2009 Efes Pilsen World Cup of Basketball
The 2009 Efes Pilsen World Cup begins today and will serve as national team preparations for the Eurobasket tournament.
Held in the Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall, six Eurobasket teams, divided into two groups, will be participate in the five-day tournament leading up to the European Basketball Championships to be held in Poland.
The six teams are hosts Turkey (Group A), Croatia (A), F.Y.R of Macedonia (B), Germany (A), Great Britain (B), and Latvia (B). Each team will play the other two opponents in their group.
Efes Pilsen World Cup Schedule:
26 Aug 18:30: Latvia – Great Britain
26 Aug 21:00: Turkey – Croatia
27 Aug 18:30: F.Y.R of Macedonia – Latvia
27 Aug 21:00: Turkey – Germany
28 Aug 18:30: Great Britain – F.Y.R. of Macedonia
28 Aug 21:00: Croatia – Germany
29 Aug 16:00: Classification: A Gr. 3 – B Gr. 3
29 Aug 18:30: Semi Final: A Gr. 1 – B Gr. 2
29 Aug 21:00: Semi Final: B Gr. 1 – A Gr. 2
Discuss the 8th annual Efes Pilsen World Cup in our forum or check out the official site here. You can watch the games via livefeed on http://delicast.com/tv/NTV or on http://www.justin.tv/powerzone. If these links do not work, go to our forum to find the most updated information about how to watch the games.
[...] wonder how Turkey is going to participate in both the Efes Pilsen World Cup and the this tournament? The Efes Pilsen World Cup started yesterday and is suppposed to run [...]
August 28th, 2009 at 2:14 am
why do you write F.Y,R Maceodonia? I thought that Turkey recognized Macedonia by its constitutional name????
shame for the organizer of the cup!!!
Maceodonia Forever!
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May 28th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
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June 8th, 2010 at 11:16 am