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20 September 2009

Spain tore apart Serbia 85-63 to capture their first-ever EuroBasket gold medal in Katowice, Poland on Sunday night.

World champions in 2006, silver-medal winners at EuroBasket 2007 in Madrid and runners-up to Team USA at last year's Olympics, the Spanish underlined their status as the dominant side on the continent.

20 September 2009

60 years after winning their first, and last, bronze medal the Greek team will take the podium tonight in the third position after edging Slovenia 57-56 in the bronze medal game on Sunday in Katowice.

This is the second time Greece will go home with a medal in the last four years after winning the gold at EuroBasket 2005.

20 September 2009

Russia rebounded from their disappointing loss in the final qualifier for the 2010 FIBA World Championship to knock off Turkey 89-66 to claim seventh place at EuroBasket 2009.

Vitalii Fridzon buried seven three-pointers in scoring 26 points and leading five Russians in double figures in Russia's final game as 2007 reigning champions.

 
20 September 2009

France held off Croatia for a 69-62 win to take fifth place at EuroBasket 2009 in Katowice on Sunday.

Antoine Diot scored 18 points and Nando de Colo added 15 as the French used a 9-0 run in the first quarter to break a 9-9 score and they did not relinquish the lead the rest of the way.

20 September 2009

Spain and Serbia will square off for the second time at EuroBasket 2009 when they meet in Sunday's gold-medal game showdown in Katowice.

The Serbians, who won the first encounter 66-57 in Warsaw, defeated Slovenia in overtime on Saturday night to advance to the title game while Spain hammered Greece in their Semi-Final.

20Sep.
Plenty To Cheer About
20Sep.
Croatia, France For Fifth
20Sep.
Russia, Turkey Aim To Finish EuroBasket On High Note
19Sep.
Serbia Top Slovenia In Epic Semi
19Sep.
Spain Knock Out Greece
19Sep.
Officials Look Ahead To 2011
19Sep.
Croatia Book Final World Championship Spot
19Sep.
Slovenia Face Serbia For Spot In Final
19Sep.
See You In Turkey
19Sep.
One Giant Leap
 

Features
23 September 2009
Heads are spinning after two weeks of basketball madness in Poland, and mine is one of them.


Here are some closing thoughts from what truly was a memorable EuroBasket. Bear in mind I saw all the games in Group C (Warsaw), Group F (Lodz) and the Quarter-Finals, Semis and Finals (gold and bronze-medal games) in Katowice.

23Sep.
Special Olympians Take The Court
22Sep.
Royal Reception For Los Chicos De Oro
22Sep.
Nilsen: Chapters Closed For EuroBasket
20Sep.
Good News, Bad News: Day Twelve
20Sep.
Haven't We Met Before?
19Sep.
Digital ScoreSheet Makes An Impact
19Sep.
Good News, Bad News: Day Eleven
19Sep.
Zdovc At The Helm Of History Again
18Sep.
France Future Upbeat
18Sep.
Good News, Bad News: Day Ten
18Sep.
Taylor Made: The Defense Never Rests For Spain
18Sep.
Nilsen: Sizing Up The MVP Race
18Sep.
Zisis And Spanoulis Reaching Century Mark
18Sep.
Up And Down Croatia Look For Consistency
17Sep.
Calderon Expects Spain To Be Ready
17Sep.
Good News, Bad News: Day Nine
16Sep.
Non-Believers Beware: Russia Back In Quarters
16Sep.
Good News, Bad News: Day Eight
16Sep.
Gritty Russians, Croatians On Track For 2010 Turkey

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