Eurobasket 2013.qualies

[turk-jugoslav]

my predictions for next eurobasket in slovenia

gold russia
silver spain
bronze serbia
4th lithuania

greece, france and either slovenia or italy 5,6,7

croatia, bosnia-hercegovina in a next little group

rest of the teams irrelevant for world championship

I think Serbia and Italy is overated in this list.Serbia is not that strong. France or Greece can easily beat them.Spain with Pau is invincible.I doubt if Italy can play quarter-finals. When did Italy play quarter-final in which championship in the last years?
My predictions for 2013:
Gold: Spain
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Greece
4th: France( can also make bronze)
5,6,7: Slovenia,Lithuania,Serbia
I can't guess 8th team

[JRS Bonnet]

Spain will probably be without Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro and definitively without Felipe Reyes (retired from the NT). Serge Ibaka and Nikola Mirotic are pissed with the Spanish Federation and probably won’t be in Slovenia either (unless Mirotic plays for Montenegro). No medals for Spain next year.

This Italian team is doing great and are on track to a medal finish (and I am not saying this just because they kicked the living ghost out of us).

[turk-jugoslav]

Spain will probably be without Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro and definitively without Felipe Reyes (retired from the NT). Serge Ibaka and Nikola Mirotic are pissed with the Spanish Federation and probably won’t be in Slovenia either (unless Mirotic plays for Montenegro). No medals for Spain next year.

This Italian team is doing great and are on track to a medal finish (and I am not saying this just because they kicked the living ghost out of us).

Where did you get these informations? If Spain will play without Gasol brothers, Navarra and Ibaka, of course no medal for them. I don't see any reason for Spain not to play without Marc Gasol and Ibaka-Mirotic( 1 naturalized rule). Pau Gasol is 32 and still fit.He can easily play one more tournemant and dominate European front-courts. He is the best ever in Europe... Italy may have some chance for quarter-final but no medal contender.

[Carick235]

I think Serbia and Italy is overated in this list.Serbia is not that strong. France or Greece can easily beat them.Spain with Pau is invincible.I doubt if Italy can play quarter-finals. When did Italy play quarter-final in which championship in the last years?
My predictions for 2013:
Gold: Spain
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Greece
4th: France( can also make bronze)
5,6,7: Slovenia,Lithuania,Serbia
I can't guess 8th team

Current Serbian team has a lot of fluctuations so its hard to tell what we can really do, we can win gold and we can also have total disaster, so we will see, but we must qualify first.

Spain with strongest squad will 90% have a place in the final, Russia is little weaker but still second favorite, than comes 5-6 teams that are very equal.

[pohani komarac]

don't you think guys it's just bit too erly for predictions

[JRS Bonnet]

Where did you get these informations? If Spain will play without Gasol brothers, Navarra and Ibaka, of course no medal for them. I don't see any reason for Spain not to play without Marc Gasol and Ibaka-Mirotic( 1 naturalized rule). Pau Gasol is 32 and still fit.He can easily play one more tournemant and dominate European front-courts. He is the best ever in Europe... Italy may have some chance for quarter-final but no medal contender.

In French: http://www.basketnews.net/article/un...euro-2013-2226
I forgot to mention that José Manuel Calderón is also doubtful for the 2013 EuroBasket.

For the vast majority of you who can read Portuguese, take a look at this: http://www.basketpt.com/sibaka-problemas-2012-n3218

El Mundo, (a Spanish newspaper) was the main source of the Portuguese site: http://www.elmundo.es/blogs/deportes...e-bandera.html

You can also visit the ACB 2012-2013 Thread: http://forums.interbasket.net/showth...012-2013/page3

[Toxicity]

Why is Greece so considered? I highly doubt he'll fight for the medals...

[Limar]

Latvia easily won vs Romania, who were struggling in offence for whole game. They played individually and either committing turnovers or taking unprepared shots, what Latvia used for easy fast breaks points (often for 3 points). In 4th quarter Kuksiks was hot, hitting something like 4 three pointers in a row (in whole game 5/7).

Any links for Czech - Turkey game ?

[Bosnian 23]

Netherlands beating Georgia by five with five minutes left in the fourth quarter!

[Bosnian 23]

Netherlands won 91-88, which really helped Bosnia. We are even with Georgia now.

[Toxicity]

Czech Republic 82 - Turkey 64 !!!

What happens to turkish team? There are chances they don't qualify for Eurobasket 2013?

[Dtown]

Did anyone see what happened in the Netherlands game? Shocked just looking at the score.

[turk-jugoslav]

Czech Republic 82 - Turkey 64 !!!

What happens to turkish team? There are chances they don't qualify for Eurobasket 2013?

Nothing happened. We are some overated team. We have very weak PG-SF rotation and helping defence. Turkish basketball goes to big crisis.

[Dtown]

Point Differential really matters if you get stuck in the third spot, so huge loss for Turkey today. Not ready to write them off yet though since both losses happened on the road, maybe they'll play better in their friendly confines.

[Bosnian 23]

Eurobasket 2013 qualifiers (standings)

Group A

1) Montenegro - 5/0 - 10 pts.
2) Estonia - 3/2 - 8 pts.
3) Serbia - 3/1 - 7 pts.
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4) Israel - 2/2 - 6 pts.
5) Iceland - 1/4 - 6 pts.
6) Slovak Republic - 0/5 - 5 pts.

Group B

1) Germany - 4/0 - 8 pts.
2) Sweden - 2/2 - 6 pts.
3) Bulgaria - 2/2 - 6 pts.
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4) Azerbaijan - 2/2 - 6 pts.
5) Luxembourg - 0/4 - 4 pts.

Group C

1) Croatia - 4/0 - 8 pts.
2) Ukraine - 3/1 - 7 pts.
3) Hungary - 2/2 - 6 pts.
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4) Austria - 1/3 - 5 pts.
5) Cyprus - 0/4 - 4 pts.

Group D

1) Bosnia and Herzegovina - 3/1 - 7 pts.
2) Georgia - 3/1 - 7 pts.
3) Latvia - 2/2 - 6 pts.
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4) Netherlands - 1/3 - 5 pts.
5) Romania - 1/3 - 5 pts.

Group E

1) Finland - 4/0 - 8 pts.
2) Belgium - 3/1 - 7 pts.
3) Poland - 2/2 - 6 pts.
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4) Switzerland - 1/3 - 5 pts.
5) Albania - 0/4 - 4 pts.

Group F

1) Italy - 4/0 - 8 pts.
2) Czech Republic - 3/2 - 7 pts.
3) Turkey - 2/2 - 6 pts.
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4) Belarus - 1/3 - 5 pts.
5) Portugal - 0/4 - 4 pts.