2010 U20 European Championship

[washcloud]

raph, your percentage at 3 pt FGs starts getting on my nerves more than the referee

[washcloud]

Kaselaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakarosssss!!!!!

[Khalid80]

Now this is more like it . 6 point difference in 1:21 minutes is doable for Elatha even though it's still far fetched.

[koursaros7]

As twism would suggest you can't win a game with just one 3-pointer in the whole game while your opponent shoots over 50%

[washcloud]

At least they made that comeback and they lessened the point difference...
Good job by the French

[Picek]

It's both the French winning it and us losing it allright - but the referee is also making ridiculous calls (or playing dumb). I'd gladly punch him in the face if I was in the court

you should really avoid outbursts like this..
refs had nothing to do with this final result..
if anything they had a perfect game..
you should focus your frustration on to someone/something else..

[koursaros7]

Well deserved for the french.

the game was quite horrible to watch for a final game, but they deserved the win more than the greeks.
Bad night for us, the point difference could be broader with such a horrible shooting percentage.

[raph]

amazing performance, i seriously dont think a lot of french would have bet on our team, especially after the games against slovenia (lol) or croatia.

And winning the finale against this golden greek team is really a big time accomplishment.

Speaking of our team, lacombe (asvel), lang (chalon), tanghe (former dijon, now roanne), albicy (paris) and leonard (cholet) are prolly the most promising ones, we will see for kahudi (le mans) and couple more who are 91's.

1st gold in -20 for france btw.

[Khalid80]

Congrats for the French on the well deserved win and better luck for Greece in other games. Truth be told Greece played like crap and deserved the loss in this match.

[Jon_Koncak]

Last year's France u20 was about 20 times better team with some real "studs" but this version gets the gold.C'est la vie i guess.Still it makes for a nice story takin into consideration the loss of Bourhis

[washcloud]

you should really avoid outbursts like this..
refs had nothing to do with this final result..
if anything they had a perfect game..
you should focus your frustration on to someone/something else..

Come on man, read the 1st line : the French were winning it throughout the game, and we were losing it at the same time. I didn't claim it was the referee that was responsible for the result at any stage of the game. He (they?) however were terrible at moments. That includes some calls against the French as well. Bad calls simply make it worse (and I'm speaking of outspoken ones). Did you take notice of Papanikolaou's bahaviour at moments? Well it wasn't just because of the French's impecable shooting (don't make me think that you're bitter 'cause our team deprived yours of the final...)

[washcloud]

the game was quite horrible to watch for a final game

Well we lost allright, but I still preferred it to a 51-50 win of "control basket".
The French kicked the asses of our kids and that was sad to watch - yet maybe this is a good chance to get a good lesson about their future careers : having talent most of the times isn't enough - one also needs to be stable and fight at every given moment.

[washcloud]

amazing performance



1st gold in -20 for france btw.

Congrats to your team, they had a flawless 1st half. They were playing like true winners. Exquisite passing game - no matter that it was speedy as hell.


My only complaint 'd be your run-and-gunning 3 pointers. I mean come on, it's a final for God's sake, have some mercy and lose a couple, next time

[pohani komarac]

Congrats to France. It seems they like Zadar. In 2000 they won gold at U18 championship, generation of T. Parker, B. Diaw, M. Pietrus, R. Turiaf and Y. Diawara

[g.g]

Well done to France, the better team on the night won the game......it seemed France players had a spirit from above guiding their balls in as they improved their shooting stats by 20%-30% on the final!!!

On the other hand as a bb lover I feel CHEATEDthat Papas was not awarded the MVP of the tournament. Whoever decided this should be ashamed.

[washcloud]

On the other hand as a bb lover I feel CHEATEDthat Papas was not awarded the MVP of the tournament. Whoever decided this should be ashamed.

...like i said last night, it seemed that there was something in the air that the Greek team's presence wasn't all that appreciated at Zadar.
Like in the air also was "Hit The Road Jack (and don't you come back no more)"....In the air of the Cosic Arena, through the sound system, during halftime...Hmmmmmmmmmmm......

[g.g]

...like i said last night, it seemed that there was something in the air that the Greek team's presence wasn't all that appreciated at Zadar.
Like in the air also was "Hit The Road Jack (and don't you come back no more)"....In the air of the Cosic Arena, through the sound system, during halftime...Hmmmmmmmmmmm......

Tell me about It! 0h..and few other things that need mentioning.....
A. During the first quarter the refs were playing 70-30 to France! The French players were playing rather "football" defence fouling constantly and more and more as the time was passing with the "allowance" of the refs! I have not problem with that (am Greek after all), but only if the refs keep on the same level for the other side. But it was not the case at all. As a result France (the hard defending team) was awarded 7 free throws on the first quarter while Greece none!!Q!!!

B. During the French national anthem at the medal awards ceremony the French players lay on the floor having 2000-3000 people standing up around the arena. Quite disgrace really. If they do not respect their national anthem or flag they should at least respect the few thousand French and non French people in the arena standing up.........but hey, I must getting seriously old grumbing all the time!!
x

....and because I do know this forum well, before I get misunderstood I must say that I love France and if I wasn't Greek, I would had been honoured to be French......Viva la France

[Picek]

On the other hand as a bb lover I feel CHEATEDthat Papas was not awarded the MVP of the tournament. Whoever decided this should be ashamed.

and why is that?
Pappas - 22 pts, 4,77 rebs, 1,66 asists, 2,33 steals
Albicy - 12,3 pts, 2,89 rebs, 5,88 asists, 3,11 steals

Pappas lead the tournament in scoring, Albicy in asists and steals..
Albicy's team won the gold with , Pappas couldn't lead his team to the gold..
why should anyone be ashamed?
fair and normal decision..
just as it would have been normal for Pappas to get it if Greece had taken the gold..

Tell me about It! 0h..and few other things that need mentioning.....
A. During the first quarter the refs were playing 70-30 to France! The French players were playing rather "football" defence fouling constantly and more and more as the time was passing with the "allowance" of the refs! I have not problem with that (am Greek after all), but only if the refs keep on the same level for the other side. But it was not the case at all. As a result France (the hard defending team) was awarded 7 free throws on the first quarter while Greece none!!Q!!!

lol, you are a funny guy..
so France won because they had 7 free throws in first quarter and Greece had none?
Greece had 35 free throws in remaining three quarters, France had 10.. so?
France won fair and square..
in a three game series Greece would probably win the series but they got beaten fair and square yesterday..
France played two of it's best games on the tournament when it mattered the most..
semifinal and the final..
and unfortunately, going undefeated through tournament meant little for Greece when it mattered the most..

[pohani komarac]

Well done to France, the better team on the night won the game......it seemed France players had a spirit from above guiding their balls in as they improved their shooting stats by 20%-30% on the final!!!

On the other hand as a bb lover I feel CHEATEDthat Papas was not awarded the MVP of the tournament. Whoever decided this should be ashamed.

or maybe mvp award went to player from team that won gold and besides even stojko vrakovic was giving trophys, i'm prety sure that fiba was one who choose award winers

best 5:
albicy, pappas, papanikolau, delas, mirotic-defenetley there was something in air against greeks

[CG]

congratulations to France
won fairly
medal is a medal and i think the Greek NT was succesfull even if they didnt win the competition
now its time those kids to become men