2014 Various Non-USA related International Basketball

[awhom111]

It was the final day of the group stage of the championships of the Caribbean for Women. The day started in Group B, as St. Vincent and the Grenadines avoided being winless by beating Guyana 73-57. Shavern Weekes, who went to college in Canada and played for McGill, had 17 points and 11 rebounds in the win. Jamaica took the top spot in the group to close the day after another strong defensive effort gave them a 49-35 win over Trinidad and Tobago. In the win, ex-Florida player Jennifer George had 15 points and 10 rebounds and ex-St. John's player Shenneika Smith had 11 points and 6 assists.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...1&t=ZKVBOGZVRX
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...1&t=ZKVBOGZVRX

In Group A, the Bahamas handed Barbados another loss by an 84-59 final margin. In the win, JC player Shanea Armbrister had 25 points and 9 rebounds, Jonquel Jones of George Washington had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and DII player Britenique Harrison had 10 points. In the loss, former college star in Canada Dale-Marie Cumberbatch had 24 points and 7 rebounds and ex-Fresno State player Toni Atherley had 15 points and 10 rebounds. The Dominican Republic held off the US Virgin Islands 65-61 to take the top spot in the group. In the loss, ex-Southern Miss player Tanecka Carey had 14 points and 6 assists and Akkema Richards of 12 points and 7 steals.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...1&t=ZKVBOGZVRX
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...1&t=ZKVBOGZVRX

Here are the matchups for the consolation semifinals:
St. Vincent and the Grenadines vs Barbados
Bahamas vs Guyana

Here are the matchups for the semifinals as teams fight for the final spots in the Centrobasket tournament:
Jamaica vs US Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic vs Trinidad and Tobago

[awhom111]

Friday marked the start of the knockout games for the championships in the Caribbean for women. The first set of games was the fight for fifth place as the Bahamas beat St. Vincent and Grenadines 70-63. In the win, former college star in Canada Dale-Marie Cumberbatch had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists and ex-Fresno State player Toni Atherley had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 steals. Barbados then delivered another massive defeat to Guyana by winning 113-27. In the win, Jonquel Jones of George Washington had 21 points and 7 rebounds, JC player Debinique Knowles had 17 points and 8 rebounds, ex-NAIA player Philicia Kelly had 17 points, and DII player Britenique Harrison had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...2&t=ZKVBOGZVRX
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...2&t=ZKVBOGZVRX

The semifinals closed out the day as Jamaica came back to edge the US Virgin Islands 49-46 to earn a spot at Centrobasket. In the win, ex-St. John's player Shenneika Smith had 18 points and ex-Florida player Jennifer George had 17 points and 19 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Portland player Natalie Day had 16 points and 15 rebounds and ex-Southern Miss player Tanecka Carey had 14 points. The Dominican Republic will also have another tournament to play in this summer after they beat Trinidad and Tobago 63-38. In the win, ex-Indiana player Danilsa Andujar had 13 points while ex-UMKC player Jowan Ortega had 11 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=ZKVBOGZVRX
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=ZKVBOGZVRX

Here are the final day matchups:
7th: St. Vincent and the Grenadines vs Guyana
5th: Barbados vs Bahamas
3rd: US Virgin Islands vs Trinidad and Tobago
1st: Jamaica vs Dominican Republic


The FIBA Asia Cup started on Friday in Wuhan, China. This is not the full continental championship, but the winner will automatically qualify to the one next summer which will determine Olympic berths. The format is already a little odd with 10 teams normally, but Uzbekistan dropped out too late to find a replacement, so they had to start with 9 teams in 2 groups with 8 teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Different teams have different goals for the tournament with most not having their strongest teams available. Iran and the Philippines are both in the midst of preparing for the bigger tournament of the summer in Spain.
The tournament started with the one game in Group B for the day as Taiwan beat Jordan 85-63. The battle of naturalized players was won by ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis, who had 21 points and 17 rebounds as he was helped by 10 points from DII player Kevin Hu. On the other side, ex-DII player Rasheim Wright contributed 21 points from the naturalized player position.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=2

Group A play started with the reigning Asian champions Iran finally taking control in the second half to beat Japan 66-56. Their star man, ex-NBA player Hamed Haddadi had 12 points and 11 rebounds. The hosts closed the day and came out on fire, stifling Indonesia 34-1 in the first quarter on the way to a 105-37 win.
Here are the boxscores:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1

Here are the rosters with as much information as I could find:
China (traditional surname first listing):
Zhao Jiwei, Liaoning (China)
Wang Zirui, Guangsha (China)
Cao Fei, Zhejiang (China)
Duan Jiangwei, Shanxi (China)
He Zhongmian, Dongguan (China)
Gu Quan, Dongguan (China)
Kelanbaike Makan, Xinjiang (China)
Gao Shang, Guangdong (China)
Dong Hanlin, Guangdong (China)
Tao Hanlin, Shandong (China)
Zhang Dayu, Zhejiang (China)
Qi Zhou, Liaoning (China)

Iran:
Rouzbeh Arghavan, Zob Ahan (Iran)
Sajjad Mashayekhi, Mahram (Iran)
Saman Veisi, Zanjan (Iran)
Arman Zanganeh, Mahram (Iran)
MohammadReza Akbari Bisheh, Foolad Mahan (Iran)
Jonas Lalehzadeh, Sanaye (Iran), UC Irvine
Behnam Yakchalidehkordi, Petrochimi (Iran)
Oshin Sahakian, Mahram (Iran)
Asghar Kardoust Poustinsaraei, Kazma (Kuwait)
Mohammad Jamshidi Jafarabadi, Azad (Iran)
Arsalan Kazemi, Petrochimi (Iran), Oregon, drafted 54th in 2013 by the Washington Wizards, rights traded to Philadelphia 76ers on draft day
Hamed Haddadi, Sichuan (China)/Mahram (Iran), NBA (2008-2013)

Japan:
Takumi Ishizaki, Ludwigsburg (Germany)
Atsuya Ota, Hamamatsu (Japan)
Takeki Shonaka, Toyota (Japan)
Yusuke Okada, Toyota (Japan)
Ryumo Ono, Chiba (Japan)
Kosuke Kanamaru, Aishin (Japan)
Kosuke Takeuchi, Toyota (Japan)
Shohei Kikuji, Toyota (Japan)
Makota Hiejima, Aishin (Japan)
Daiki Tanaka, Toyota (Japan)
Tenektsu Harimoto, Toyota (Japan)
Joji Takeuchi, Hitachi (Japan)

