poles by a double-double (19 points, 15 points), while Boom outscored Estonia with 21 points. and 7 rebounds.

In the 11-12 seeded game, Slovenia, despite last night’s overtime loss to Spain, played good basketball and beat Iceland 90-75 relatively easily. The pattern of the match was the same for about 40 minutes. The Slovenes had an early double-digit lead of 15 points, which they held until the final game. This time Iceland didn’t have good accs from 6.75m (9/27), so they couldn’t be a threat. Samar, with 18 points and Clavjar, with 17, were leading the winners, while Thresherson outperformed the Icelanders with 25 points (11/15 from the field) and 6 rebounds.

Italy will return with ninth place “in its luggage”. Alessandro Magro’s team defeated Spain at University Stadium with a score of 75-69, ending their presence in Crete on a positive note in contrast to the Spaniards who had higher expectations than the 10th place. With a stunning second quarter and solo scores of 24-6, the Italians laid the foundation for victory, closing the half at +21 (37-16). Nunes (19 points, 8 assists) led the counterattack of the Spaniards, who came close to 5 points (65-60), 2:46 before the final, but Beaulieu’s hat-trick (70-62) and the Italians’ clear mind in the last two minutes prevented the great collapse . Captain Cazarin was once again the leader of the Italian team with 15 points and 8 rebounds, followed by Berdini with 12 points.

Turkey and Lithuania put up a great battle for seventh place in the Closed League, with our neighboring country finally prevailing 70-66. The victory owed very much to the orgy of her heart, Yigitoglu, who dominated with 33 points and 13 rebounds, despite missing several minutes due to injury in the second quarter. The Lithuanians led by 7 points (39-32) in the first half, but after that, they had no way of dealing with the tall Turk, who scored 61-53 at 35 minutes. However, the ending turned out to be a thriller. Botka gave Lithuania a 66-65 lead with 1:21 remaining, but the Turkish lead, 5-0, made the score 70-66. Yildazoglu was excellent with 12 assists for the winners, while Krivas and Lilivicius led Lithuania by 15 points.

Basketball final standings

France

Israel

Hellas

Belgium

Serbia

Germany

turkey

Lithuania

Italy

Spain

Slovenia

Iceland

Montenegro

Croatian

Poland

Estonia