Spain Beat France And Go For Gold 12 July 2009

Spain broke open a close game in the third quarter and defeated France 64-54 to capture gold at the U18 European Championship Women in Södertälje.

Trailing 36-33 after 23 minutes played, the Spaniards scored 14 unanswered points to go into the final stanza with a 47-36 advantage.

Sweden shooting guard Cleopatra Forsman-Goga was named Most Valuable Player of the U18 European Championship Women.

Forsman-Goga led her team all the way to the bronze medal in Södertälje.

Sweden captured a bronze medal at the U18 European Championship Women on Sunday after pulling away late in the third quarter against the Czech Republic in Södertälje.

The tournament hosts, whose title dreams were ended by Spain in Saturday's semi-finals, prevailed 67-54.

Serbia crushed Lithuania 70-53 on Sunday to claim fifth place at the U18 European Championship Women in Södertälje.

Tina Jovanovic led Serbia with 20 points on nine of 13 shots from the floor.

Latvia finished the U18 European Championship Women on a high note, beating Ukraine 72-61 to take seventh place.

The Latvians jumped out to a 20-12 lead after the first quarter.

France delivered the telling blows in the first half and crushed the Czech Republic 74-52 to reach the final of the U18 European Chammpionship Women in Södertälje.

Les Bleuets trailed 11-7 five minutes into the contest but then scored the next 14 points of the game to go in front 21-11.

Spain pulled away in the third quarter and beat tournament hosts Sweden 72-53 to reach the final of the U18 European Championship Women.

Leading 41-37 26 minutes into the contest, the Spaniards went on a 18-4 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters and stormed to victory.

Serbia edged Latvia 80-74 to book a meeting with Lithuania for Sunday's 5th-6th place game in the U18 European Championship Women.

Tina Jovanovic poured in a game-high 33 points for Serbia.

Bulgaria have reason to be down having lost all of their games at the U18 European Championship for Women.

Their losing streak in Södertälje means the Bulgarians have been relegated to Division B.

Emmanuella and Noemie Mayombo are enjoying their first experience at the U18 European Championship.

The sisters are representing Belgium and spoke to FIBA Europe about their time in Soödertälje.

Tournaments hosts Sweden reached the final four at the U18 European Championship for Women after pulling away in the fourth quarter for a 79-60 win over Lithuania.

Binta Drammeh poured in all of her 15 points in the last quarter as the Swedes beat the country that won last year's title.

Spain pulverized Ukraine in the first quarter on Friday night in Södertälje and rolled into the last four of the U18 European Championship Women.

Unbeaten and looking like a team capable of winning the title, the Spanish ended up claiming a 94-63 triumph.

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Spain
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France
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Sweden
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Czech Republic
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Serbia
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Lithuania
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Latvia
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Ukraine
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Russia
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Italy
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Belgium
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Poland
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Turkey
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Slovak Republic
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Belarus
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Bulgaria
Final 
Spain64
France54
3rd to 4th Place 
Sweden67
Czech Republic54
5th to 6th Place 
Lithuania53
Serbia70
7th to 8th Place 
Ukraine61
Latvia72
9th to 10th Place 
Russia65
Italy52
11th to 12th Place 
Belgium87
Poland51
Classification Round
GROUP G
Bulgaria45
Turkey87
Slovak Republic64
Belarus59
1.Turkey3/06
2.Slovak Republic2/15
3.Belarus1/24
4.Bulgaria0/33

Olga Maznichenko

UKR

Avg: 21.9

Born : 24.07.1991

Height: 1.86

Points Per Game
NameAvg

1

Maznichenko , O.

21.9

2

Niedola , S.

20.8

3

Malashenko , O.

18.7

4

Forsman-Goga , C.

18.1

5

Yavas , Ö.

17.5

Olesia Malashenko

UKR

Avg: 13.8

Born : 21.02.1991

Height: 1.88

Total Rebounds
NameAvg

1

Malashenko , O.

13.8

2

Niedola , S.

10.8

3

Jovanovic , T.

10.7

4

Abdi , F.

10.4

5

Vernerey , A.

9.9

Alina Iagupova

UKR

Avg: 3.8

Born : 09.02.1992

Height: 1.76

Assists
NameAvg

1

Iagupova , A.

3.8

2

Zietara , M.

3.8

3

Moisan Niamke , E.

3.7

4

Bestagno , E.

3.6

5

Padshyvalava , K.

3.5

Semi-Finals 
Spain72
Sweden53
France74
Czech Republic52
Semi-Final Round for 5th to 8th Place 
Latvia74
Serbia80
Ukraine82
Lithuania84
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