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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 .

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.