The 1st ESBA Championship wound down to a close at the Gloria Sports Arena in Belek, with some teams celebrating medals and others soaking in sorrow of defeat. With the first award ceremony taking place on Friday evening, teams from the remaining ten age categories were presented with medals and trophies on Saturday. Teams from Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine won gold medals, while Estonian, German, Latvian, Slovenian and Turkish teams also stepped on the podium.
Round-ups of individual categories:
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M40: Small Planet complete clean sweep for gold
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M45: Musson survive against Project 44 in the final
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M50: Bitsa-Team defeat Dinamo in the final
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M55: Salilita win Baltic clash to lift trophy
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M60: Mercury top Slovenia in the final
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M65: CSKA Veterans remain undefeated to win top spot
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M70: Kazan top Sameko to secure gold
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W35: Carpathian Bears roar to victory
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W45: BC Svaja top Maximum in final
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W50: Kamane LT-Augma win another gold for Lithuania
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W55: Kamane take gold
M40 — Small Planet
Champion: Small Planet (Lithuania)
MVP: Virginijus Sirvydis (Small Planet)
Top scorer: Virginijus Sirvydis (Small Planet) – 20 PPG
Top rebounder: Rolandas Matulis (Small Planet) – 9.8 RPG
Best assistman: Egidijus Mikalajunas; Aurimas Palsis (Small Planet) – 2.2 APG
M45 — Musson
Champion: Musson (Sevastopol)
Runner-up: Project 44 (Russia)
Third place: Carpathian Bears (Ukraine)
MVP: Valerii Iaichun (Musson)
Top scorer: Alexander Kuznetsov (Project 44) – 24.3 PPG
Top rebounder: Sergiy Tsymbal (Musson) – 12.7 RPG
Best assistman: Valerii Iaichun (Musson) – 5.7 APG
M50 — Bitsa-Team
Champion:Bitsa Team (Russia)
Runner-up: Dinamo Kursk (Russia)
Third place: Perlas (Lithuania)
MVP: Mikhail Borisov (Bitsa Team)
Top scorer: Arvydas Venclovas (Perlas) – 24.5 PPG
Top rebounder: Valerii Sirotiuk (Dinamo) – 11.4 RPG
Best assistman: Romualdas Brazauskas (Perlas) – 4.4 APG
M55 — Salilita
Champion: Salilita (Lithuania)
Runner-up: TOP Trust (Estonia)
Third place: Auto-Queen (Russia)
MVP: Rolandas Penikas (Salilita)
Top scorer: Rolandas Penikas (Salilita) – 25 PPG
Top rebounder: Vytenis Urba (Salilita) – 10 RPG
Best assistman: Arunas Sarka (Salilita) – 7.5 APG
M60 — Mercury
Champion: Mercury (Russia)
Runner-up: SLO 50+ (Slovenia)
Third place: Babailar (Russia)
MVP: Alexander Kharchebkov (Mercury)
Top scorer: Grigorii Avdeev (Mercury) – 22 PPG
Top rebounder: Alexander Kharchebkov (Mercury) – 10.5 RPG
Best assistman: Vitoldas Masalskis (Statyba) – 3.5 APG
M65 — CSKA Veterans
Champion: CSKA Veterans (Russia)
Runner-up: Latvia
Third place: Vilniaus Statybos Senjorai (Lithuania)
MVP: Alzhan Zhurmakhamedov (CSKA)
Top scorer: Igor Sakharnov (CSKA) – 15 PPG
Top rebounder: Victor Petrakov (CSKA) – 10.5 RPG
Best assistman: Igor Sakharnov (CSKA) – 2.5 APG
M70 — Kazan
Champion: Kazan (Russia)
Runner-up: Nevsky Veterans (Russia)
Third place: Sameko (Estonia)
MVP: Rinard Urazmanov (Kazan)
Top scorer: Peeter Kokk (Sameko) – 13.3 PPG
Top rebounder: Vladimir Zagliadimov (Kazan) – 6.8 RPG
Best assistman: Endel Tuur (Sameko) – 1.8 APG
W35 — Carpathian Bears
Champion: Carpathian Bears (Ukraine)
Runner-up: Bergama Genclerbirligi SK (Turkey)
Third place: Baltijec (Russia)
MVP: Inessa Khodova (Carpathian Bears)
Top scorer: Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (Bergama Genclerbirligi SK) – 24.3 PPG
Top rebounder: Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (Bergama Genclerbirligi SK) – 17 RPG
Most assists: Galina Ragozina; Zenfira Rogutina (Baltijec) – 3.8 APG
W45 – BC Svaja
Champion: BC Svaja (Lithuania)
Runner-up: Maximum (Russia)
MVP: Daina Motiejuniene (Svaja)
Top scorer: Jolanta Jurciuviene (Svaja) – 16.3 PPG
Top rebounder: Ekaterina Loginova (Maximum) – 7.7 RPG
Most assists: Ramune Giliene (Svaja) – 4 APG
W50 — Kamane LT-Augma
Champion: Kamane LT-Augma (Lithuania)
Runner-up: Spartak (Russia)
Third place: Ladies Germany (Germany)
MVP: Marina Sauliene (Kamane LT-Augma)
Top scorer: Ina Revinskiene (Kamane LT-Augma) – 16.3 PPG
Top rebounder: Ina Revinskiene (Kamane LT-Augma) – 10.8 RPG
Most assists: Larisa Finogentova (Spartak) – 2.8 APG
W55 — Kamane
Champion: Kamane (Lithuania)
MVP: Zita Kuzminskiene (Kamane)
Top scorer: Zita Kuzminskiene (Kamane) – 4 PPG
Top rebounder: Danute Puodziuniene (Kamane) – 4 RPG
Most assists: Daina Kliaugiene (Kamane) – 1.5 APG