India:
Joginder Singh, Services (India)
Narender Kumar Grewal, Services (India)
Akilan Pari, Tamil Nadu (India)
Prakash Mishra, NF Railways (India)
Pratham Singh, IOB Chennai (India)
Vishesh Bhringuvanshi, ONGC (India)
Amritpal Singh, ONGC (India)
Prasanna Venkatesh Sivakumar, Tamil Nadu (India)
Palpreet Singh Brar, Punjab Police (India)
Amjyot Singh, IOB Chennai (India)
Yadwinder Singh, ONGC (India)
Rikin Shantilal Pethani, Tamil Nadu (India)

Indonesia:
Prastawa Dhykasa Andakara, Aspac (Indonesia)
Oki Wira Sanjaya, Aspac (Indonesia)
Pringgo Regowo, Aspac (Indonesia)
Dirk Mathew Mario Gerungan, Aspac (Indonesia)
Xaverius Prawiro, Aspac (Indonesia)
Muhamad Irman, Aspac (Indonesia)
Rizky Effendi, Aspac (Indonesia)
Ferdinand Damanik, Aspac (Indonesia)
Fandi Andika Ramadhani, Aspac (Indonesia)
Ebrahim Enguio, Aspac (Indonesia)
Wahyu Widayat Jati, Aspac (Indonesia)
Handri Satrya Santosa, Aspac (Indonesia)

Jordan:
Fadel Al Najjar, Ittihad (Jordan)
Rasheim Wright, Al Nasr (Libya), University of the District of Columbia (DII)
Ahmad AlDwairi, Ittihad (Jordan)
Ahmad AlHamarsheh, ASU (Jordan)
Mohammad Hussein, ASU (Jordan)
Khaldoon Abu Ruqayah, Ittihad (Jordan)
Sinan Eid, Hacettepe (Turkey)
Wesam Al-Sous, ASU (Jordan)
Mah'D Abdeen, ASU (Jordan)
Mousa Alawadi, ASU (Jordan)
Mohammad Hadrab, ASU (Jordan)
Abdallah Abuqoura, Ittihad (Jordan)

Philippines:
Kevin Alas, NLEX Road Warriors (Philippines)
LA Tenorio, Barangay Ginebra (Philippines)
Garvo Lanete, NLEX Road Warriors (Philippines)
Paul Lee, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (Philippines)
Gary David, Meralco Bolts (Philippines)
Ranidel De Ocampo, Talk N Text Tropang Texters (Philippines)
Jared Dillinger, Meralco Bolts, Hawaii
Marcus Douthit, no club, Providence
Beau Belga, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (Philippines)
Jay Washington, Global Port Batang Pier (Philippines), Eckerd (DII)
Japeth Aguilar, Barangay San Miguel (Philippines), Western Kentucky
Junmar Fajardo, San Miguel Beerman (Philippines)

Singapore:
Qing Huang Toh
Wei Long Wong, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League)
Hanbin Ng, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League)
Xingyuan Han
Desmond Oh, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League)
David Soo
Peter Soo
Shi Yang Ng
Shengyu Lim, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League)
Kenneth Low
Delvin Goh, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League))
John Ng

Taiwan (surnames first where applicable):
Chen Hsiao-Jung, Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan)
Quincy Davis, Pure Youth (Taiwan), Tulane
Peng Chun-Yen, Pure Youth (Taiwan)
Lin Chih-Weii, Chinese Culture University (Taiwan)
Kevin Hu, Chaminade (DII)
Ray Chen, Belmont Abbey (DII)
Lu Chi-Min
Liu Cheng, Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
Chou Yi-Hsiang, club unknown, Salt Lake (JC)
Lee Te-Wei, Yulon Luxgen (Taiwan)
Chang Jung-Hsuan
Chen Kuan-Chuan

[awhom111]

Day 2 of the FIBA Asia Cup started in Group B, where the Philippines took the early lead on Taiwan before surrendering it in the third quarter only to retake it in the fourth quarter for a 78-64 win. The two naturalized players cancelled each out down low, but DII player Kevin Hu had 15 points in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=2

In Group A, Japan started by beating India 75-52. The battle between the two favorites of the group went to hosts China as they took care of business in the fourth quarter to beat Iran 64-51. Ex-NBA player Hamed Haddadi had 15 points and 9 rebounds in the loss as the team hopes to get their final piece soon when Arsalan Kazemi flies in from Orlando after his Summer League duties.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1

[awhom111]

It was the final day of the championships of the Caribbean for Women.

The first game was for seventh place as St. Vincent and the Grenadines put a merciful end to Guyana's tournament after beating them 69-40.
Boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...5&t=ZKVBOGZVRX

For fifth place, the Bahamas blew away Barbados 102-54. In the win, JC player Leashia Grant had 20 points and 12 rebounds, JC player Shanea Armbrister had 19 points and 8 rebounds, JC player Debinique Knowles had 15 points and 7 rebounds, Jonquel Jones of George Washington had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and ex-NAIA player Philicia Kelly had 11 points. In the loss, Dale-Marie Cumberbatch, who was a college star in Canada, had 28 points and ex-Fresno State player Toni Atherley had 11 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...5&t=ZKVBOGZVRX

The key game was for third place, which was the last qualification spot for the upcoming Centrobasket tournament. The US Virgin Islands took that spot with a 65-52 win over Trinidad and Tobago. In the win, ex-Portland player Natalie Day had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 steals, ex-Southern Miss player Tanecka Day had 15 points, and ex-Radford player Victoria Hamilton had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...5&t=ZKVBOGZVRX

In the final, Jamaica edged the Dominican Republic 51-45. In the win, ex-St. John's player Shenneika Smith had 14 points and 6 rebounds and ex-Florida player Jennifer George had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...5&t=ZKVBOGZVRX

Here are the final standings:
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
US Virgin Islands
Trinidad and Tobago
Bahamas
Barbados
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Guyana

Now the field is set for Centrobasket later in July in Mexico:
Group A: Costa Rica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
Group B: El Salvador, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Cuba

[awhom111]

FIBA Asia Cup action started in Group B again. Singapore managed to hang with Jordan for a while before losing 70-53. Ex-DII player Rasheim Wright, taking up his position as the naturalized player, had 14 points in the win.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=2

In Group A, Iran clamped down in the second half to beat Indonesia 77-47. Arsalan Kazemi, the ex-Oregon player drafted 54th in 2013 and still trying to earn an NBA contract after the Orlando Summer League with Philadelphia, managed to complete his trip halfway around the world to contribute 12 points and 13 rebounds to the win. China played in the nightcap again, facing India, and were left absolutely stunned on their home court after not being able to keep a lead in the fourth quarter and losing 65-58.
Boxscores:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1

[awhom111]

Today marked the conclusion of the two European U20 Women's Championships. While this is not a youth category at the global level, it is the premier one at the European level with the Men's competitions also underway.

