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Eight teams left to fight for the youth international basketball title in Södertälje
The first two phases of the U18 youth international basketball U18 European Championship Women Division A has passed without incident for France. They notched up their sixth win of the tournament by beating 2008 champions Lithuania (68-44). They will now play Latvia in the quarter-final. The two teams have played each other in France at the Tournoi de Fougère. France won the game (68-48). Lithuania that finished second in Group F will now play the hosts Sweden. Belgium and Poland finished in the last two places from this group and are playing in the classification round for 9th - 12th place. In Group E Spain have been setting the pace. Like France they are undefeated so far and won six times. They beat Serbia (90-48) in the group decider. They will face Ukraine and the tournament leading scorer Ol'Ha Maznichenko in their quarter-final match while Serbia will take on the Czech Republic. Italy and Russia finished out off the qualification for the top 8 and will complete this competition in the play-off for 9th - 12th place. In the relegation group Bulgaria with two defeats will be playing in Division B next season. Turkey have saved their place in Division A with two victories. Belarus and the Slovak Republic will play each other in the last game of the relegation round with the loser of the match being relegated. The quarter-final matches and all the classification games will be played on 10 July 2009: France vs. Latvia Youth international basketball news from Division A France and Spain Remain undefeated France in pole position for qualification round France already in Qualification round Division B news Germany and Slovenia qualify quarter-final Bosnia, Hungary and Israel already in quarter-final The Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland are out of the competition Israel make home advantage count Slovenia, Germany and Greece qualify for next round Israel open with a win with 28 points from Cohen U18 European Championship Women Division B 2009 is hosted by Israel Return to the Youth International Basketball Index page Basketball picture credits: FIBA Europe - Date created: 08 July 2009
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