Tournament tracker: Italy grab third place, Turkey snatch final U17 World Cup berth, Germany relegated

UDINE (Italy) - If you have missed anything at the FIBA U16 European Championship 2019 just check out our Tournament Tracker, which keeps you updated on all the key moments.

We will highlight the special performers, key numbers and news stories from Game Day 1 until the medals are handed out.   

Final 

Headlines	Final - Spain masterful in beating France for the fifth U16 title; Third Place Game - Italy win a thriller over Russia in a game that had 10 ties and 15 lead changes. It was Italy's first medal since the 1991 U16 crown; Classification 5-6 - Turkey book their ticket to the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2020 spot by beating Greece; Classification 7-8 - Serbia race past Croatia for seventh place; Classification 9-10 - Lithuania finish strong with three straight wins, defeating Slovenia for ninth place; Classification 11-12 - Israel prevailed over North Macedonia for 11th place; Classification 13-14 - Latvia stave off relegation by knocking off Germany. The Germans will play in Division B for first time since 2008 ; Classification 15-16 - Estonia finish competition with first victory in defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina
Star Performers	Henri Veesaar (EST) - 18 points 12 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 block Ofek Gol (ISR) - 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals Adem Bona (TUR) - 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks Batin Tuna (TUR) - 17 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals Valters Briedis (LAT) - 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists , 4 steals Matija Belic (SRB) - 34 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 39 efficiency Filip Brankovic (SRB) - 14 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists Davide Casarin (ITA) - 14 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 block Iaroslav Niagu (RUS) - 20 points, 13 rebounds Juan Nunez (ESp) - 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 steals and 3 rebounds Michael Caicedo (ESP) - 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 7 points, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks
Daily Highs	Matija Belic (SRB) - 34 points Vuk Bojanic (BIH) - 13 rebounds Iaroslav Niagu (RUS) - 13 rebounds Batin Tuna (TUR) - 9 assists Juan Nunez (ESP) - 5 steals Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 5 blocks Matija Belic (SRB) - 39 efficiency

  

Semi-Finals 

Headlines	Semi-Finals - France fight off comeback from hosts Italy to reach sixth Final; - Spain roll past Russia to reach 12th Final, look for fifth title in first Final date with France; Classification 5-8 - Turkey defeat Serbia to stay alive for FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2020 spot; - Greece overcome Croatia to set up match-up withTurkey; Classification 9-12 - Lithuania too much for Israel; - Slovenia beat North Macedonia to play for 9th place: Classification 13-16 - Germany send Bosnia and Herzegovina to Division B with blowout win; - Latvia defeat Estonia to stay alive for spot in Division A
Star Performers	Adem Bona (TUR) - 19 points 14 rebounds, 6 blocks, 3 steals, 33 efficiency Batin Tuna (TUR) - 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals, 4 assists Matija Belic (SRB) - 18 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks Jacob Patrick (GER) - 22 points, 2 assists, 2 blocks Athanasios Bazinas (GRE) - 12 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 steals Sotorios Oikonomopoulos (GRE) - 22 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals Emanuel Sharp (ISR) - 29 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists Ben Shlomo Maman (ISR) - 11 points, 10 steals, 5 assists, 2 rebounds Ruben Dominguez (ESP) - 19 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals Matteo Spagnolo (ITA) - 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals Ousmane Dieng (FRA) - 17 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 12 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks Rezart Memed (MKD) - 28 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 32 efficiency Sasa Ciani (SLO) - 21 points, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks, 34 efficiency
Daily Highs	Emanuel Sharp (ISR) - 29 points Adem Bona (TUR) - 14 rebounds Matija Belic (SRB) - 14 rebounds Athanasios Bazinas (GRE) - 11 assists Ben Shlomo Maman (ISR) - 10 steals Adem Bona (TUR) - 6 blocks Sasa Ciani (SLO) - 34 efficiency

 