The top 16 teams were in the A division tournament in Italy. The teams were divided into 4 groups with the top 3 teams in group A and B advancing to Group E and the top 3 teams in group C and D forming Group F. Those teams played the 3 groupmates that they did not play in the first round to complete a round robin as results from the first stage carried forward. The top 4 teams in Group E and F moved on to the knockout stages starting with a quarterfinal round. Meanwhile, the original last place teams played one another in Group G. Those games ranked teams for the knockout round of bottom half of teams. The teams that finished 14th, 15th, and 16th are going to play in the B division next season instead of being able to play in the A division.

The final game of the tournament did not end up being a great one as two teams originally in Group B, France and Spain, squared off with France getting the revenge from the first game by holding off Spain 47-42 in overtime. On the other end of the tournament, Sweden and Greece were bound for the B division after Saturday's games and were joined by Belarus after the final set of games as Belgium just survived.

Final Standings:
France
Spain
Italy
Serbia
Latvia
Poland
Russia
Slovakia
Turkey
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Belgium
Belarus
Sweden
Greece

There were a number of players in this tournament with ties to basketball in the United States. Here are some of them:
Anna Stamolamprou of Greece and Robert Morris: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_291.html
Vasiliki Tarla of Greece and Ranger JC: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_291.html
Anastasia Koniali of Greece and DII Southern New Hampshire: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_291.html
Leticia Romero of Spain, who is in the midst of transferring from Kansas State to Florida State: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_362.html
Yaiza Rodriguez of Spain and Boise State: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_362.html
Irene Gari of Spain and UTEP: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_362.html
Marina Lizarazu of Spain and Texas Tech: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_362.html
Ariadna Pujol of Spain and South Florida:http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_362.html
Ana Faussurier of Spain and Arkansas: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_362.html
Astou Ndour of Spain, a WNBA draft pick earlier this year: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_362.html
Katarina Vuckovic of Serbia and Georgia Tech: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...mID_96799.html
Gabriella Hanson of Sweden and Oregon State: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_367.html
Paulina Hersler of Sweden and UCLA: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_367.html
Mariya Ruban of Ukraine and NJIT: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...amID_2183.html
Lisanne de Jonge of the Netherlands and St. Joseph's: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_334.html
Isabella Slim of the Netherlands and Syracuse: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/en/ci...eamID_334.html

The 10 teams of the B division have played a full round robin in Bulgaria to determine the 3 teams that qualify for the 2015 A division tournament. Germany, Hungary, and Portugal are those 3 teams. Here were the final standings:
Germany 8-1
Hungary 8-1
Portugal 7-2
Lithuania 5-4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5-4
Bulgaria 4-5
Great Britain 4-5
Israel 3-6
Norway 1-8
Romania 0-9

There were also a number of players with relevance to basketball in the United States playing in this tournament. Here are some of them:
Ama Degbeon of Germany, who is going to Florida State: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_288.html
Marie Gulich of Germany, who is going to Oregon State: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_288.html
Fanni Szabo of Hungary and Dartmouth: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_299.html
Janice Monakana of Great Britain and Toledo: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...amID_2791.html
Melita Emanuel-Carr of Great Britain and Illinois-Chicago: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...amID_2791.html
Shequila Joseph of Great Britain and Ole Miss: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...amID_2791.html
Harriet Ottewill-Soulsby of Great Britain and Lafayette: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...amID_2791.html
Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott of Great Britain, who is going to Toledo: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...amID_2791.html
Mariam Hannoun of Israel and Georgia State: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_306.html
May Dayan of Israel, who used to play for Temple: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_306.html
Nof Kedem of Israel and Northwestern: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_306.html
Annette Snow of Israel and Lafayette: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_306.html
Michal Asaf of Israel, who used to play for Maine: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_306.html
Stine Austgulen of Norway and Colorado State: http://u20women.fibaeurope.com/enDiv...eamID_341.html

[awhom111]

FIBA Asia Cup action continued with a Group B game starting the day. The Philippines beat Singapore 74-57.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=2

In Group A, India picked up another win by pounding Indonesia 91-55. China recovered from their last loss by controlling the second half against Japan to win 79-66.
Boxscores:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1

[awhom111]

It was the final day of the first stage of games in the FIBA Asia tournament. In Group A, Iran was finally back to full strength, but still needed to work hard to get past a suddenly confident India team, winning 62-49. In the win, ex-NBA player Hamed Haddadi had 16 points and 9 rebounds and ex-Oregon player Arsalan Kazemi had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Japan sealed Indonesia's elimination with a 96-59 win.
Boxscores:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1

In Group B, the Philippines edged Jordan with their fourth quarter effort 71-70 to take the top spot in the group. In a battle between naturalized players, ex-Providence player Marcus Douthit had 13 points and 9 rebounds in the win while ex-DII player Rasheim Wright had 11 points in the loss. Taiwan beat Singapore 86-65.
Boxscores:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=2
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=2

Final Standings:
A: China 3-1, Iran 3-1, Japan 2-2, India 2-2, Indonesia 0-4
B: Philippines 3-0, Taiwan 2-1, Jordan 1-2, Singapore 0-3

Quarterfinals:
China vs Singapore
Taiwan vs Japan
Iran vs Jordan
Philippines vs India

[awhom111]

The FIBA Asia Cup quarterfinals were on Thursday.

