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The small drawback of this tournament was that, after some planned participants deregistered, it took place in only 4 teams, so everyone had three competitive matches and one extra bonus, but already off the table.

The Polish team WKS Slask Wroclaw went through the tournament with complete control, clearly dominating all their matches by a large margin. Even more drama took place on the next rungs, when the remaining three rivals managed to beat each other and their mutual scores were the deciding factor. Thanks to this, another Polish team Basket Team Suchy Las took second place, and the bronze went to the host club Levharti Chomutov . With the same balance of wins and losses as the silver team, but without a medal, the boys Královští Sokoli Hradec Králové finished.

The six best teams after the regular season competed in the final tournament in Krakow, respectively the best five and their host club. In the end, he proved to be the dark horse of the tournament when he ran out for a somewhat unexpected bronze medal.

The participants were divided into two groups of three teams, from which the best two advanced to the semi-finals. The winner of the regular season WKK Wroclaw arrived at the final without several supports and this played a key role. First, on Friday, after a big drama, WKK lost by 3 points to the later finalists Válečníci Děčín . On Saturday, he also lost to the home team, leaving him with only the fight for 5th place.

In the second group, the third place was left for another Polish team ORLEN Akademia BM Stal , who in the end clearly had the upper hand over WKK in the battle for 5th place.

One of the main favorites BK Inter Bratislava , which did not hesitate even in the duel with the home team, and was looking forward to its opponent in the fight for the gold, advanced to the semi-finals. Even the second semi-final did not offer too much drama, and after the progress of Děčín, the spectators could look forward to the Czech-Slovak final.

On the contrary, a purely Polish fight brought a match for bronze between the home boys from Korona 1919 Krakow and Górnik Airteam Walbrzych . This duel brought great drama until the last seconds and in the end the players of the host club were one point happier.

The finals started better Válečníci Děčín , who led the entire first quarter, but from the second half the players BK Inter Bratislava began to have the upper hand, gradually increasing their lead to 30 points and finally finishing in peace for the overall triumph in this year's competition.

Five teams from three countries gathered for the penultimate tournament of the U15 category in Pardubice, which was dominated by the home players without defeat. Sršni Písek played the most even result with them in the opening match of the tournament. However, in the match for silver, they lost to SKM Zastal Zielona Góra in great drama by a single point.

Perhaps the biggest drama was seen in the fight for 4th place. The German team Oberpfalz Hunters led by 22 points after three quarters, but the game still went to overtime. In it, on the other hand Basketpoint Frýdek-Místek players took an 11-point lead, but even that was not enough and with a powerful finish in the last two minutes they decided on a one-point win Hunters .

At the tournament in Jena, Germany, a very even tournament took place over the weekend and more than half of the matches ended with a difference of less than 10 points. A number of them even with the difference of a single basket.

The ORLEN Akademia BM Stal team, which played several dramatic duels and lost only to Písek, will go to Poland for first place.

A big fight between three teams with the same record of 3-2 took place for the remaining two places on the podium. In the end, Sršni Písek came out the best in the mini table. After all, they were the only ones who managed to beat the later winner and thus certainly deserved the silver. Between the two home teams, the older boys U7 or U16 Science City Jena were better.

Fifth place belongs to MBK Karlovka Bratislava , and Královští Sokoli Hradec Králové went to Bohemia without a win.

The position of one of the main favorites for the overall victory was confirmed at the weekend by the players WKK Wroclaw , who won all the matches. However, the tournament offered a number of balanced matches and the teams in 1st to 5th place played very balanced duels together.

The silver goes to the Czech Republic for the Vlci Žďár nad Sázavou team, which started the tournament on a wild card outside the overall ranking. They decided on the second place by winning a dramatic mutual match with the home team ORLEN Akademia BM Stal , who eventually took the bronze.

The two Czech teams BK NH Ostrava and Sršni Písek finished below the winners' podium, but both of these teams were very capable opponents of the teams that were placed above them.

The boys from ŠBK Handlová went to Slovakia without a win.

BK NH Ostrava confirmed its position as the main favorite for the overall victory in the U14 category even in its third tournament. They are still looking for a team that could beat Ostrava. We'll see if someone succeeds in the final tournament, or if, on the contrary, Ostrava confirms its dominance this year.

One of the main challengers will certainly be the players WKK Wroclaw , who lost to the winners by only 5 points on the home board and thus took the silver.

The podium was completed by another participant in the final tournament, which is the PGE Spójnia Stargard team.

The results of the other matches were relatively clear, so the boys BBA Komárno took the fourth place to Slovakia and the players of UBC Münster took the fifth place to Germany.

SKM Zastal Zielona Góra a traditional participant in our competition, ended without a victory at the tournament this time.

The position of one of the co-favorites for the overall triumph was confirmed by the players Korona 1919 Krakow , who recorded only one defeat this season and are currently in 2nd place in the overall table.

They decided their victory in the final quarter in a duel with BA Nymburk . After three quarters, an even duel ended with the victory of the Polish team by 12 points. The Czech team took second place, pushing the hosts from ORLEN Akademia BM Stal to third place. The home team was already losing by 20 points after three quarters, but with a powerful chase in the final part, they pulled back to a difference of only 4 points.

The Czech team Jížní Supi finished just below the podium, and the last place was taken by the reserve of the organizer, who added his B team to the tournament after the withdrawal of two teams.

The players BCM Olomouc went through the tournament in Teplice quite confidently, and they fought the hardest on Saturday evening in the battle of two undefeated teams with BK Brandýs nad Labem . However, they managed to win this match as well and thus obtained their second victory at the tournament this year. Their opponent took silver.

The home players played a dramatic match for the bronze with the German team Mitteldeutsche Basketball Academy . In the end, the boys BK Teplice defended their one-point victory, thus completing the podium.

In the Slovak battle for the only win, the players Slávia Trnava won, for which it was also the first triumph of the year. This year's competition in the U14 category will end with at least one victory for each of the 18 teams.

As one of the participants excused himself due to illness just before the tournament, the team of the home club WKK Wroclaw was added to the lineup, but it was made up of older boys and thus started the tournament out of order.

Despite the relegation of this all-conquering team, the home team remained at the top of the table at the bottom of the table. This time, the regular U13 team WKK Wroclaw , which won its matches quite convincingly and deservedly enjoyed the first place.

Two Czech teams Válečníci Děčín and BK Brandýs nad Labem fought for second place. After an even first half, Děčín decided for themselves in the second half.

The boys SKM Zastal Zielona Góra take the fourth place and the fifth goes to Sršni Písek .

Five teams gathered for the tournament in Katowice, Poland, and all were dominated by the boys from WKK Wroclaw , who could not find a winner even on the third attempt.

The second place belongs to the BK VIVIDBOOKS Pardubice team, which lost only to the victorious Wroclaw in the last match of the tournament in a direct fight for the gold.

Bronze goes to HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim . The German team also had a good match against Pardubice, but lost it in the last quarter, which pushed them down to third place.

The home team UKS SP 27 Katowice finished just below the podium and the last without a win is Jížní Supi .