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Only five teams were originally supposed to start at this tournament, but in the end the lineup was expanded by the Czech team Vlci Žďár nad Sázavou , who thus claimed their premier participation in the competition. However, his results are not included in the overall table.

As already mentioned, ORLEN Akademia BM Stal dominated the tournament without hesitation, playing the most balanced duel against the home team Górnik Airteam Walbrzych . As this was the only loss of the organizers, the silver bar remained at home.

The third place goes to the newcomer Vlci Žďár nad Sázavou , who left a good impression at the tournament, even though he started outside the overall ranking.

Another Czech team, Sokol Pražský finished just below the podium.

The fight for the only win was even after three quarters, but the last part decided the victory Korona 1919 Krakow , which condemned Basketpoint Frýdek-Místek to the last place.

In the week before the tournament in Halle, Germany, one of the original participants dropped out, and thanks to the activity of the organizing team Mitteldeutsche Basketball Academy it was possible to find a replacement. Another German team Niners Chemnitz started the tournament outside the overall ranking, but was certainly an adequate replacement, and we thank him once again for his participation.

As already mentioned in the introduction, the tournament was dominated without hesitation by the boys BK NH Ostrava , who managed all their matches without any major difficulties. Their most equal opponent was Thuringia Select Team , which eventually finished behind Ostrava in second place.

The great drama for the bronze took place on Sunday, when Jížní Supi surpassed their Polish opponent Basket 4kids Zielona Góra by a single point.

Both newcomer Niners Chemnitz and home team Mitteldeutsche Basketball Academy recorded their only win in the tournament. As these teams did not play each other, the 5th and 6th places were decided by Chemnitz's overall score of one point.

Thus, Sršni Písek significantly improved their overall record, when they went from 0-4 to 4-5 after this tournament and are back in the game for the final tournament.

The silver goes to Poland to the continuously leading team of the WKK Wroclaw competition. This time, however, even the leader had to bow down to the winner of the tournament, who gave him his first loss of the year.

Thanks to the final victory over Písek, the German team Science City Jena completed the podium. Although the Germans lost the opening match of the tournament in extra time against the home team AKAPO Lučenec , the hosts paid the price for a somewhat unexpected loss against BK NH Ostrava . After all, it was Ostrava's only win in the tournament, but it did not change anything in their last place. Thanks to a better mutual match, the second Slovak team MBK Karlovka Bratislava got ahead of them.

Many close matches were seen in Olomouc, where there was a big battle between several teams for the position on the podium. In the end, the best prepared for the home tournament were the boys BCM Olomouc , who won all 5 matches.

The silver goes to Slovakia to the BBA Komárno team, which lost only to the winners. Key to this position were two winning fights against strong Polish opponents, which they pushed under them.

The third and fourth places were occupied by two teams from Poland, which, according to the current overall table, should have been among the main favorites. Together with BC Swiss Krono Žary and WKK Wroclaw they fought in their opening match at the tournament, and after great drama, Žary won by a single point, taking the bronze.

Fifth and sixth place belong to two Slovak teams. The mutual match for the only victory sounded clear for MBK Karlovka Bratislava . The boys Slávia Trnava are still waiting for their first win of the year.

The last tournament in this calendar year belonged to the youngest category U13. As a result, it was dominated by the Polish club WKK Wroclaw , who did not know the bitterness of defeat, and the smallest difference in the score was 31 points.

The silver is taken by BK NH Ostrava , which lost only to the winners, otherwise it managed its matches without major difficulties. In the end, Krok managed to keep up with the third team of the tournament, which are the boys from BK Brandýs nad Labem .

The host club Basketpoint Frýdek-Místek finished just below the podium.

In the fight for the only victory, in the end, the Polish team Korona 1919 Krakow was happy, as it scored its first win of the season and pushed the Slovak team ŠBK Handlová to the last place.

