Latvian U-20 basketball players win Belgian coaches in second match of second division EČ

The best result for Latvia U-20 with 20 points and 12 rebounds was Artūrs Strautiņš, 12 points and five moves resulting for Krister Zorik, but David Atelbauer scored 11 points. Tims Labrecht broke with 22 points and 12 bombs under the baskets

The Belgians won at 41:30, but in the second half of the game, the Latvians started running after the fourth quarter of the fight. After 57:54, the Latvians died at 57:59, but a little more than a minute before the end of the main race, David Atelbauer tied the penalty

38 seconds before the final, Christer Zorik has named Latvia under penalty kicking direction shot at 62:59. At the end of the match, the Latvians took the lead and celebrated the victory with a score of 63:60.

In this subgroup Saturday, Belarus won 89:62 (22:14, 24:11, 25:14, 18:23) Azerbaijan.

The subgroup is leading with two wins in two games in Latvia, with two wins against Belgium and Belarus, while Azerbaijan and Macedonia lose a match

Already reported, the # Latvian U-20 team led by Agra Galvanovska in the first match 79:39 Macedonian ruins peers, while Belgium beat Belarus by 60:51

On Sunday, Latvia will meet with Azerbaijan, Monday will be a holiday, but on Tuesday a duel with Belarus is planned. The top two teams in subgroup A will qualify for the quarter-finals, where they will play two of the best teams in one of the subgroups B (Slovenia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Slovakia, Albania, Moldova). The winners will continue to fight for one of the three paths leading to division A. The challenge for the U-20 national team is to return to the strongest division where there will be three top teams of division.

The Latvian U-20 team includes 12 players who master basketball in ten sports schools in Latvia and Australia. Eldest son, Marys Colton. Krister Zorik has not participated in official matches since the beginning of the year 2017.

The potential leader of the team, Artūrs Strautiņš, who plays in the position of the striker , started the season in the Italian league A1 but in December it was rented. league unit. The four players – David A. Atelbauer, Nikolai Zotov, Vald Semenan and Albert Putan – are the experience of the championship of the Latvian League OlyBet, with limited playing time and limited liability

The final match of the test before getting hurt at the Roberts Blumbergs championship of the team.

Rodion Kuruc, who has already made his debut with the Latvian national team, will not help the U-20 Latvians in the B Division of the European Championship, while Rodion Kurucch, already in the NBA Summer League, where he has not played yet. Kurucs has not lost its enthusiasm in recent years to help young people in Latvia.

Of this team, seven basketball players started in two to four European championships, but five in the team only entered this year. Only four (Strautiņš, Zoriks, Blumbergs and Zotovs) have been ranked since the year 2014, when the silver medal won the Under 16 European Championship. Last season, when the Latvian U-20 team lost to Division A, only Zotov and Blumbergs were in the team.

Team head coach Agris Galvanovskis took the U-20 team to the European Championship for the third time. Under his leadership, in 2008, 11th place was won, but in 2011 – 8th place. For the badistants of Galvinovsky, Sandim Buškevicam and Aksel Vairogam, it is the first experience with the U-20 team

Latvia began preparations for the tournament in mid-June. There were eight encounters with Ukraine (54:71), Lithuania (52:83), Estonia (61:54 and 77:74), Russia (72:80 and 76: 82) and Georgia (58:52, and 65: 68) samples. Certainly, in any match, Latvia was not full of the best composition. Strautin individually trained much of the preparation phase, rehabilitating her after an injury. Meanwhile, Zoriks and Blumbergs only join the team in early July

. The Latvian U-20 team, which many potential leaders could not help, fell from the highest division of the European Championship.

The Division B European Championship will run until July 22nd.

The list of Latvian U-20s for the start of the European Championship Division B Tournament:

Kristers Zoriks (St. Mary's College, NCAA), Nikolai Zotov (VEF Riga , VEF School), David Atelbauer (Ogre), Valdis Seņkāns (Betsafe / Liepaja), Albert Putan (University of Latvia) Edgar Kaufmanis (Lee Academy, USA), Arthur Strautiņš (Ordzinavio "Agribertocchi Walcor", Italy), Francis Gustavs Lacis (VEF School), Valter Liepins ("Valmiera Glbad" / University College Vidzeme), Robert Blumbergs (Prague "Sparta, Czech Republic), David Leopold Ozolins (University of Latvia), Marys Colton (South West Baptist University, NCAA).