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On Friday, WKK dealt with the German team from Münsteru and the wolves from Žďár nad Sázavou with a difference of more than twenty points. For the future winner of the tournament, an ideal match to play out the entire rotation of players. The match between the German team from Münsteru and the falcons from Dubča brought about a balanced match, where neither team reached the goal of fifty scored points, so depending on the point of view, we can talk about great defenses or the impotence of the scorers. The second balanced match offered a Czech-Slovak duel between the warriors from Děčín and the biosaurs from Komárno, which ended up being better for the team from northern Bohemia.

Even the wolves from Žďár nad Sázavou did not come to sell their skins cheaply. They didn't do well on Friday and it resulted in heavy losses against home team WKK and Děčín. On Saturday and Sunday, the wolves sharpened their teeth better and properly bit the teams from Komárno, Münsteru and Dubče, unfortunately for them they did not manage to win in either case.

On Sunday, Komárno lost its bronze medal match with UBC Münster by eleven points. Sokol Dubeč goes home with a good feeling, because in the last game they beat the wolves from Žďár. And finally, in the imaginary final, WKK wins with a start-finish style over the warriors from Děčín with a difference of more than twenty points.

Final standings of the tournament:

Friday's program started with a match between the home team from Brandýs nad Labem and Pardubická Beksa, which, as it turned out later, was a battle between future medalists. Brandýs entered the match fearlessly, keeping pace with Beksa for three quarters, but in the last quarter Beksa's physical superiority was already evident, winning by a difference of nineteen points. Another interesting match took place between MBK Karlovka Bratislava and home team Brandýs, where Karlovka fought hard, but every time they got within range, they made some mistakes and Brandýs won by three points in a dramatic ending. Górnik Airteam Walbrzych finished the tournament with a 0:5 record, but they were certainly not an opponent that did not belong in this tournament. On Friday, in the Polish derby, Basket 4kids Zielona Góra, only to lose by seven points, after which on Sunday "they had a tired home Brandýs on their backs" and only lost by a difference of three points thanks to an unmanageable finish. He thus played completely balanced games with later medalists.

On Saturday, the home team from Brandýs nad Labem again played the main role. Brandýs first gambled in a match against another Polish team AK Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski , when the score difference was single digits for most of the match, but eventually bounced back to fourteen points in the last quarter. A real drama took place during the battle with the team Basket 4kids Zielona Góra , when the heated emotions could be observed both on the field, between parents, coaches and in relation to the refereeing of the match. Brandýs eventually wins with a difference of twelve points. However, we wish for such emotions to be as few as possible in CEYBL tournaments and will make every effort to eliminate such behavior.

On Sunday, Karlovka comfortably dealt with AK Stal. Beksa underestimated Basket 4kids in the first half and struggled with it properly in the third quarter, only to switch to a higher gear in the fourth quarter and finally take the win "class difference" by thirty points. I already mentioned the final match of the tournament between Brandýs and Walbrzych in the beginning of the article.

Final standings of the tournament:

Friday's match program took place in a calm spirit with clear differences in the results of individual matches. The only team that wanted to disturb this peace came to the tournament from Písek. The hornet swarm first sharpened its stings against AK Orly Wroclaw , where in the end it was not successful and lost by a difference of twelve "stings", only to be properly stung by another Polish team from Zieloná Góra by fourteen "stings".

Saturday's program took place in a similar spirit to Friday's program, and future medalists BK Inter Bratislava, AK Orly Wroclaw, Sršni Písek won their matches by comfortable margins. The home team AK Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski showed an effort to turn things around in the match against Písek, where the half-time score gave them hope of a decent result, but in the end they could not get the desired win. A similar situation took place in the match between AK Orly Wroclaw and SKM Zastal Zielona Góra , where the latter team lost only five points before the last quarter, but could not find the strength to turn it around.

Sunday's program only confirmed the event, when Inter duly blunted the stings of Písek. Wroclaw had no mercy with Beksa and handed her a loss of more than fifty points on the way to Pardubice. And in the end, the home team did not find a recipe for the game of another Polish team from Zieloná Góra and thus ends up in fifth place in the tournament.

