2008 U18 European Championship

[rikhardur]

http://www.fibaeurope-u18men.com/en/

GROUP A
Greece
Belgium
Israel
Spain

GROUP B
Lithuania
Estonia
Italy
Serbia

GROUP C
Ukraine
Germany
France
Russia

GROUP D
Latvia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Croatia

[Srle]

Serbia

Danilo Anđušić
2. Branislav Đekić
3. Đorđe Gagić
4. Nenad Grozdanić
5. Nenad Grujo
6. Nemanja Jaramaz
7. Đorđe Majstorović
8. Dušan Milošević
9. Andreja Milutinović
10. Aleksandar Mitrović
11. Dejan Musli
12. Nemanja Nedović
13. Aleksandar Nestorović
14. Uroš Petrović
15. Lazar Radosavljević
16. Bogdan Riznić
17. Nikola Rondović
18. Filip Šepa
19. Svetozar Stamenković
20. Bojan Subotić
21. Aleksandar Vlahović
22. Nikola Vukasović
23. Dušan Ognjanović
Coach:Miroslav Nikolic

[rikhardur]

Spain preliminary roster:

POINT GUARDS
Daniel Pérez (Barcelona)
Alejandro Hernández (Barcelona)
Josep Franch (Joventut)

SHOOTING GUARDS
Jorge Santana (Gran Canaria)
David García Pacha (Real Madrid)
Ander Arruti (TAU)

SMALL FORWARDS
Alberto Jodar (Fuenlabrada)
Marcos León (Gran Canaria)
Iván Martínez (Valladolid)

POWER FORWARDS
Ignacio Llovet (Joventut)
Adrián Laso (Fuenlabrada)
Eduardo Martínez (Estudiantes)

CENTRES
Toni J. Vicens (Estudiantes)
Miguel Lorenzo (Unicaja Málaga)
Marcos Molina (Pamesa Valencia)

Coach: Alejandro Martínez

[MAstER]

Greece
Ioannis Angelopoulos
Dimitrios Arapis
Georgios Georgakis
Vlantimir Giankovits
Andreas Kanonidis
Ioannis Karathanasis
Leonidas Kaselakis
Dimitrios Katsivelis
Emmanouil Koukoulas
Evangelos Mantzaris
Georgios Papadakis
Andreas Papadimitriou
Konstantinos Papanikolaou
Epameinondas S. Papantoniou
Georgios Papapetrou
Nikolaos Pappas
Michail Roussis
Zisis Sarikopoulos
Konstantinos Sloukas
Alexandros Spanos
Ioannis Stoukas
Paraskevas Rafail Tsourakis
Ioannis Vavatsikos

[Toxicity]

Italy
Amici Alessandro (’91, 197, G, Scavolini Pesaro)
Borra Jacopo (’90, 211, C, Upim Bologna)
Campani Luca (’90, 205, A, Trenkwalker Reggio Emilia)
Cournooh David Reginald (’90, 192, G, Montepaschi Banca Siena)
Crotta Stefano (’90, 205, A/C, Montepaschi Banca Siena)
De Fabritiis Antonio (’90, 190, G, Nordkapp Stella Azzurra Roma)
De Nicolao Andrea (’90, 185, Pm, Us Dil. Pro Pace Basket)
Diomede Manuel (’90, 190, Pm, Consum.It Virtus Siena)
Loschi Federico (’90, 194, G, Benetton Treviso)
Martone Raffaele (’90, 207, C, Montepaschi Banca Siena)
Melli Nicolo’ (’91, 205, A, Trenkwalker Reggio Emilia)
Moraschini Riccardo (’91, 194, G, La Fortezza Bologna)
Moreno Albo Yankiel (’90, 187, G, Azimut Loano)
Muner Andrea (’90, 197, G, A.S.D. Sistema Basket Pordenone)
Panzini Lorenzo (’90, 183, Pm, Coopsette Rimini)
Paolisso Pasquale (’90, 202, A/C, Air Avellino)
Sandri Daniele (’90, 194, G, Benetton Treviso)
Tomassini Claudio (’91, 190, G, La Fortezza Bologna)

Key players will be the highly regarded Melli, Air Avellino's Paolisso, Virtus Bologna's Moraschini and the speedy PGs Panzini and De Nicolao...

It also looks like the best 1990 born we have in Italy, Roberto Rullo, will play for the U20 NT...

[penzias]

Spain

Daniel Pérez ________1,84 1990 FC Barcelona Base
Alejandro Hernández _1,90 1990 FC Barcelona Base
Josep Franch _______1,90 1991 Joventut Badalona Base
Jorge Santana ______1,93 1990 Gran Canaria Escolta
David García Pacha __1,90 1990 Real Madrid Escolta
Ander Arruti ________1,89 1990 Fundación Baskonia Escolta
Alberto Jodar _______2,04 1991 CB Fuenlabrada Alero
Marcos León __ _____1,92 1990 Gran Canaria Alero
Iván Martínez _______1,92 1990 G. Capitol Valladolid Alero
Ignacio Llovet _______2,01 1991 Joventut Badalona Ala-Pívot
Adrián Laso _________2,00 1990 CB Fuenlabrada Ala-Pívot
Eduardo Martínez ____2,00 1990 MMT Estudiantes Ala-Pívot
Toni J. Vicens _______2,01 1990 MMT Estudiantes Pívot
Miguel Lorenzo _______2,06 1991 Unicaja Pívot
Marcos Molina _______2,05 1990 Pamesa Valencia Pívot

Arguably among the best backcourts in the tournament but lack of big people as usual.
Alberto Jodar is the best prospect of this team, he's suposed to be in the senior team in a couple pf years.
Josep Franch already played with the 1st team of joventut some minutes in ACB league last season but the starting PGs might be the players of FC Barcelona.