Taiwan beat Japan 76-62 in the first one as DII player Ray Chen had 16 points and the naturalized player, ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis had 14 points and 20 rebounds.
Boxcore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

Iran looks to be rounding into form after beating Jordan 75-60. Ex-NBA player Hamed Haddadi returned with 14 points and 10 rebounds. In the loss, naturalized ex-DII player Rasheim Wright had 14 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

The Philippines managed to survive the latest strong effort from India, hanging on to a 70-66 win. Their naturalized player, Marcus Douthit, formerly of Providence, had 14 points and 12 rebounds in the win.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

China dismantled Singapore 84-37 in the last game of the day.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

Friday's games:

5th place:
India vs Jordan
Singapore vs Japan

Semifinals:
Philippines vs Iran
China vs Taiwan

[awhom111]

The FIBA Asia Cup tournament action started with the teams battling for 5th place. Jordan beat India 69-65 as they fought back in the second half. Japan then beat Singapore 82-48.
Boxscores:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

The semifinals were both intriguing matchups. First was a rematch of last summer's continental championship and Iran prevailed over the Philippines again 76-55. The man with the NBA pedigree, Hamed Haddadi had 11 points in the win. The second game was a rematch of a game last summer that sent Chinese Basketball into a tailspin and the result was no different this time as Taiwan won 84-73 on their rivals' home floor. In the win, DII player Ray Chen had 16 points and naturalized player Quincy Davis, who went to Tulane, had 10 points and 9 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

Saturday's Games:
7th: India vs Singapore
5th: Jordan vs Japan
3rd: Philippines vs China
1st: Iran vs Taiwan

[awhom111]

It was the final set of games in the FIBA Asia Cup.

India dismantled Singapore 85-36 for 7th place.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

Jordan beat Japan 79-72 for 5th as their naturalized player, ex-DII player Rasheim Wright had 17 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

The Philippines edged China 80-79 to take third place. In the win, ex-Western Kentucky player Japeth Aguilar had 14 points and naturalized player Marcus Douthit, formerly of Providence, had 10 points and 22 rebounds as he will have to compete with Andray Blatche for one roster spot.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

Iran stayed on top of Asia by beating Taiwan 89-79, grabbing a spot in next summer's FIBA Asia Championship that will serve as an Olympic qualifier. In the win, ex-NBA player Hamed Haddadi had 21 points and 8 rebounds and ex-Oregon player Arsalan Kazemi had 14 points and 10 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis, who holds the naturalized player spot, had 19 points and 12 rebounds and DII player Ray Chen had 16 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...66-0&pool=1001

Here are the final standings:
Iran
Taiwan
Philippines
China
Jordan
Japan
India
Singapore
Indonesia


Teams in Europe that are not participating in the World Championships are gearing up for Eurobasket qualifiers coming up soon. Eric Boateng is involved in Great Britain's preparations with Luol Deng still not announcing a decision after he took last summer off. Today they had their first exhibition against Latvia and lost 77-73. Eric had 3 points in 11 minutes and ex-Loyola Marymount player Ashley Hamilton had 11 points and 9 rebounds. In the win, Janis Timma, the last pick in the 2013 draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

[awhom111]

Eric Boateng participated in another Great Britain loss to Latvia, 76-68 this time, contributing 8 points and 6 rebounds in 15 minutes. Ashley Hamilton had 12 points in the loss while Janis Timma had 10 points in the win. The team heads to Belgium next for more exhibition games.

[awhom111]

The premier European youth championships concluded Sunday with the A Division tournament concluding in Greece on the island of Crete. Turkey beat Spain in the final 65-57, but the key action was at the other end of the standings. The competition started with 4 groups of 5 teams in round robin play. The top 3 teams in each group moved on to form combined groups of 6 where the top 4 teams moved on to the quarterfinals and the other 4 fought for places 9 through 12. Teams eliminated in the first stage formed 2 new groups of 4, with the top 2 teams in each surviving in A Division for another summer. The bottom 4 teams then faced off knowing that only 1 could survive. Sweden and Hungary were already relegated to B Division after losing Saturday and were joined by Montenegro after the Czech Republic survived with an 83-55 win.

Here were the final standings:
Turkey
Spain
Serbia
Croatia
Lithuania
Greece
Israel
France
Poland
Italy
Great Britain
Slovenia
Russia
Germany
Bulgaria
Latvia
Czech Republic
Montenegro
Sweden
Hungary

Here are some of the players from the tournament involved in basketball in the United States:
Luke Nelson of Great Britain and UC Irvine: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2791.html
Alex Young of Great Britain and UC Irvine: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2791.html
Grant Mackay of Great Britain and DII St. Anselm: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2791.html
Benjamin Lawson of Great Britain and Western Kentucky: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2791.html
Kavell Bigby-Williams of Great Britain, who is headed to Montana State: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2791.html
Paris Maragkos of Greece, who is in the midst of transferring from George Washington to American: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...eamID_291.html
Benas Gricuinas of Lithuania and Auburn: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2135.html
Malik Muller of Germany and Virginia Tech: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...eamID_288.html
Kevin Bryant of Germany, who is headed to DII Newman: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...eamID_288.html
Kenneth Ogbe of Germany and Utah: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...eamID_288.html
David Gabrovsek of Slovenia and DII Southwest Baptist: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2154.html
Sebastian Saiz of Spain and Ole Miss: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...eamID_362.html
Mislav Brzoja of Croatia and Evansville: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2168.html
Marin Maric of Croatia and Northern Illinois: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...amID_2168.html
Egor Koulechov of Israel, who is in the midst of transferring from Arizona State to Rice: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_...eamID_306.html

In the B Division tournament in Sarajevo, 14 teams clawed their way toward 3 spots that would allow them to be in A Division next summer. Teams played round robin in 2 groups with the top 2 teams advancing to the semifinals. The bottom team in each group got to play in the unexciting 13th place game while the other teams at least fought for 5th through 12th place. In the final, Jusuf Nurkic, a recent draft pick, led Bosnia and Herzegovina to the title with a 76-70 win over Belgium in front of the home fans. Of course those two teams already knew they were being promoted after Saturday's games and the team that would join them was Ukraine, which beat Belarus 77-62 in the third place game.

