NEWS
05 September 2007
NBA stars Mehmet Okur and Hidayet Turkoglu and captain Ibrahim Kutluay combined for 55 points as Turkey remained alive at the 2007 EuroBasket with an 80-72 victory over the Czech Republic, advancing to the qualifying round in Madrid and sending the Czechs home.

05 September 2007
Turkey face the grim reality of having to play the Czech Republic in a pressure-packed Group C finale which will decide who advances along with Germany and Lithuania to the qualifying round.

04.09.2007 - Lithuania-Czech Republic Postgame Quotes
04.09.2007 - Lithuania Three-Point Barrage Sinks Czechs
04.09.2007 - Lithuania Aim To Remain Unbeaten
03.09.2007 - Late Rally Sees Germany Overcome Czechs
02.09.2007 - Germany Set For Returnees Czechs
31.08.2007 - Hummel: Czechs Can Surprise
18.08.2007 - Czechs Put Up Brave Fight
15.08.2007 - Welsch Leads Czechs Past Latvia In EuroBasket Warm-up
08.08.2007 - Czechs Earn Friendly Win
24.07.2007 - Hummel Without Key Men For Czech Camp
TEAM PROFILE

After eight long years in the European basketball basement, there is nothing to lose for the Czech National Team as they return to EuroBasket for the first time since 1999. This tournament should become the first step to regular qualification for EuroBasket.

The Czech National Team has qualified for EuroBasket only once in it’s independent history, eight years ago in France. At the time, just making the field was a major success, so wins over Greece and a Sabonis-led Lithuanian team in the first round were considered a bit of a miracle.

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STAR PLAYER
Lubos Barton is used to shining on the EuroBasket stage. In 1999 Barton had just finished his freshman year at Valparaiso where he had averaged a respectable 13.8 ppg and 5.6 rpg. Nobody expected the 202-cm guard/forward to do much at EuroBasket, especially considering he had turned 19 just three months before the tournament.

Despite his unheralded status Barton went on to become the revelation of the tournament. He shot a red hot 61% from three-point range and added 2.0 apg, 5.7 rpg and 2.0 spg to go along with his team high 18.7 points.

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ROSTER
NoNamePos.Height
4Stepán VrublPG1.86
5Pavel BenesG1.90
6Maurice WhitfieldG1.83
7Michal KremenSF2.00
8Lukás KrausPF2.01
9Jiri WelschG1.97
10Ladislav SokolovskyF2.00
11Lubos BartonGF2.02
12Radek NecasF2.04
13Petr BendaC2.04
14Jakub HouškaC2.06
15Ondrej StarostaC2.15
COACHES
Head CoachZdenek Hummel
Assistant CoachPavel Budinsky
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ADMINISTRATION
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Address: Zátopkova 100, 160 17 Prague 6, CZE
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Email: cbf@cbf.cz
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SCHEDULE
03.09.2007vs GER78-83
04.09.2007vs LTU75-95
05.09.2007vs TUR72-80
RESULTS QUALIFIERS
31.08.2006vs BEL85-67 (H)
03.09.2006vs HUN80-76 (A)
06.09.2006vs RUS81-104 (A)
09.09.2006vs BEL74-61 (A)
13.09.2006vs HUN83-64 (H)
16.09.2006vs RUS55-69 (H)
TEAM COMPARISON
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