The Eurobasket 2009 qualifiers have started really poorly for coach Recalcati’s Team Italy. After four losses in the first five games, the situation was pretty bad but without going for incredible results, Italy is back in the race for Poland.
Goodbye, Euphony Bree
We’ve already talked about the problems of Euphony Bree and their possible demise in the Belgian Ethias League. The licensing committee has now given their final decision: NO license for Bree.
Today the last chance for Euphony Bree
Euphony Bree, Belgium’s regular-season champion, has until tonight to fulfill the conditions of the Belgian Ethias League and remain among the 10 teams at the highest Belgian basketball level.
The 2008 National Champions
BallinEurope has established a list of all National Champions in the various European leagues as they are known so far. If you have results to add or know who was named Final MVPs in a European league, feel free to add this in the comments so that we can update the list.
Monday’s cigarettes
After a long weekend, here are the cigarettes for this Monday after a short delay.
The BallinEurope playoff roundup
This time, we can announce one of the biggest surprises of all our reviews, even if not for the followers of this year’s Israeli league closer. Maccabi Tel Aviv has not won the championship this season.
FIBA Eurocup Final Four: the FINAL
Tonight will be played the Final of the FIBA Eurocup and the second of the three pan-European titles will be decided. The FIBA Eurocup final will face off the Belgian team of Dexia Mons-Hainaut and the Latvians from Barons Riga.
FIBA Eurocup: Dexia versus Barons in the Final
While the qualification of Barons Riga can be considered as legitimate and awaited, the fact that the hometown team of Limassol did not qualify may be a slight surprise. We spoke quickly with Chris Finch and he gave us his thoughts about the Final Four.
ULEB Cup game to be replayed
We talked already about the ULEB Cup game between Oostende and Red Star a few weeks ago where apparently the game winning shot has been released after the final horn. Now the Belgians got another big disappointment in another close game.
Are 0.2 seconds enough for a catch-and-shoot?
After the records night yesterday in the ULEB Cup we talked already about, Belgian newspapers revealed today that the win of Crvena Zvedza in Oostende may have a juridical overtime.