Here were the final standings:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belgium
Ukraine
Belarus
Netherlands
Portugal
Finland
Cyprus
Romania
Georgia
Austria
Estonia
Luxembourg
Switzerland

As always, there are a number of players with ties to basketball in the United States. Here are some of them:
Manu Lecomte of Belgium and Miami: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_245.html
Jusuf Nurkic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on his way to the Denver Nuggets after the last draft: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...amID_2602.html
Vlad Stoicoviciu of Romania and South Dakota: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_351.html
Romania's Vlad Cobzaru, heading to DII Georgia Regent's in the fall: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_351.html
Valentin Bauer of Austria and Cuesta JC: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_240.html
Mladen Perak of Austria and Seminole JC: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_240.html
Julius Rajala of Finland, who is headed to Loyola (Illinois): http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_281.html
Shane Hammink of the Netherlands and LSU: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_334.html
Niels Bunschotten of the Netherlands and Howard College (JC): http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_334.html
Floris Versteeg of the Netherlands and Cal State Fullerton: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_334.html
Tom Koopman of the Netherlands and the Citadel: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_334.html
Jito Kok of the Netherlands and San Diego: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_334.html
Kevin Madiamba of Switzerland and DII Roberts Wesleyan: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...eamID_368.html
Yevgen Sakhniuk of Ukraine, who is headed to La Salle: http://u20men.fibaeurope.com/enDivB/...amID_2183.html


Meanwhile in the Americas, 8 teams competed in the U15 Centrobasket tournament as 3 teams looked to join Canada and the United States and some South American teams in the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Boys Championship. Mexico won the tournament, edging Puerto Rico 61-58. Both teams already knew they were qualified after Saturday and they were joined by the Dominican Republic, which beat hosts Panama 78-45 for third place.

Here are the final standings:
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Panama
US Virgin Islands
Bahamas
Costa Rica
Guatemala

[awhom111]

I know that many people are keeping an eye on the future of basketball in Canada. The fact is, while there is a ton of talent coming through, the steps that are going to need to be taken to develop the program will involve a few obstacles. Canada has the fortune of qualifying directly for the Americas-wide tournaments. On the flip side, that means that they have fewer competitive basketball games than their competitors in the region. They are trying to address that this summer. They have no competitive games to play, but they still opted to put together a team and are set to tour Europe and face a variety of national teams. This plan also reveals the other issue as developing young NBA players is great, but relying on them to show up for the team every summer is difficult (except for Joel Anthony, who wanted to show up but was told not to come). While it seems only a matter of time before Canada at least puts together a competitive international team, there is still a lot of work to be done.

Here is their roster for the upcoming tour:
http://www.basketball.ca/-canada-bas...ounced-p156657

[awhom111]

The latest tournament to start in the Americas is the Centrobasket for Women in Monterrey, Mexico. 8 teams from the Caribbean and Central Americas are competing for 4 spots in next summer's hemisphere-wide tournament as teams also face the prospect of their elimination from Olympic contention. Cuba is also in position to use this tournament to prepare for the World Championships that are two months away. The 3 Caribbean qualifiers who had to play in the tournament earlier in the month made a few roster changes to bolster their squad for this more competitive tournament.

The day started in Group B, where the US Virgin Islands beat Jamaica 56-46. In the win, ex-Portland player Natalie Day had 24 points and 18 rebounds and ex-Southern Miss player Tanecka Carey had 10 points. In the loss, Shereesha Richards of Albany had 15 points and ex-St. John's player Shenneika Smith had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Cuba smashed El Salvador 78-31 in the other game.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO

In Group A, Puerto Rico had a surprisingly easy time with the Dominican Republic, rolling to a 70-27 win with 15 points and 7 rebounds from ex-Wake Forest player Sandra Garcia. The hosts ended the day facing Costa Rica and won 74-44.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO

Here are the rosters as best as I could find:

Costa Rica:
Ana Matamoros, Coronado (Costa Rica)
Natalia Galvez, Coronado (Costa Rica)
Karen Acosta, Coronado (Costa Rica)
Sofia Jimenez, Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Maria Alvarado, Goicoechea (Costa Rica)
Maria Chaves, San Jose (Costa Rica)
Marielena Vargas, Coronado (Costa Rica)
Silvia Betancourt, Goicoechea (Costa Rica)
Andrea Chaves, San Luis (Costa Rica)
Michelle Mayorga, Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Daniela Corrales, Goicoechea (Costa Rica)
Maria Orozco, Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)

Dominican Republic:
Carmen Guzman, Landes (France)/San Lazaro (Dominican Republic), UAB
Johanna Morton, Aguilas de Guachupita (Dominican Republic)
Jennifer Estrella, Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
Andreina Paniagua, Los Mina (Dominican Republic)
Yamel Abreu, Pueblo Nuevo (Dominican Republic)
Genesis Evangelista, Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
Wanda Gomez, Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
Eyandra Molina, Aros Leon (Spain), North Carolina Central
Marlem Caceres, Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
Melissa Santos, Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
Danilsa Andujar, club unknown, Indiana
Sugeiry Monsac, Aguilas de Guachupita (Dominican Republic), Robert Morris

Mexico:
Martha Camacho, Guanajato Mieleras (Mexico)
Carolina Romo, Aguascalientes Rieleras (Mexico)
Paola Estrada, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua (Mexico)
Casandra Asencio, Tecnologico de Monterrey Guadalajara Campus (Mexico)
Paola Beltran, Centro de Estudios Universitarios (Mexico)
Carolina Bernal, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla Aguilas (Mexico)
Rosaura Guardiola, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Aztecas (Mexico)
Monica Garcia, Jalisco Leonas Negras (Mexico), Northwest Nazarene (DII)
Sandra Sanchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico)
Myriam Lara, Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica y Superior (Mexico)
Angelica Tapia, Guanajato Mieleras (Mexico)
Jazmin Valenzuela, Itson Potros-Tepic Mexcaltecas (Mexico)

Puerto Rico:
Stephanie Rosado, Alges (Portugal)/Mayaguez Indians (Puerto Rico), IPFW
Ali Gibson, Oregon State
Cynthia Valentin, Carolina Giants (Puerto Rico), Indiana
Angelica Bermudez, Al Ahly (Egypt)/Ponce Lionesses (Puerto Rico), Kean (DIII)
Carla Cortijo, Carolina Giants (Puerto Rico), Texas
Yahimily Cabrera, Carolina Giants (Puerto Rico)
Yolanda Jones, Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)/Carolina Giants (Puerto Rico), Louisiana-Lafayette
Sandra Garcia, Forssan Alku (Finland)/Manatee (Puerto Rico), Wake Forest
Angiely Morales, Carolina Giants (Puerto Rico)
Tayra Melendez, Rhode Island
Marie Placido, Astana Tigers (Kazakhstan)/Ponce Lionesses (Puerto Rico)
Carrie Ojeda, AEL Limassol (Cyprus), Eastern Washington