Quarter-Finals 

Headlines	- Hosts Italy come back from 21-points down to beat Greece; - Russia surprise Turkey to reach first Semi-Finals since 2006; - Spain win overtime thriller over Serbia with wild ending; - France need overtime but dethrone champs Croatia; - Semi-Finals set: RUS v ESP, ITA v FRA; - Slovenia knock off Germany to stay in Division A; - North Macedonia secure Division A spot with win over Bosnia and Herzegovina;  - Israel blow out Estonia to avoid relegation; - Latvia no match for Lithuania in blowout
Star Performers	Juan Nunez (ESP) - 19 points, 5 steals, 4 rebounds, 4 assists Matija Belic (SRB) - 28 points, 14 rebounds, 31 efficiency Sasi Ciani (SLO) - 19 points, 15 rebounds, 6 blocks, 3 assists, 38 efficiency Aleksandr Kolosov (RUS) - 28 points, 14 rebounds Berkan Yilmaz (TUR) - 15 points,5 steals Andrej Mitrevski (MKD) - 25 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists Tomislav Ivisic (CRO) - 25 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals Antonio Klarin (CRO) - 4 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 12 points, 21 rebounds, 8 blocks, 37 efficiency Davide Casarin (ITA) - 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists Sotirios Oikonomopoulos (GRE) - 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists Oleg Kojenets (LTU) - 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks
Daily Highs	Matija Belic (SRB) - 28 points Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 21 rebounds Antonio Klarin (CRO) - 10 assists Juan Nunez (ESP) - 5 steals Berkan Yilmaz (TUR) - 5 steals Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 8 blocks Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 37 efficiency

 

Round of 16 

Headlines	- Greece use tough D to control Lithuania; - Champs Croatia stay alive to defend the title with tight win over Israel; - Spain do just enough to get past Germany - maybe with the assist of the tournament; - Nikola Radovanovic steps up late as Serbia fend off Slovenia; - 33-7 finish gives France comfortable win over Estonia; - Hosts Italy roll in second half to brush past Latvia as Matteo Spagnolo flirts with quadruple-double; - Russia too much for North Macedonia; - Turkey easy by Bosnia and Herzegovina; - Quarter-Finals set: ESP v SRB, RUS v TUR, CRO v FRA, ITA v GRE
Features	- Read about Adem Bona and his journey from Nigeria to Turkey and a regular spot on the podium
Star Performers	Koralp Turke (TUR) - 14 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block Adem Bona (TUR) - 10 points, 16 rebounds, 6 blocks Zinedin Mulic (BIH) - 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals Nikola Radovanovic (SRB) - 16 points, 14 rebounds Matija Belic (SRB) - 22 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 28 efficiency Urban Klavzar (SLO) - 22 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists Sasa Ciani (SLO) - 8 points, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks Ruben Dominguez (ESP) - 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals Juan Nunez Garcia (ESP) - 10 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds Toni Naspler Peraire  (ESP) - 4 points, 7 steals, 5 assists, 3 rebounds Michael-Ken Rataj (GER) - 11 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals Iaroslav Niagu (RUS) - 11 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks Victor Panov (RUS) - 10 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists Armel Traore (FRA) - 23 points, 10-of-11 shooting, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 28 efficiency Tautvydas Baltrusaitis (LTU) - 13 points, 12 rebounds Lefteris Mantzoukas (GRE) - 20 points, 7 rebounds Athanasios Bazinas (GRE) - 13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals Matteo Spagnolo (ITA) - 18 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 steals, 34 efficiency Tommaso Marangoni (ITA) - 18 points Davide Casarin (ITA) - 10 points, 5 steals, 4 rebounds, 3 assists Otto Farenhorsts (LAT) - 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists Davids Grimbergs (LAT) - 7 points, 14 rebounds Ofek Gol (ISR) - 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals Ben Shlomo Maman (ISR) - 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals Emanuel Sharp (ISR) - 29 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals Zvonimir Ivisic (CRO) - 27 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 29 efficiency Tomislav Ivisic (CRO) - 9 points, 19 rebounds, 6 blocks, 2 assists
Daily Highs	Armel Traore (FRA) - 29 points Tomislav Ivisic (CRO) - 19 rebounds Matteo Spagnolo (ITA) - 8 assists Toni Naspler Peraire (ESP) - 7 steals Matteo Spagnolo (ITA) - 7 steals Adem Bona (TUR) - 6 blocks Tomislav Ivisic (CRO) - 6 blocks Matteo Spagnolo (ITA) - 34 efficiency

