Dutch Aim To Build On Unprecedented Success 29 July 2009

The Dutch Basketball Federation is scrambling for a new trophy cabinet this week.

Both the men's and the women's Under-20 teams brought the silverware home from the Division B European Championships in the last fortnight.

Pop Named MVP 16 July 2009

Romania forward Claudia Pop was voted the MVP of the U20 European Championship Women 2009 Division B, in Ohrid.

Pop helped Romania win promotion to Division A by guiding them to the final game of the tournament in F.Y.R. of Macedonia.

The Netherlands claimed the gold medal in the Division B U20 Women European Championship 2009 by winning an seesaw battle over Romania 59-53.

After a second quarter which saw four ties and three lead changes, the Netherlands went into halftime up by just one at 29-28.


The Netherlands defeated the Slovak Republic 75-66 to classify for Division A and reach the Final versus Romania of the U20 European Championship Women Division B. 

The Dutch got the win behind Rianne De Roos's 16 points and 15 rebounds.

The Netherlands upset Hungary 74-63 to advance to the Semi-Finals of the U20 European Championship Women 2009 Division B.

Maaike Klein led the winners with 15 points while Lilla Horvath also notched 15 points to go with 10 rebounds for Hungary.

Slovakia and Belgium were the only teams that remained unbeaten as Preliminary Round action concluded Saturday in Ohrid. 

Belgium downed Greece 74-60 to finish a perfect 5-0 in Group A of the U20 European Championship Women 2009 Division B in Ohrid.

Anne-Sophie Strubbe hit a three-pointer with just three seconds remaining to lift unbeaten Belgium past Great Britain at the U20 European Championship Women 2009 Division B in Ohrid.

The Brits looked to be closing in on victory in Group A after Mary Durojaye made a pair of free-throws for a 65-61 lead just 38 seconds from the end.


Slovakia scraped a 73-72 win in Group B over Romania on Wednesday to prevail for the third time in as many games at the U20 European Championship Women Division B.

Katarina Slimakova led all scorers with 20 points.

Greece, Belgium and Slovakia are still unbeaten after the first two days of the U20 European Championship Division B in Ohrid.

Greece jumped out to a 16-5 lead and went in front by 20 points but ended up scraping a 44-41 Group A win over Austria.

Belgium left it late but finally defeated Hungary 74-68 in the closest game of the opening day's play at the U20 European Championship Women Division B in Ohrid.

A flurry of points from power forward Ines Beaurang put Belgium in front for good just past the half-way mark of the fourth quarter in the Group A clash.

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Netherlands
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Romania
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Belgium
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Slovak Republic
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Greece
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Portugal
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Hungary
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Israel
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Great Britain
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Austria
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F.Y.R. of Macedonia
Final 
Romania53
Netherlands59
3rd to 4th Place 
Belgium94
Slovak Republic81
5th to 6th Place 
Greece47
Portugal42
7th to 8th Place 
Israel64
Hungary83
Classification Round for 9th to 11th Place
GROUP C
F.Y.R. of Macedonia57
Great Britain85
1.Great Britain2/04
2.Austria1/13
3.F.Y.R. of Macedonia0/22

Claudia Pop

ROU

Avg: 20.1

Born : 05.08.1989

Height: 1.86

Points Per Game
NameAvg

1

Pop , C.

20.1

2

Antik , J.

17.8

3

Mestdagh , K.

17.1

4

Tarta , R.

16.6

5

Krivacevic , T.

16.0

Jelena Antik

MKD

Avg: 10.7

Born : 17.06.1991

Height: 1.85

Total Rebounds
NameAvg

1

Antik , J.

10.7

2

Lentacker , L.

9.9

3

De Roos , R.

9.6

4

Lukacovicová , K.

8.6

5

Durojaye , M.

8.5

Naama Shafir

ISR

Avg: 5.3

Born : 28.02.1990

Height: 1.70

Assists
NameAvg

1

Shafir , N.

5.3

2

Donders , F.

5.0

3

Pop , C.

4.4

4

Bernardeco , J.

3.5

5

Antik , J.

2.8

Semi-Finals 
Slovak Republic66
Netherlands75
Belgium67
Romania81
Semi-Final Round for 5th to 8th Place 
Portugal57
Hungary56
Israel71
Greece73
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