Cuba:
Islen Carbonell, Guantanamo (Cuba)
Ineidis Casanova, Santiago (Cuba)
Anisleidy Galindo, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
Oyanaisy Gelis, Santiago (Cuba)
Arlenys Romero, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
Yamara Amargo, Sancti Spiritus (Cuba)
Anay Garcia, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
Marlen Cepeda, Sancti Spiritus (Cuba)
Clenia Noblet, Guantanamo (Cuba)
Francy Ochoa, Villa Clara (Cuba)
Leidys Oquendo, Camaguey (Cuba)
Suchitel Avila, Capitalinas (Cuba)

El Salvador:
Hillary Martinez, Survivor (El Salvador)
Gabriela Rodriguez, Seven (El Salvador)
Karla Helena, Survivor (El Salvador)
Kenia Campos, Survivor (El Salvador)
Sandra Larin, Survivor (El Salvador)
Vanessa Heredia, Survivor (El Salvador)
Leslie Savery, Zaragoza (El Salvador)
Monica Escobar, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Aztecas (Mexico)
Monica Calderon, Survivor (El Salvador)
Rosario Palacios, Seven (El Salvador)
Aida Funes, Zaragoza (El Salvador)

Jamaica:
Shereesha Richards, Albany
Thova Gardner, Tecni (Ecuador)
Shenneika Smith, Lombos Quinta (Portugal), St. John's
Loreta Gordon, Unique Ballers (Jamaica)
Sasha Dixon, Homestead Cougars (Jamaica)
Althea Byfield, Homestead Cougars (Jamaica)
Christina Mitchell, club unknown, Liberty (T&F)
Angelee Latouche, club unknown, George Mason
Simone Jackson, Braves Smilers (Jamaica), Southeast Missouri State
Lorin Dixon, Torun (Poland), UConn
Tajay Ashmeade, La Seu (Spain), Seton Hall

US Virgin Islands:
Kadesha Barry, Panola (JC)
Tanecka Carey, club unknown, Southern Miss
Natalie Day, HyPo (Finland), Portland
Ranai Evans, Charlotte Amalie (US Virgin Islands)
Melanesia Hendrickson, University of the Virgin Islands (US Virgin Islands)
Yanique Javois, club unknown, Missouri Western (DII)
J'Lene Martinez, Central (US Virgin Islands)
Akkema Richards, Delaware
Lanese Bough, Nebraska-Omaha
Stacey Griffith, club unknown, District of Columbia (DII)
Victoria Hamilton, club unknown, Radford
Amara Williams, club unknown, Kankakee (JC)

[awhom111]

Wednesday's Centrobasket for Women tournament action started in Group B again. Jamaica's trademark defense was back in effect in a 58-36 win over El Salvador. Albany's Shereesha Richards carried the offensive load with 30 points and 11 rebounds in the win. Cuba, the reigning champions of the Americas, beat the US Virgin Islands 60-50. Ex-Portland player Natalie Day had 23 points and 14 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO

In Group A, Puerto Rico had another dominant win after crushing Costa Rica 92-27. In the win, ex-Wake Forest player Sandra Garcia had 17 points and 11 rebounds, former Louisiana-Lafayette player Yolanda Jones had 15 points and 7 rebounds, Ali Gibson of Oregon State had 14 points, and ex-IPFW player Stephanie Rosado had 10 points and 9 rebounds. The Dominican Republic recorded a key 58-55 win over Mexico after mounting a comeback in the fourth quarter against the hosts. The star of the Dominican team, ex-UAB player Carmen Guzman had 17 points while ex-DII player Monica Garcia had 11 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO

[Billy Dat]

I know that many people are keeping an eye on the future of basketball in Canada. The fact is, while there is a ton of talent coming through, the steps that are going to need to be taken to develop the program will involve a few obstacles. Canada has the fortune of qualifying directly for the Americas-wide tournaments. On the flip side, that means that they have fewer competitive basketball games than their competitors in the region. They are trying to address that this summer. They have no competitive games to play, but they still opted to put together a team and are set to tour Europe and face a variety of national teams. This plan also reveals the other issue as developing young NBA players is great, but relying on them to show up for the team every summer is difficult (except for Joel Anthony, who wanted to show up but was told not to come). While it seems only a matter of time before Canada at least puts together a competitive international team, there is still a lot of work to be done.

Here is their roster for the upcoming tour:
http://www.basketball.ca/-canada-bas...ounced-p156657

After watching them offer up the only real competition our U18 team faced at the World Championships a few weeks back, and considering that they have 13 mostly young players in the NBA, Canada feels like a real sleeping FIBA giant. It looks like they are trying to establish the same kind of "program" that the US has established - making sure they get together every summer, keeping some coaching consistency, etc. It looks like Nash is currently serving as the GM of the operation, kind of the Colangelo role. It will be interesting to see if they can get it together. Here are the canucks currently in the NBA:

Joel Anthony: 2007–2014 Miami Heat, 2014–present Boston Celtics
Anthony Bennett: 2013–present Cleveland Cavaliers
Samuel Dalembert: 2001–2010 Philadelphia 76ers, 2010–2011 Sacramento Kings, 2011–2012 Houston Rockets, 2012–2013 Milwaukee Bucks, 2013–2014 Dallas Mavericks, 2014-present New York Knicks
Tyler Ennis: 2014–present Phoenix Suns
Cory Joseph: 2011–present San Antonio Spurs
Steve Nash: 1996–1998 Phoenix Suns, 1998–2004 Dallas Mavericks, 2004–2012 Phoenix Suns, 2012–present Los Angeles Lakers
Andrew Nicholson: 2012–present Orlando Magic
Kelly Olynyk: 2013–present Boston Celtics
Dwight Powell: 2014–present Cleveland Cavaliers
Robert Sacre: 2012–present Los Angeles Lakers
Nik Stauskas: 2014–present Sacramento Kings
Tristan Thompson: 2011–present Cleveland Cavaliers
Andrew Wiggins: 2014–present Cleveland Cavaliers

[awhom111]

