30 August 2007

Hungary hammered Denmark 101-70 on Thursday setting up a showdown with Sweden Friday, for the right to stay in Division A.

After a cruel additional qualifying tournament for EuroBasket 2007 which saw the Hungarians win two of their four games, just as group opponents Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bulgaria, yet drop into the relegation scrap, Istvan Nemeth and his teammates showed their class with a comprehensive victory.

25 August 2007

Denmark held off a late Ukraine rally to prevail 90-85 in their EuroBasket qualifier on Saturday.

Chanan Colman poured in 21 points for the Danes who built the win largely in the third quarter with the game locked at 40-40 at the midway point.