Bulgaria
Lukoil Academic announces Sasa Vezenkov as coach
Lukoil Academik Sofia (Lukoil Academic) of Bulgaria’s NBL have announced that its executive director Sasho Vezenkov will be the team’s coach for the remainder of the season. He will serve both as executive director and head coach of the team. Lukoil Academik is currently in first place in the NBL’s standings with an 11-2 record.…
Read MoreFilip Videnov leaves Russia for Turkey
Filip Videnov (196 cm, W. Kentucky’03) leaves his Russian team BC Nizhny Novgorod and signs a deal with Turkish team Olin Edirne. He already played for Edirne last year and had averages of 14.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 3.1 apg in 23 games. As stated before, He started the season playing in Russia for Novgorod, where he…
Read MoreZoran Kascelan joins Tundja Yambol
Zoran Kascelan (188 cm) has joined Tundja Yambol (Bulgaria-NBL) for the rest of the 2012-13 season. Kascelan started the season with SL Takovo Leotar Trebinje (Bosnia-Division I), averaging 12.9 points and 5.9 assists per game over 11 games. This was the start of Kascelan’s second season with Leotar, as he suited up for the Bosnian club in 2011-12, playing…
Read MoreBojan Popovic joins Sofia
Bojan Popovic (191 cm) has joined Lukoil Academik Sofia (Bulgaria-NBL) for the rest of the season. In 2011-12 Popovic suited up for Crvena Zvezda Beograd (Serbia-A League), where he played in 24 Adriatic League games, averaging 7.0 points and 3.5 assists per game; and 21 Serbian League games, averaging 7.8 points and 4.1 assists per game.…
Read MoreMohamed Abukar released by Lukoil
Mohamed Abukar (208 cm, San Diego State’06) has been released by Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria-NBL) after the club’s first 13 contests. In six EuroCup games Abukar contributed 13.8 points per game and in the seven contests the club played in the Bulgarian league he dropped in 14.3 points per game. He started his professional career in…
Read MoreEuroleague Qualifier: Semi-Finals are set
Day two of the 2012 Euroleague Qualifier is now in the books and the Semi-Finals are set: CEZ Basketball Nymburk (CZE) vs. Pallacanstro Cantu (ITA) and Unics Kazan (RUS) vs. Le Mans Sarthe Basket (FRA). Nymburk and Cantu will tip off in Dasio, Italy at 18:00 CET. Unics Kazan – Ratiopharm Ulm 91-73 In the…
Read MoreEuroleague Qualifier: Cantu and Nymburk move on
The 2012 Euroleague season saw it’s first competition yesterday as two qualifying round games were contested. At stake is one slot in Group A of the Euroleague, the seven other teams will go home to their previously arranged schedule, the winner will be thrust into some of the best competition anywhere. CEZ Basketball Nymburk –…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: The Field is Set with 24 Teams
As the final games of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round were getting ready to start, there no doubt were pencils being sharpened, calculator batteries being checked, spreadsheets getting fired up and for those old school mathematicians out there, most likely a slide rule or two getting dusted off in anticipation of the intense calculations that…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: 6 Spots, 10 Teams, Tip Time!
The EuroBasket 2013 Qualification round is about to be committed to the history books, but before they start planning for the Final Round, there’s a game or two left to be played. Today marks the final day of competition to determine which 16 teams will earn the right to compete for their respective countries in…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Georgia qualifies, six left
Georgia took advantage of game eight of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round to punch their tickets to the Finals with a 73-70 win over Latvia. Georgia was the only team that was able to definitively qualify, leaving six openings for the rest of the teams to fight for on the last day of competition, Tuesday,…
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