Final standings of the tournament:

The most balanced game with the eventual winner was played at the very beginning of the tournament by the players of Science City Jena , who were still in sight at halftime, but eventually fell by a difference of 27 points. After all, if this high win was the lowest win, it only speaks of the dominance of PGE Spójnia Stargard at this stop.

The second very dominant team in Potsdam was the Czech team BCM Olomouc , which also won its matches by a large margin. However, he did not manage the key duel for gold with Stargard at all and lost heavily 47:85.

The match for the bronze brought a rather dramatic spectacle, in which SKM Zastal Zielona Góra rejoiced in the end, beating their rival Freak City Bamberg by a difference of 7 points.

In the final battle between the two German teams, Science City Jena was victorious, pushing the host club Academy Potsdam to the last place without a single win.

Final standings of the tournament:

In Friday's program, Chemnitz easily coped with Poland's WKK and Slovakia's Karlovka with a difference of more than 35 points. On Saturday, Chemnitz flew in very hungry for the match against home team Olomouc, which, on the other hand, probably entered the match after a hearty lunch. The fate of the match was practically decided after the first quarter, when Chemnitz's lead was almost thirty points. Olomouc managed to lose the match by more than fifty points and could then finish off the afternoon nap. Olomouc, as the organizing team, showed a double face at the tournament, one could say both Jekyll and Hyde.

On Friday, they beat WKS Slask Wroclaw with their best performance, by six points. On Saturday, as already mentioned, they received a pick-up from NINERS Chemnitz Academy , which probably had a big impact on the players' psyche, and they almost didn't manage the match against WKK Wroclaw . On Sunday, with a win over MBK Karlovka Bratislava they confirmed their second place in the tournament.

The bronze medal goes to WKS Slask Wroclaw , which played an even match against Chemnitz, lost against Olomouc, and the medal was already secured by Friday's win over MBK Karlovka Bratislava by eight points.

MBK Karlovka Bratislava also left a good impression at the tournament, playing a balanced match with all the medalists except NINERS Chemnitz Academy . The teams WKK Wroclaw and HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim.

Final standings of the tournament:

The team from Opole first slowly got up to operating temperature in the first game and won over the team from Komárno by a difference of ten points. In the second game, he came across the warriors from Děčín, who spent the first three quarters with their heads dozing in the bus, which was reflected in the fact that they lost more than twenty points in the score. In the last quarter, the warrior nature showed itself, but in the end it was only enough to reduce the difference to eight points.

Third in the group of medalists, the team BK Inter Bratislava , on Friday easily coped with the teams Mitteldeutsche Basketball Academy a SKF Jura Basket Zabierzów , which they defeated by a difference of more than forty points.

In Saturday's program, the team from Komárno was not going to accept being placed outside the medal positions and did not give the warriors from Děčín even a free meter of board for the entire match, but it was not enough to win. Another match important for unlocking the medal positions closed the Saturday program. It took place between the home team from Opole and BK Inter Bratislava . The home team did not leave anything to chance and maintained a slight lead throughout the game, which eventually amounted to ten points.

Sunday's match solved the mystery of the placement. First, the team from Komárno defeats Mitteldeutsche Basketball Academy and confirms fourth place in the tournament. Subsequently, a battle took place between BK Inter Bratislava a Válečníci Děčín for the silver and bronze medals. Válečníci Děčín, although they finish strongly again in the second half, are not able to win and take the bronze. In the last match of the tournament, the home team defeats the SKF Jura Basket Zabierzów team by more than seventy points at a training pace, confirming their first place in the tournament.

An interesting feature of the tournament is that three players with an average of 20.8 points per game won the imaginary crown of the top scorers.