 

Game Day 3 

Headlines	- North Macedonia beat Latvia to collect first U16 Division A victory since 2003 (when four of the current players were not even born yet); - Russia hand hosts Italy first defeat; - Balanced Spain too much in beating Israel in battle of previously undefeated teams; - France need late push from Wembanyama to defeat Greece; - Lithuania struggle to overcome Slovenia; - Croatia prevail over Germany thanks to Brala gala; - Serbia race past Bosnia and Herzegovina; - Round of 16 pairings set: ITA v LAT, LTU v GRE, ISR v CRO, FRA v EST, RUS v MKD, TUR v BIH, ESP v GER, SRB v SLO
Features	- Read about some of the big-name family connections for some of the players in Italy - Victor Wembanyama is one of the most intriguing talents in the tournament, what does he think about that?
Star Performers	Stefan Radinovic (BIH) - 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists Nikola Saranovic (SRB) - 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 assists, 1 block Athanasios Bazinas (GRE) - 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals Yohan Traore (FRA) - 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 8 points, 6 rebounds, 6 blocks, 2 assists, 1 steal Benjamin Schroder (GER) - 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists Duje Brala (CRO) - 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals Zvonimir Ivisic (CRO) - 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks Emanuel Sharp (ISR) - 12 points, 5 rebounds Ben Shlomo Maman (ISR) - 12 points, 4 rebounds Ruben Dominguez Gonzalez (ESP) - 12 points, 5 rebounds Inaki Ordonez Ochoa (ESP) - 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals Michael Caicedo Sanchez (ESP) - 12 points, 6 rebounds Andrej Mitrevski (MKD) - 23 points, 2 assists Filip Nakov (MKD) - 15 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds Valter Briedis (LAT) - 10 points, 5 assists, 5 steals, 4 rebounds Ken-Martti Reinart (EST) - 11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block Bulent Hamza Celik (TUR) - 11 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals, 2 assists Hasan Efe Uzun (TUR) - 10 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds Mevlut Melih Dogan (TUR) - 9 points, 13 rebounds Adem Bona (TUR) - 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block Aleksandr Kolosov (RUS) - 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists Iaroslav Niagu (RUS) - 15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists Davide Casarin (ITA) - 28 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists Matteo Spagnolo (ITA) - 22 points, 10 rebounds, 4 steals Sasa Ciani (SLO) - 13 points, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks Mark Filip Ivankovic (SLO) - 11 points, 5 assists, 4 steals, 3 rebounds Tibor Mirtic (SLO) - 11 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals Paulius Murauskas (LTU) - 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists Oleg Kojenets (LTU) - 12 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks
Daily  Highs	Duje Brala (CRO) - 28 points Davide Casarin (ITA) - 28 points Mevlut Melih Dogan (TUR) - 13 rebounds Nir Naub (ISR) - 8 assists Omer Ege Peksari (TUR) - 6 steals Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 5 blocks Davide Casarin  (ITA) - 29 efficiency

 

 

