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FIBA Europe U18
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The first day of action in the Pannergy FIBA Europe U18 European Championship passed without any major surprises. Most of the teams with division A traditions showed their class as they came away with important victories against some of the smaller basketball nations.
Hungary are playing in Group B. They showed no mercy to Switzerland with a comfortable (82-35) victory. The game was over as a contest by half time with the hosts leading (50-12). Amadea Szamosi led the way with 25 points and 10 rebounds while her team-mate Judit Barnai picked up 15 rebounds while scoring 13 points.
Group rival Croatia also had an easy opening and beat Portugal (78-54). The contest was also over by half time with Croatia leading (44-17). Ivana Tikvic led the way for the winners with 19 points while Mafalda Barros scored 11 points for Portugal.
Artemis Spanou (left) from Greece has had a busy summer. She played for Greece at EuroBasket Women. Then she picked up the MVP award for the FIBA Europe U20 European Championship for Women Division B last month. Now she is in Hungary with the U18 team hoping for promotion.
Her team-mate Anthoula Chatzigiakoumi who also played at the U20 championship was the match winner for Greece with 23 points and 9 rebounds in the (70-68) overtime victory against Latvia.
Her free throws in the last 10 seconds to play in overtime sealed the victory. Spanou contributed 19 points and 9 rebounds. For Latvia Ance Aizsila was the top scorer with 15 points.
In the other group game Norway outscored Austria (55-50).
In Group C Finland and Israel got off to winning starts. Finland had a comfortable victory (89-63) against Luxembourg with 24 points by Annika Holopainen. Israel had to work harder in overcoming Denmark and only pulled away with an 11-0 run in the final quarter to win (77-71).
In Group A Germany took advantage of poor shooting by England to win (65-45) with 18 points coming from Laura Hebecker. Belarus also had a comfortable opening day victory (57-39) against Bulgaria.
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Global Vision - Division A
Final Round
14 August 2011: Belgium beat France for the title
13 August 2011: France and Belgium qualify for the final
12 August 2011: France joins Belgium, Spain and Sweden in semi-final
Qualifying Round
11 August 2011: The Czech Republic, Italy, Romania and Slovenia miss quarter-finals
10 August 2011: Italy and Romania close to be eliminated
08 August 2011: Belgium, France, Spain and Sweden already in quarter-finals
Preliminary Round
06 August 2011: Lithuania, Slovak Republic and Ukraine in relegation group
05 August 2011: Russia eliminated while Slovenia bounce back
04 August 2011: France start well while Emma Meesseman from Belgium shines
Pannergy - Division B
Final Round - Classification
14 August 2011: Croatia complete Grand Slam in picking up the trophy
13 August 2011: Croatia and Greece win promotion
12 August 2011: Hungary fall to Latvia while Croatia, Finland & Greece are still in the race
Qualifying Round
11 August 2011: Quarter-finals pairing set
10 August 2011: Finland, Croatia and Belarus remain unbeaten
09 August 2011: Hungary have a big win while Finland dominate the Nordics
Preliminary Round
07 August 2011: 12 teams ready for the second phase
06 August 2011: Promotion dreams for England and Switzerland are over
05 August 2011: Hungary keep home fans happy