Final standings of the tournament:

The tournament program started with a match between the home team from Frýdek-Místek and the Science City Jena team. Basketpoint was pulling the short end of the rope for most of the game. However, in the last quarter, he took a breather for the onslaught, which he crowned with the winning shot in the last seconds of the game. The second interesting match in Friday's program offered a duel between "Beksa" ( BK VIVIDBOOKS Pardubice ), which started in this tournament as a guest outside the overall ranking, and PGE Spójnia Stargard . Beksa kept pace for three quarters of the game, when after the third quarter the score difference was only single digits, then Stargard confirmed its quality and wide rotation of players and dominated the game with a difference of 27 points. Later it turned out that this match decided the first and second place in the tournament.

Saturday's program was a rest day for Stargard himself, where he gifted AK Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski a BK Lokomotíva Sereď with more than 100 points. An interesting menu was offered by Beksy's match, first against the home Basketpoint, where the win was not as easy as the final score suggests, and especially against the German team Science City Jena . Here, extra time brought resolution, where Beks took the victory with the difference of a single three-point shot. Certainly a very interesting spectacle for the audience.

Sunday's program offered a comfortable win for Stargard over Jena. Subsequently, Beksa decided to gamble with her position in the table, when she enjoyed a twenty-point cushion after three quarters, only to defend the victory by just three points in the end. The program of the tournament was closed by the home team from Frýdek-Místek, which packed more than fifty points on the team from Sereď on the way home.

The interesting thing about the tournament is that seven players of the Stargard team maintained an average of more than ten points per game, and the other two are close to it. Great team play and promotion of basketball.

Final standings of the tournament:

Crailsheim played two games on Friday, the first against Kraków, where they recorded a comfortable win. The second with the wolves from Ždár nad Sázavou, who tried to turn the game around in the last quarter, but failed.

On Saturday, the players of the home team probably got out of bed with the left foot, because during the entire match with Oberpfalz Hunters they did not manage to get into the game at all, especially Justus Reintjes , who burdened their account with 31 points, was a problem.

On Sunday, an imaginary final could take place with the Jížní Supi team, which had a record of 4-0 before this match. The first half was very balanced, as evidenced by the halftime score of 30:31 for the team from Prague. After the third quarter, the Jížní Supi team already led by a difference of 9 points and it looked like they were on their way to winning the tournament. However, the home team turned on turbo mode in the last quarter and eventually took the win by 5 points and thus the victory in the tournament.

The other teams also alternated stronger and weaker moments, which eventually led to each team taking home at least one win. This will certainly support them in further work in training.

Final standings of the tournament:

Many close matches were seen at the third tournament of the U13 category, which was hosted by the Czech city of Brandýs nad Labem. The best performance was shown in all duels by the rookie players from BK Lokomotiva Plzeň , who did not experience the bitterness of defeat during the entire tournament. Thanks to a big chase in the final quarter, the boys from Nitra Blue Wings Academy lost to the later winners by the smallest difference of 5 points. For a long time, they reached for the victory over the silver team SKM Zastal Zielona Góra , but in the end they left this duel as losers and ended up just below the podium.

The battle between the two Polish teams for second and third place was clear for SKM Zastal Zielona Góra , which beat Korona 1919 Krakow by a difference of 40 points.

The boys of the host club BK Brandýs nad Labem rejoiced in the battle of two Czech teams and the only victory in the tournament right at the start of the tournament, and Královští Sokoli Hradec Králové was the last place left and they have to try to fight for their first win in one of the other tournaments.

Final standings of the tournament:

Thus, AK Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski became the winner of the second tournament in the U14 category. Another Polish team MKS Ósemka Skierniewice takes silver medals. The last medalist is Freak City Bamberg , who, although they lost significantly to the home team, then kept pace during the entire match with the silver team from Skierniewice, which they lost in the end with a difference of eleven points.

The Czech teams ( BCM Orli Prostějov a Jížní Supi ) did not do very well in the tournament and took fourth and fifth place respectively. Polish team Lublinianka KUL Basketball ended the tournament without a win.

The interesting thing about the tournament is that the 100-point mark was broken six times, and in the imaginary final match, only three points were missing from breaking the 100-point mark.

Final standings of the tournament: