After the U18 Men and Women, the U16 Men travel to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, where they are going to compete with other 23 national teams the European championship from August 10th to August 19th.
The team consists of some players that has already played in this competition and players who will live their first European experience.
After a varied preparation which consisted of camps (Wiltz, Mersch), tournaments (Dussmann Trophy) and exchanges (Belgium, Slovakia and Cyprus) the boys of Kresimir BASIC and Chris WULFF seems to be ready for this event.
The U16 Men arrived safe yesterday afternoon in Sofia and had a light practice in the evening. Except some minor injuries, the squad looks in shape, has a great atmosphere and expressed their willing to defend the colours of Luxembourg in a good way. The team will do their best to win as many games as possible in order to reach a better ranking than the years before.
The squad will play in the group D with Kosovo, Great Britain, Georgia, Macedonia and Portugal.
Team:
4- Timo TANI, 13.01.01, Basket Esch
5- Sam WOLTER, 16.03.01, Etzella Ettelbruck
6- Noé MELCHIOR, 25.02.01, BC Mess
7- Felix VLAMINCK, 07.05.01, Sparta Bertrange
8- Gil RECH, 09.07.01, Amicale Steinsel
9- Malcolm KREPS, 11.10.01, Sparta Bertrange
10- Raphaël NOTHOMB, 21.07.2001, Basket Esch
11- Chidi DELHOMMAIS, 12.02.01, Etzella Ettelbruck
12- Dino CEMAN, 29.09.02, Telstar Hesperange
13- Pablo SPIGARELLI, 19.12.01, Basket Esch
14- Davy ROCHA, 22.03.01, Sparta Bertrange
15- Jonathan DIEDRICH. 25.04.03, Sparta Bertrange
Head Coach: BASIC Kresimir
Assistant Coach: WULFF Chris
Physiotherapist: SINKA Andrea
Team Manager: ANAN Majdi
Group D:
Kosovo
Georgia
Great Britain
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Portugal
Group phase:
10.08. at 20h30 Great BRITAIN – Luxembourg
11.08. at 16h00 Luxemburg – Portugal
12.08. at 13h45 Luxembourg – Kosovo
14.08. at 13h45 Georgia – Luxembourg
15.08. at 20h30 Luxemburg – Macedonia