Munich, Germany – NetScouts Basketball traveled to Munich, Germany to scout another highly-competitive, loaded with intriguing talented prospects, in the best U18 European club tournament, the Adidas Next Generation. For three days at Audi Dome, the state-of-the-art arena, which hosts the home games of the German powerhouse, Bayern Munich, eight teams, divided into two groups […]
Poland and Hungary Win U16 European Challengers in Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria – The last day of the U16 FIBA European Challengers in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia was opened by the teams of Slovakia and Switzerland. Slovakia controlled the game, having the lead throughout the whole game in the 77-66 win. Both Lubomir Urban and Maros Simko scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds […]
U16 European Challengers: Day 4 from Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria – Day 4 at the U16 FIBA European Challengers started with a down-to-the-wire game between Switzerland and Cyprus, which was won by Switzerland – 61-60. Luka Stankovic (2006), a 6-foot-4 forward led the winners in scoring with 13 points, hitting 2-of-8 from long range, showing soft touch on his shot and nice potential […]
U16 European Challengers: Day 3 from Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria – Ukraine dominated against Switzerland in the first game of the program for Day 3 at the U16 European Challengers in Sofia. Ukraine had a clear size advantage over its opponent, as the average height of the Ukrainians is 6-6, while that of Swiss players is only 6-2. Ukraine controlled the boards and […]
U16 European Challengers: Day 2 from Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria – Day 2 of the U16 FIBA European Challengers here in Sofia was opened by the teams of Switzerland and Portugal. Portugal dominated from the start to win it – 65-47. Ruben Prey had another strong showing at the event, this time leading his team with 14 points and an impressive 16 rebounds. […]
U16 European Challengers: Day 1 from Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria – We checked into the capital of Bulgaria – Sofia for the U16 FIBA European Challengers which will be held from Monday until Saturday this week. Two venues in the city will host three groups. The first group is consisted of Germany, Croatia, Latvia, Poland and Bulgaria. They will play in a round-robin […]
Spain Wins Gold at U18 European Challenger in Skopje
Skopje, Northern Macedonia – The final day of the Skopje U18 European Challenger was opened with a game between the teams of Georgia and Croatia. Croatia finished strong to get the win – 84-72. Despite being without one of their leaders, starting floor general Giorgi Ochkhikidze who was disqualified for committing two unsportsmanlike fouls late […]
FIBA U18 European Challengers: Day 4 from Skopje
Skopje, Northern Macedonia – Day 4 of the U18 European Challenger in Skopje started with a blowout victory of Germany over Georgia – 106-58. The Germans opened up the game playing aggressively on defense which helped them get easy points on the other side of the floor and get them a comfortable advantage – 63-24 […]
FIBA U18 European Challengers: Day 3 from Skopje
Skopje, Northern Macedonia – In the opening game of Day 3 at the U18 FIBA European Challenger in Skopje, Germany upset Croatia – 75-69. Croatia didn’t manage to bounce back from yesterday’s tough loss against their regional rival Serbia, while Germany played good team basketball and put a ton of effort on both ends of […]