After watching them offer up the only real competition our U18 team faced at the World Championships a few weeks back, and considering that they have 13 mostly young players in the NBA, Canada feels like a real sleeping FIBA giant. It looks like they are trying to establish the same kind of "program" that the US has established - making sure they get together every summer, keeping some coaching consistency, etc. It looks like Nash is currently serving as the GM of the operation, kind of the Colangelo role. It will be interesting to see if they can get it together. Here are the canucks currently in the NBA:

Joel Anthony: 2007–2014 Miami Heat, 2014–present Boston Celtics
Anthony Bennett: 2013–present Cleveland Cavaliers
Samuel Dalembert: 2001–2010 Philadelphia 76ers, 2010–2011 Sacramento Kings, 2011–2012 Houston Rockets, 2012–2013 Milwaukee Bucks, 2013–2014 Dallas Mavericks, 2014-present New York Knicks
Tyler Ennis: 2014–present Phoenix Suns
Cory Joseph: 2011–present San Antonio Spurs
Steve Nash: 1996–1998 Phoenix Suns, 1998–2004 Dallas Mavericks, 2004–2012 Phoenix Suns, 2012–present Los Angeles Lakers
Andrew Nicholson: 2012–present Orlando Magic
Kelly Olynyk: 2013–present Boston Celtics
Dwight Powell: 2014–present Cleveland Cavaliers
Robert Sacre: 2012–present Los Angeles Lakers
Nik Stauskas: 2014–present Sacramento Kings
Tristan Thompson: 2011–present Cleveland Cavaliers
Andrew Wiggins: 2014–present Cleveland Cavaliers

Canada is definitely trying to establish the same sort of program as USA Basketball given similar obstacles in getting the best players to commit to level of training that other national teams do. Getting all of the young NBA talent on the court at the same time is going to be an obstacle, but having a Steve Nash involved has to be a big help. They had their first exhibition today, which will be in the other thread since it was against a team competing in Spain this summer.

If anyone is interested, the South American Championships are being shown on FIBA's YouTube Channel. Argentina and Brazil do not have the teams that they will use in Spain, but there are several interesting names who are trying to play their way onto the full national team later. Of course a recap and the rosters will be here later tonight.

[awhom111]

The group stage of the Centrobasket for Women tournament finished on Thursday. The day started with the US Virgin Islands winning 57-41 over El Salvador in Group B. In the win, ex-Portland player Natalie Day had 16 points and 11 rebounds, ex-Southern Miss player Tanecka Carey had 15 points, and ex-Radford player Victoria Hamilton had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Cuba beat Jamaica 76-48 to clinch spots in the semifinals and the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for both them and the US Virgin Islands. In the loss, ex-St. John's player Shenneika Smith had 17 points.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO
Standings: Cuba 3-0, US Virgin Islands 2-1, Jamaica 1-2, El Salvador 0-3

In Group A, the Dominican Republic beat Costa Rica 60-44. In the win, ex-Robert Morris player Sugeiry Monsac had 15 points and 9 rebounds and ex-UAB player Carmen Guzman had 11 points. The night ended with Puerto Rico eliminating the hosts 84-50 as the two Caribbean teams in the group move on and qualify for next summer. In the win, ex-Texas player Carla Cortijo had 15 points and 8 assists and ex-Wake Forest player Sandra Garcia had 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=LTQAHHFCAO
Standings: Puerto Rico 3-0, Dominican Republic 2-1, Mexico 1-2, Costa Rica 0-3

Semifinals:
Puerto Rico vs US Virgin Islands
Cuba vs Dominican Republic

5th Place:
Mexico vs El Salvador
Jamaica vs Costa Rica

The South American Championships started on Thursday in Venezuela as four teams look to qualify for the next FIBA Americas Championship to keep their Olympic hopes alive. Argentina and Brazil are starting their preparations for Spain in a month, but their top players are not part of this tournament.
In Group B, Uruguay opened the day by blitzing Chile 92-52. Sebastian Suarez of Portland State had 13 points in the loss. The hosts eased past Peru 86-49 to close the day. Greivis Vazquez, the only NBA player involved, had 13 points and ex-Marquette player David Cubillan added 11 points in the win.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...3&t=TDPRSUHXLO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...3&t=TDPRSUHXLO

In Group A, Argentina took a quarter to get going before mowing down Ecuador 100-44. Brazil had similar difficulties in getting going against Paraguay, but eventually took control in a 73-56 win.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...3&t=TDPRSUHXLO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...3&t=TDPRSUHXLO

Here are the rosters as best as I could do:

Argentina:
Nicolas Romano, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina)
Nicolas Richotti, Canarias (Spain)
Marcos Mata, Cajasol Sevilla (Spain)
Nicolas Laprovittola, Flamengo (Brazil)
Juan Pablo Figueroa, Franca (Brazil)
Nicolas Brussino, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina)
Pablo Espinoza, Macae (Brazil)
Martin Leiva, Penarol (Argentina)
Marcos Delia, Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Franco Giorgetti, Penarol (Argentina)
Matias Bortolin, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina)
Selem Safar, Boca Juniors (Argentina)

Brazil:
Arthur Silva, Brasilia (Brazil)
Rafael Freire, Obradoiro (Spain)
Raul Neto, San Sebastian Gipuzkoa (Spain), drafted 47th in 2013 by Atlanta Hawks, rights held by Utah Jazz
Olivinha Rodriguez, Flamengo (Brazil)
Vitor Benite, Flamengo (Brazil)
George Chaia, Flamengo (Brazil)
Jefferson Andrade, Sao Jose (Brazil)
Rafael Hettsheimer, Unicaja Malaga (Spain)
Ferreira de Souza, Pinheiros (Brazil)
Augusto Cesar Lima, UCAM Murcia (Spain)
Leonardo Meindl, Franca (Brazil)
Cristiano Felicio, Flamengo (Brazil), CCSE Prep (California)

Ecuador:
Erick Cobena, Manabi (Ecuador)
Jaime Abarca, Mavort (Ecuador)
Juan Alvarez, Mavort (Ecuador), Whitman (DIII)
Andres Cochembay, Universidad Tecnologica Equinoc (Ecuador)
Carlos Delgado, Comunikt (Ecuador)
Eddgar Bernal, Comunikt (Ecuador)
Engels Tenorio, Mavort (Ecuador)
Mauricio Quintero, Importadora (Ecuador)
Raul Cardenas, Importadora (Ecuador), Faulkner (NAIA)
Nixon Mina, Mavort (Ecuador)
Manuel Hurtado, Comunikt (Ecuador)
Carlos Carcelen, Importadora (Ecuador)

