France tipped off their second stage of 2023 World Cup Qualifiers in resounding fashion by laying a 95-60 smack down on the Czech Republic. Despite being without Tomas Satoransky, Jaromir Bohacik and Vit Krejci, the Czech Republic carried a 42-38 lead into the half, but the French defense choked out the Czech offense in the second half, only allowing 18 points. The Czech Republic were outscored 60-20 in the painted area and shot a frigid 35.5% from the field. The second half was delayed due to an issue with one…
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EuroBasket News: Czech Republic lays smackdown on Bulgaria. 93-60
Though the pre-EuroBasket tune-up games are termed ”friendly, what the Czech Republic did to Bulgaria was anything but that, as they laid waste to a somewhat short-handed Bulgarian team, 93-60.Patrik Auda came off the Czech Republic pine to lead the team with 16 points , Ondrej Balvin and Vit Kreji chipping in 10 points each, with Jan Vesely adding 7 points and 2 boards and Tomas Satoransky 4 points and 7 assists. Bulgaria was without Dee Bost, Yordan Minchev, Konstantin Kostadinov, Alexander Vezenkov and Pavlin Ivanov and they certainly could…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2022: Czech Basketball release EuroBasket 2022 roster
The Czech Basketball Federation released its 15-man EuroBasket 2022 roster. Names such as Tomas Satoransky, Jan Vesely, ad Vit Krejci may ring a bell for NBA fans, all the aforementioned players have NBA experience of various degrees, with Sato having the most successful NBA run out of the three, having played 388 games over six seasons and putting up career averages of 6.9 points, 3.3 assists and 2.3 over that time. Vesely played in 162 games over four seasons, averaging 3.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists. Krejcl at just…
Read MoreInternational Hoops: France rolls Czech Republic to advance to quarters
The French were unstoppable for the most part of the game. By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net France rolled over the Czech Republic 97 – 77 to double its wins in the Olympic Games and advance to the quarterfinals as first in Group A. After leading France past Team USA, Evan Fournier was once again the top scorer for his national team with 21 points on 8-13 shots. Nando De Colo added 17 points, Vincent Poirier had 14 points and Thomas Heurtel scored 11 and dished out seven assists for Le Bleus that…
Read MoreInternational Hoops: Czech Republic and Italy get Game 1 wins in Tokyo
The recent winners of qualifiers got the job done in Japan during the first day of the Olympic Basketball Tournament By Eurohoops team at eurohoops.net/ info@Eurohoops.net Italy already made a huge step with a 92-82 win over Germany and can hope to qualify in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Basketball tournament, while the Czech Republic lost a big chance to do the same, but still got the 84-78 win over Iran. In Group B, Italy closed out the game with a 12-0 run, and the 10-point difference, in the end, was…
Read MoreTomas Satoransky and Jan Vesely headline Czech Republic national team
From the Eurohoops team at Eurohoops.net/ info@eurohoops.net The Czech Republic national team will fight for a spot in the 2021 Olympic games through the qualifying tournament in Canada and coach Ronen Ginzburg has decided on the 12 players that he will count on. Tomas Satoransky and Jan Vesely lead the list which also includes the following names: Patrik Auda, Ondrej Balvin, Jaromir Bohacik, Lukas Palyza, Martin Peterka, Patrick Samoura, Blake Schilb, Ondrej Sehnal, Jakub Sirina, Tomas Vyoral. The squad will face Uruguay and Turkey in Group B while Greece, Canada, and China await in…
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