On Friday and Saturday, the qualifying tournament “Eurocup 1” was played, organized by KKI Vrbas.
Padova Milenijum Basket players defeated the KKI Vrbas team in the last round of the “Eurocup 1” qualifying round with a score of 56:48 (17:10, 19:6, 12:9, 8:23) and thus took first place in the tournament, which is in Friday and Saturday played in the Borik hall in Banja Luka.
The team from Italy will play in the final tournament of Eurocup 1, the runner-up Cologne 99 will appear in the final four of Eurocup 2, while London 99, which finished third, will play in Eurocup 3.
“I am very satisfied with the organization, we tried to fulfill all the tasks in which we succeeded. I am also satisfied with the result because this is a much stronger ranking of the competition and now we are moving towards new obligations. I want to thank Mr. Technical Delegate Luke de Nock, the referees, the staff who took care of the statistics, the volunteers and all the fans who followed this competition“, said Marinko Umičević, president of KKI Vrbas.
The ideal five were chosen: Ahmed Raurahi (Padua), Charlie McIntyre (London), Abdelgani Buganja (Padua), Bulut Kodal (Cologne 99) and Ante Štimac (KKI Vrbas), and they were presented with plaques by Slađana Golić and Dragan Bajić, who were the promoters of this tournament.
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