Before the tournament, we unfortunately had to deal with the absence of two originally nominated teams. In the end we solved the situation by having the home club field their second team made up of boys from the year 2008. Of course, this team played outside the competition, but it ensured that every team that traveled to Krakow could play 4 full games.

Regular participant Korona 1919 Krakow clearly had the upper hand in the duel with the Czech opponents, but in the race for first place with another Polish team WKS Slask Wroclaw there was great drama. In the end, the home team won this duel with a difference of 6 points, thus securing the first place in the tournament just ahead of the opponent with Wroclaw.

The second home team lost to both Polish teams and beat both Czech teams.

Královští Sokoli Hradec Králové and Basketpoint Frýdek-Místek played for a single victory on Saturday. The boys from Hradec Králové finally succeeded, mainly thanks to a successful final quarter.

Later NBA Jelenia Góra played several close matches at the tournament in Zieloná Góra. The biggest drama was brought by the duel with the eventual third team BC Swiss Krono Žary . In the end, the winner had to be decided by extra time, in which the boys from NBA Jelenia Góra were better by a single point.

The Slovak team BK Inter Bratislava was wedged between the two Polish teams. Although he lost to the later winners quite clearly by 30 points, he was 10 points better in the fight with Žary.

This tournament was very balanced, which is also evidenced by the fact that the teams below the podium were able to play very close duels with the medalists.

In the end, the host club Basket 4kids Zielona Góra took 5th place, beating Jížní Supi by a single basket in the fight for the only win.

Later winners Freak City Bamberg showed high quality throughout the tournament, losing only to Science City Jena in the German clash. Since Jena lost the next two games, Bamberg with a 4-1 record finished right away in its premiere in the competition for victory.

The Polish team UKS SP 27 Katowice has the same record as the winner. However, Bamberg was better in the head-to-head match, winning by a margin of 30 points.

Even the teams in third and fourth place have the same record, this time 3-2. The home team ORLEN Akademia BM Stal is finally happy with the bronze, when they beat Science City Jena by only 5 points in a balanced duel.

In the Czechoslovak fight for the only victory, the boys of the team Královští Sokoli Hradec Králové finally rejoiced.

The tournament in Česká Třebová brought a lot of close matches and, above all, it was never clear in advance how it would turn out. After all, this is also proven by the great balance between the teams in 2nd to 5th place, which were separated by only one win.

However, it was the later winner SKM Zastal Zielona Góra who scored significant wins. That is, until the last game, when on Sunday, in a duel that could no longer change their first place, they beat Crailsheim by a single basket.

In the same way, the last match of the tournament did not go well for the home team BA Young Diamonds , but even in this case the result could no longer affect the overall second place for the organizers.

UKS SP 27 Katowice finished in third place with the same score of 3-2, but a worse match.

The ranking in 4th and 5th place was also decided by a mutual match and it was decided in favor of HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim , who relegated Sršni Písek to 5th place.

The winner of the tournament in Frýdek-Místek ORLEN Akademia BM Stal , came to the tournament in a weakened lineup, which resulted in an overall record of 0-5.

Less than a month was enough for the BK Inter Bratislava team to lead the overall table in the U13 category with a 10-0 record and suddenly become one of the main favorites for the championship. After dominating the first tournament in Slovakia, the boys from the Slovak capital now had a much more difficult time, but at the end they could once again rejoice at winning the gold.

The second place remained at home, when the host club Válečníci Děčín lost only to the later winner. Other matches were also very balanced for Děčín, but victorious. Above all, the opening duel of the tournament, in which they beat BK Brandýs nad Labem by a single basket, brought great drama. As it turned out later, it was a straight fight for 2nd and 3rd place.

Two national teams SKM Zastal Zielona Góra and ORLEN Akademia BM Stal finished below the podium. An interesting fact is that both clubs also had older boys in the U15 category in the game this weekend.

The last place without a single win was finally left for Basketpoint Frýdek-Místek .