Game Day 2 

Headlines	- Israel fought back from 17-point deficit and end up winning in triple-overtime vs North Macedonia; - France win thriller over Serbia after wild finish; - Turkey lost star big man Adem Bona to fouls but prevail in overtime against Lithuania; - Hosts Italy roll past reigning champs Croatia; - Russia nearly blow 25-point lead but fend off Germany; - Slovenia pick up first victory by edging Estonia; - Greece win first game in blowout of Bosnia and Herzegovina; - Spain never troubled by Latvia
Star Performers	Emanuel Sharp (ISR) - 35 points, 6 rebounds Ofek Gol (ISR) - 24 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 steals, 44 efficiency Andrej Mitrevski (MKD) - 22 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists Filip Nakov (MKD) - 13 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists Batin Tuna (TUR) - 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists Adem Bona (TUR) - 10 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks Koralp Turk (TUR) - 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks Tautvydas Baltrusaitas (LTU) - 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals Jakob Hanzalek (GER) - 15 points, 8 rebounds Nikita Mozharovskiy (RUS) - 16 points, 4 assists, 3 steals Iaroslav Niagu (RUS) - 10 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks Lefteris Mantzoukas (GRE) - 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists Ken-Martti Reinart (EST) - 17 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks Urban Klavzar (SLO) - 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals Sasa Ciani (SLO) - 11 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals Ousmane Dieng (FRA) - 17 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 11 points, 10 rebounds, 7 blocks, 3 steals Nikola Radovanovic (SRB) - 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks Matteo Spagnolo (ITA) - 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists Michael Caicedo Sanchez (ESP) - 14 points, 6 steals, 5 rebounds Ruben Dominguez Gonzalez (ESP) - 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals Toni Naspler Peraire (ESP) - 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals Valters Briedis (LAT) - 9 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds
Daily  Highs	Emanuel Sharp (ISR) - 35 points Ken-Martti Reinart (EST) - 15 rebounds Valters Briedis (LAT) - 8 assists Ofek Gol (ISR) - 7 steals Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 7 blocks Ofek Gol (ISR) - 44 efficiency

 

Game Day 1 

Headlines	- Hosts Italy fend off Germany despite missing leader Davide Casarin; - Reigning champs Croatia get past Russia; - Spain survive tough fight against North Macedonia; - Serbia use big 2nd quarter for win over Greece; - Adem Bona, Turkey too much for Slovenia; - France reach triple digits in blowout of Bosnia and Herzegovina; - Lithuania roll Estonia in Baltic battle; - Israel cruise past Latvia
Star Performers	Juan Nunez Garcia (ESP) - 7 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 free throws with 8.4 seconds left Andrej Mitrevski (MKD) - 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals Adem Bona (TUR) - 18 points, 10 rebounds, 6 blocks Batin Tuna (TUR) - 10 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks Emanuel Sharp (ISR) - 19 points, 3 rebounds 2 assists Ben Shlomo Maman (ISR) - 18 points, 6rebounds, 3 steals Ricards Klanskis (LAT) - 17 points, 6 rebounds Oleg Kojenets (LTU) - 15 points, 5 rebounds Emilis Butkus (LTU) - 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals Titus Sargiunas (LTU) - 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists Yohan Traore (FRA) - 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals Ousmane Dieng (FRA) - 10 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds Nikola Radovanovic (SRB) - 26 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists Athanasios Bazinas (GRE) - 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals Duje Brala (CRO) - 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals Iaroslav Niagu (RUS) - 16 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks Matteo Spagnolo (ITA) - 19 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds Alexander Richardson (GER) - 11 points, 11 rebounds
Daily  Highs	Nikola Radovanovic (SRB) - 26 points Iaroslav Niagu (RUS) - 12 rebounds Nir Taub (ISR) - 9 assists Mark Filip Ivankovic (SLO) - 4 steals Adem Bona (TUR) - 6 blocks Adem Bona (TUR) - 27 efficiency

Pre-tournament

 

Features

- Serbian scorer Nikola Radovanovic and how talented he thinks his team is; - Read about Davide Casarin of hosts Italy and how this tournament is the final event of an impressive run of special highlights for him over the past year and how he hopes to get Italy back to the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup; - Find out who are the players to watch in Italy; - Records, records and more records - wondering who is the all-time single game scorer at the FIBA U16 European Championship? Who had the best rebounding game? Here all the single game marks.

FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2020

Qualified

We are looking for the next five teams for the 16-nation field at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2020. So far we have seven countries set: - Hosts Bulgaria (playing this summer at FIBA U16 European Championship 2019 Division B) - United States, Canada, Dominican Republic and Argentina from FIBA U16 Americas Championship 2019 - Egypt and Mali from FIBA U16 African Championship 2019 The remaining four teams will qualify from the FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2019.

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