Base = PG
Escolta = SG
Alero = SF
Ala-pivot = PF
pivot = center

[Srle]

Andreja Milutinović, Aleksandar Mitrović, Dejan Musli, Uroš Petrović, Bogdan Riznić, Filip Šepa, Svetozar Stamenković, Bojan Subotić, Aleksandar Vlahović, Nikola Vukasović, Dušan Ognjenović, Nenad Grujo.

No Djekic and Andjusic. Our coach is real idiot. Also we had alot of injuries. None of the Red Star kids is on the squad.

[Basket_]

Final Lithuanian U18 roster:

Tautvydas Šležas
Donatas Motiejūnas
Kristijonas Gaška
Matas Sapiega
Evaldas Kairys
Gilvydas Biruta
Giedrius Staniulis
Marius Zimnickas
Tomas Milinskas
Augustas Pečiukevičius
Mantas Kadzevičius
Gediminas Bertašius

Coach: Vitoldas Masalskis

[elaj]

Andreja Milutinović, Aleksandar Mitrović, Dejan Musli, Uroš Petrović, Bogdan Riznić, Filip Šepa, Svetozar Stamenković, Bojan Subotić, Aleksandar Vlahović, Nikola Vukasović, Dušan Ognjenović, Nenad Grujo.

No Djekic and Andjusic. Our coach is real idiot. Also we had alot of injuries. None of the Red Star kids is on the squad.

Didn't Red Star U18 team won the Serbian championship?

[Srle]

Yes,they are. I heard that all candidates from Red Star are injured.

[xtf_no4]

Here is my preview of the U18 EC Division A
http://www.europeanprospects.com/199...ion-a-preview/

[Genjuro]

I see Serbia winning it all, with Greece as a runner up.

Spain (with an improved inside game since Mannheim), Turkey (nicely balanced squad) and Lithuania (inconsistent supertalent in Motiejunas, aggressive guards) can challenge for the medals.

France is a huge question mark for me, as they looked like crap in Mannheim but surprised everyone in Douai (I didn't see them there). Italy is another big question mark, since they played Mannheim without Melli. Croatia is very talented but too soft and not very competitive. And Bulgaria should be rather intriguing following the leadership of Avramov and Zahariev.

Anyway, if we take a look at the competition system and the groups, teams like Spain, Lithuania or Italy have very little chances to get a medal, because Serbia and Greece should secure the semifinal spots from the A/B groups.

So I'm betting on Turkey for the bronze medal, with an excellent chance for teams such as France, Croatia or Bulgaria to make a run for the semifinals.

[Srle]

Our squad could have been better. I dont understand some moves of our coach. Also we have lots of injuries.

[jwfish6]

Nikolic did the same thing 2 years ago at the u20 2006 in Turkey when he cut Teodosic and benched Labovic the whole game. For one I know he had problems with FMP organization and their boss I believe.

[Srle]

Now he is cool with them. His preparations were in FMP training center. Also there are half of players from FMP(they got best players in this generation) but its outrage to not bring Djekic(only if he hurts) and also he could have brought Danilo Andjusic from Hemofarm .Because we need pure shooter and he is our best pure shooter.

[AlbionGate]

Nikolic has selected too much forwards (Subotic Petrovic Riznic Mitrovic are OK but Stamenkovic Grujo aren't better than Djekic) in this team, and only 2 playmakers.
Do anyone know why Luka Basta (who will play for Partizan next year) is not in the preliminary squad ?

[Srle]

Because he is not that good to be on our roster

[AlbionGate]

As Nedjeljko Bogdanovic and Igor Bilic ? They are on Montenegrin preliminary squad.

[Srle]

Yes. Again not good to be on our squad. Subotic and Petrovic are much better than Bilic. Same with Bogdanovic. Vukasovic and other kid from Partizan are better than Bogdanovic. Too bad Andjusic is not invited. F....n Muta Nikolic.

[Buducnost PG]

Croatian roster for the EC

Toni Prostran - KK Zadar
Nikola Dosen - KK Sibenka Sibenik
Darko Planinic - HKK Siroki Brijeg (BIH)
Josip Bilinovac - HKK Siroki Brijeg (BIH)
Robert Rikic - KK Dubrovnik
Tomislav Zubcic - Cibona Zagreb
Sven Smajlagic - Cibona Zagreb
Goran Fodor - Cibona Zagreb? I am not sure, he played for another club, but mabye Cibona signed him. He played for them on the EL F8 for players under 18 years.
Ivan Ramljak - Posusje (BIH)
Leon Radosevic - Cibona Zagreb
Ivan Batur - KK Zadar
Mario Delas - KK Split