Nika Baric Named MVP Of Division B 15 July 2009

Slovenia point guard Nika Baric was named Most Valuable Player of the U18 European Championship Women Division B.

Baric led her team all the way to the final game before falling short to Hungary, which also means Slovenia get promoted to Division A.

Hungary defeated Slovenia 60-47 to win the U18 European Championship Women title Division B.

Melinda Kesoi had a game-high 16 points for the Hungarians.

Hungary and Slovenia will play in the final of the U18 European Championship Women Division B in Eilat on Sunday.

Slovenia sprung a surprise by edging tournament hosts Israel 67-61.

Israel, Hungary, Slovenia and Germany stormed into the last four at the U18 European Championship for Women Division B.

Polona Zalar poured in a game-high 21 points to fire Slovenia to an 81-60 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in their Quarter-Final tie.

Finland edged Romania 67-63 in Eilat, Israel, to earn the fourth and final spot on offer from Group E for the Quarter-Final Round of the U18 European Championship Women Division B.

In a battle of 1-3 sides, the Finns stayed in the hunt for medals as Vilja Kesänen erupted for 23 points - nearly double her tournament average of 12.

Bernadett Balla poured in a game-high 17 points to lead Hungary past Portugal 58-45 on second day of the U18 European Championship for Women Division B.

The power forward, who was eight of 11 (72.7%) from the floor, also hauled in seven rebounds.

Bosnia and Herzegovina maintained their winning form in Eilat on Monday by beating Denmark 74-61 in Group F.

Tamara Kapor had a game-high 25 points for the victors.

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia progressed to the Qualifying Round as the only unbeaten teams in Division B.

Slovenia broke open a close game in the third quarter as they went on a 15-0 run en route to a 65-52 triumph over Finland.

An inspiring performance from point guard Avigiel Cohen was not sufficient to fire hosts Israel to victory on day two of the U18 European Championship Women Division B.

Cohen poured in a game-high 35 points and pulled down 11 rebounds
but her team lost 71-62 to the Netherlands.

Hosts Israel and Slovenia each prevailed in hotly-contested games on the opening day of the U18 European Championship Division B.

The Israelis, playing in front of their own fans in Eilat, got 28 points and 13 rebounds from their American-born point guard Avigiel Cohen and won 66-55.

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Hungary
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Slovenia
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Germany
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Israel
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Portugal
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Greece
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Finland
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Denmark
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Romania
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Croatia
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England
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Netherlands
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Switzerland
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Norway
Final 
Hungary60
Slovenia47
3rd to 4th Place 
Germany79
Israel62
5th to 6th Place 
Portugal82
Bosnia and Herzegovina66
7th to 8th Place 
Greece63
Finland51
9th to 10th Place 
Romania67
Denmark84
11th to 12th Place 
Croatia74
England68
Classification Round
GROUP G
Norway41
Switzerland47
1.Netherlands2/04
2.Switzerland1/13
3.Norway0/22

Ida Krogh

DEN

Avg: 20.9

Born : 28.09.1991

Height: 1.83

Points Per Game
NameAvg

1

Krogh , I.

20.9

2

Kapor , T.

20.2

3

Baric , N.

19.3

4

Cohen , A.

18.0

5

Tavic , M.

16.4

Tjasa Gortnar

SLO

Avg: 12.6

Born : 09.04.1992

Height: 1.82

Total Rebounds
NameAvg

1

Gortnar , T.

12.6

2

Premasunac , N.

10.8

3

Clark , E.

10.3

4

Greinacher , S.

10.1

5

Fazlic , A.

8.7

Nika Baric

SLO

Avg: 5.9

Born : 02.09.1992

Height: 1.69

Assists
NameAvg

1

Baric , N.

5.9

2

Brunckhorst , S.

4.8

3

Krogh , I.

4.8

4

Miloglav , C.

4.7

5

Brandao , M.

4.7

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