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VIDEO: Dirk Nowitzki hopes Serbia are tired after Spain test
Dirk Nowitzki described Iceland as an unorthodox opponent and looked ahead to Germany’s clash with Serbia, a team he hopes will be tired from playing Spain on Day 1 of EuroBasket 2015. Watch his full briefing with the media after Germany’s win over Iceland below.
Dirk and Dennis lead Germany past Iceland
Germany made hard work of it at times but with Dennis Schroeder carrying the load and Dirk Nowitzki doing his thing the Group B hosts saw off Iceland to open their EuroBasket campaign with a win, writes Emmet Ryan The crowd was pretty hot from 20 minutes before tip and it didn’t hurt matters when […]
EuroBasket 2015: Group B Preview
With EuroBasket 2015 just around the corner we are going group by group. In a stunning development the second group to be featured is Group B Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena aka the O2 World Capacity: 14,500 Is Oguz Savas playing here?: YES! Your contenders The hosts for Group B, Germany have landed in by far the […]
Tight knit Iceland too much for Great Britain
Great Britain had hope at half-time but in the end, they fell yet again. George Rowland was in the Copper. Here’s his take on what happened on a big night for Iceland. In what was a crucial game for both team’s hopes of Eurobasket qualification Iceland prevailed 69-71 in a closely run affair at the […]
Iceland go all out for highlights video against Great Britain
Iceland pulled off a vital EuroBasket 2015 qualifying round victory against Great Britain on Sunday night and they delivered a highlight video to back it up. The slow-motion phantom style video, which has a cracking synth score, really kicks into gear around 1.27 in with a fumbled opening tip, then at 2.34 there’s a crossover […]
List of 2009-10 European basketball champions
League play is now accelerating to a close all over The Continent, and BallinEurope’s “List of European Champions” page gets more updates. Most men’s domestic leagues have completely closed up shoppe for 2009-10, but BiE has also listed a few details on where other leagues stand at present; links are provided where possible. If no […]
Eurocup final four: As fans stranded, Alba Berlin takes on Bizkaia Bilbao and Iceland
Who would have thought with domestic leagues grinding to a close (and a start of playoff rounds) and as the Euroleague Final Four approaches that the country garnering headlines in international circles would be … Iceland? Oh yes, you knew this would happen; since everything from state funerals to troop deployments in Afghanistan are being […]
Basketball, one dimension smaller
Yesterday, the XIII Games of the Small European States in Cyprus began with the first competitions. This week-long event that is organized every two years can be compared to the Olympic Games but at a way smaller scale. Only European countries with fewer than 1 million inhabitants is allowed to participate. The event also features […]