Basketball

Turkey took second in Group C at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup after a 77-64 win over third placed Dominican Republic with Oğuz Savaş leading the way with 15 points. 

The Turkish national team will face Australia in the last 16, who were beaten by Angola 91-83 but gave a rest to two of their top players, Joe Ingles and Aron Baynes.        

By George Georgakopoulos

The national basketball team finished top of its World Championship pool with a perfect record scoring its fifth win in as many games as it downed Argentina 79-71 on Thursday in Seville. Its next game will be in the round of 16 against Serbia.

By George Georgakopoulos

Greece has qualified to the second round of the FIBA World Cup after going top of its group of six through a third win in as many group games in Spain. On Monday it beat Puerto Rico 90-79 in Seville and is now eyeing a top-two finish in its pool.

Turkish national basketball team started the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in fussy style after beating New Zealand 76-73 in Group C game in the Spanish city of Bilbao on Aug. 30.
     
The “Tall Blacks” were the dominating side in the first half of the game, which saw the Oceanian side grasping a double-digit lead at the end of the second quarter: 38-28.
    

Host Spain and titleholder the United States are among the favorites for the 2014 Basketball World Cup title, while Turkey is also hopeful The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup starts on Aug. 30 with host Spain planning to dethrone the United States, and Turkey hoping to make a good impact away from home.

ZLATIBOR - The documentary entitled Once Brothers, directed by Micheal Tolajian, won the best film award of the 3rd International Sport Film Festival in Zlatibor, southwestern Serbia.

Greece defeated opponents Turkey 76-72 in a friendly game at Ulker Sports Arena, Istanbul on Aug. 22, their second victory against the Turkish national basketball team in the same week.

Some 200 young basketball players and 100 coaches from 75 countries will gather in Istanbul this week for the Pass It On basketball camp.

The seven-day camp at the Darüşşafaka Society is a project launched as part of the Turkish Basketball Federation’s (TBF) new social responsibility campaign.

KONYA - The Serbian basketball team won a silver medal at the U-18 European Championship, after losing to the host team of Turkey 85-68 (25-11, 11-17, 32-18, 17-22) in the final match on Sunday evening.

The bronze medal went to the Croatian U-18 basketball team that defeated Greece 75-71 (11-19, 19-9, 24-24, 21-19).

Photo Tanjug, R. Prelic (illustration, archive)

Even a fraction of the basketball success his generation enjoyed in wealthier times is unlikely in the foreseeable future, according to the team’s coach and former internatinal star Aleksandar Djordjevic Accustomed to basketball glory when it was part of the former Yugoslavia, Serbia will struggle to be more than also-ran as an independent nation at this year’s World Cup in Spain, co