Paraguay:
Diego Bareiro, Libertad (Paraguay)
Daniel Perez, Libertad (Paraguay)
Manuel Aponte, Felix Perez Cardozo (Paraguay)
Bruno Zanotti, Libertad (Argentina)/Felix Perez Cardozo (Paraguay), Merrimack (DII)
Ramon Sanchez, Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)
Federico Mellone, Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)
Alejandro Peralta, Sol de America (Paraguay)
Guillermo Araujo, Arecibo Captains (Puerto Rico)
Jose Fabio, Obera Tennis Club (Argentina)
Edison Ortiz, Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)
Nelson Peralta, Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)
Adolfo Lopez, Felix Perez Cardozo (Paraguay)

Chile:
Sebastian Saez, Talca (Chile)
Jorge Schuler, Boston College (Chile)
Franco Morales, Tinguiririca (Chile)
Sebastian Suarez, Portland State
Pedro Sandoval, Ansud (Chile)
Erik Carrasco, Boston College (Chile)
Juan Fontena, Anzoategui Marinos (Venezuela)/Castro (Chile)
Renato Vera, Osorno (Chile)
Gerardo Isla, Columbia College (NAIA)
Jorge Valencia, Boston College (Chile)
Jose Del Solar, Osorno (Chile)
Cristobal Infante, Los Leones (Chile)

Peru:
Carlos Cespedes, Regatas (Peru)
Stefano Susffalich, Regatas (Peru)
Fernando Fung, Real Club de Lima (Peru)
Manuel Chaves, Real Club de Lima (Peru)
Alejandro Bellatin, Regatas (Peru)
Manuel Morales, Fuerza Aerea (Peru)
Adrian Tristan, Bosque (Peru)
Julio Monges, Regatas (Peru)
Gianfranco Sambucetti, Regatas (Peru)
Jose Lopez, Regatas (Peru)
Rodrigo Masias, Regatas (Peru)
Luis Saldana, Fuerza Aerea (Peru)

Uruguay:
Luciano Parodi, Hebraica y Macabi (Uruguay)
Bruno Fitipaldo, Malvin (Uruguay)
Mauricio Aguiar, Hebraica y Macabi (Uruguay)
Mathias Calfani, Malvin (Uruguay)
Nicolas Mazzarino, Malvin (Uruguay)
Rodrigo Trelles, Aguada (Uruguay)
Kiril Wachsmann-Mallner, Hebraica y Macabi (Uruguay)
Martin Osimani, Brasilia (Brazil), Duquesne
Martin Aguilera, Olimpia (Uruguay)
Sebastian Izaguirre, Defensor Sporting (Uruguay)
Nicolas Borsellino, Hebraica y Macabi (Uruguay)
Octavio Medina, Hebraica y Macabi (Uruguay)

Venezuela:
Miguel Marriaga, Aragua Toros (Venezuela)/Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela)
Gregory Vargas, Anzoategui Marinos (Venezuela)/Coamo Marathoners (Puerto Rico)/Guayama Wizards (Puerto Rico)
Greivis Vasquez, Toronto Raptors, Maryland
Jhornan Zamora, Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela)
David Cubillan, Maccabi Ashdod (Israel)/Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela), Marquette
Nestor Colmenares, Guanajato Abejas (Mexico)/Caracas Cocodrilos (Venezuela), Campbellsville (NAIA)
Jose Vargas, Anzoategui Marinos (Venezuela)
Luis Bethelmy, Caracas Cocodrilos (Venezuela)
Jesus Centeno, Caracas Cocodrilos (Venezuela)
Heissler Guillent, Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela)
Miguel Ruiz, Carabobo Trotamundos (Venezuela)
Windi Graterol, Lara Guaros (Venezuela)/Santiago Metros (Dominican Republic)

[awhom111]

Great Britain lost 79-64 to Belgium. It is not clear what role Eric Boateng had as full statistics are not available.

Group A opened Friday in the South American Championship as Brazil again started slow, but eventually eased past Ecuador, 106-54. In the win, Raul Neto, who was selected in the 2013 draft, had 11 points while ex-NAIA player Raul Cardenas had 10 points in the loss. Argentina was not particularly convincing, but they beat Paraguay 75-65 to clinch spots in the next round for both powerhouses and ensure that they have tournaments to play in next summer.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...3&t=TDPRSUHXLO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...3&t=TDPRSUHXLO

In Group B, Uruguay battered Peru 103-45. The night closed with Venezuela beating Chile 76-55 in front of the home fans to send themselves through along with Uruguay. Greivis Vasquez continued to show his NBA pedigree with 15 points and 6 rebounds in the win while NAIA player Gerardo Isla had 12 points.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...3&t=TDPRSUHXLO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...3&t=TDPRSUHXLO

Friday was the first set of knockout games in the Centrobasket for Women tournament. Hosts Mexico redeemed themselves by beating El Salvador 60-48 as teams fight for 5th place. Jamaica doubled up Costa Rica 81-40. In the win, Albany's Shereesha Richards continued her strong tournament with 25 points and 8 rebounds, ex-Southeast Missouri State player Simone Jackson had 12 points and 6 rebounds, and ex-Seton Hall player Tajay Ashmeade had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...5&t=LTQAHHFCAO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...5&t=LTQAHHFCAO

In the first semifinal, Puerto Rico beat the US Virgin Islands 68-51. In the win, ex-Texas player Carla Cortijo had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists, ex-Wake Forest player Sandra Garcia had 16 points and 6 rebounds, former Louisiana-Lafayette player Yolanda Jones had 11 points and 6 rebounds, and Ali Gibson of Oregon State had 11 points. In the loss, ex-Southern Miss player Tanecka Carey had 14 points, ex-Portland player Natalie Day had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Akkema Richards of Delaware had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Cuba eased past the Dominican Republic 71-44 to move on to the final. In the loss, ex-Robert Morris player Sugeiry Monsac had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=LTQAHHFCAO
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...6&t=LTQAHHFCAO

Here are the final day matchups:
7th: El Salvador vs Costa Rica
5th: Mexico vs Jamaica
3rd: US Virgin Islands vs Dominican Republic
1st: Puerto Rico vs Cuba