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    |  Serbia held off France to win the U18 European Championship Men 2009 title in Metz, Sunday. The fibaeurope.com video crew was on hand to produce a compilation of highlights and post-game reaction from the winners. |
|  Turkey put behind them a heart-breaking semi-final loss Saturday, at the hands of Serbia to defeat a dissapointing Lithuania and win the bronze medal of the U18 European Championship Men 2009. Their influential guard Can Mutaf visited with the fibaeurope.com crew after the game. |
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| Serbia held off France 78-72 to be crowned champions of the U18 European Championship Men 2009 in Metz, France. Serbia last won this tournament two years ago in Madrid, Spain and head coach Vladimir Jovanovic was elated - although at the same time at a loss for words - afterwards. |  | | |
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Turkey's Enes Kanter was named Most Valuable Player of the U18 European Championship Men 2009 in Metz, France. The centre averaged 18.6 points and a tournament-best 16.4 rebounds in leading his team to a bronze medal performance. | |
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Turkey used several scoring spurts in the middle quarters to pull away and eventually crush Lithuania 95-74 and take the bronze medal at the U18 European Championship Men 2009 in Metz, France. The result went some way towards getting the Turks to forget their defeat against Serbia in the semi-final on Saturday. | |
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Spain beat Russia 92-83 in the 5th-6th place game at the U18 European Championship Men 2009 in Metz, France. The Spanish took an 18-8 lead courtesy of Joan Llovet with 2:26 left in the first quarter but Russia came back in the second period, tying the game at 27 with just over seven minutes remaining before the break. | |
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As they prepare ahead of Sunday's final of the U18 European Championship Men 2009 in Metz, France, head coaches Vladimir Jovanovic and Philippe Ory are likely to stress one common thought to their respective teams: "one player doesn't make a team, all 12 players make a team." | |
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France beat Lithuania 68-63 to reach the final of the U18 European Championship Men 2009 in Metz. The home side led by as many as 13 early in the fourth quarter before Lithuania charged back but Les Bleus did just enough down the stretch to clinch a showdown with Serbia in Sunday's final. | |
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Serbia overcame Enes Kanter's monster game to beat Turkey 66-61 and book their place in Sunday's final at the U18 European Championship Men 2009 in Metz, France. Kanter had 32 points and 25 rebounds but the Serbs used some balanced scoring and the strategy paid off as they got one step further than they did in last year's event. | |
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Spain will face Russia in Sunday's 5th-6th place game at the U18 European Championship Men 2009 in Metz, France. The Spaniards beat Italy 84-72 thanks to some balanced scoring which saw five players score in double-digits. | |
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