Stefan Bircevic

ZIELONA GORA - Partizan Belgrade overcame Polish team Zielona Gora (18-20, 12-15, 18-19, 20-14, 13-12) in overtime on the road in Tuesday's Group E, Round 10 game of the FIBA Basketball Champions League.

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade defeated Besiktas Istanbul 86-71 (18-16, 26-25, 20-23, 22-7) at home in late Wednesday's Group E, Round 9 game of the FIBA Basketball Champions League.

It was the fifth win in the competition for Partizan, who are now fourth in the group table, a position that leads to the knock-out stage.

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade have chalked up their fourth FIBA Basketball Champions League win after overcoming Germany's Ludwigsburg 86-82 (21-12, 16-23, 19-23, 16-14, 14-10) in overtime in Tuesday's Group E, Round 8 game in Belgrade.

Novica Velickovic led Partizan with 21 pts, followed by William Hatcher with 20, Stefan Bircevic with 16 and Mihajlo Andric with 13 pts.

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade lost 88-87 (23-19, 15-27, 22-17, 19-16, 9-8) in overtime to Italy's Dinamo Sassari in late Tuesday's Group E, Round 7 game of the FIBA Basketball Champions League.

William Hatcher led Partizan with 23 pts, followed by Branislav Ratkovica with 13 and Stefan Bircevic with 10.

ISTANBUL - Partizan Belgrade have suffered their first defeat of the season after losing to Besiktas Istanbul 77-62 (21-16, 14-15, 25-14, 17-17) on the road in a Group E, Round 2 game of the FIBA Basketball Champions League late Wednesday.

Michael Roll led the scoring for the Turkish team with 16 points and Serbia national team member Vladimir Stimac added 12 points and 9 rebounds.

BELGRADE - Officials of the regional ABA League congratulated the national team of Serbia on winning the silver medal at the Basketball World Cup, stressing that this achievement is remarkable and admirable.