• The young Latvian basketball players minimally won the first quarter (12:11), but the Finns were better in the second ten minutes, the Latvians going into the break with a six-point deficit.
• At the beginning of the second half, Finland reached its biggest advantage (41:31), which was followed by Latvia’s 18:3 breakthrough, which allowed them to take the lead. At the end of the match, the Latvians were more successful, moving away and celebrating the victory with 73:63.
• Adrians Andzhevs was the top scorer for Latvia with 18 points, hitting six of 21 shots from the game, who also had three turnovers and the same number of assists. Marcus Sipko added 15 points.
• Mika Murinen, the leader of the Finnish team and one of the tournament’s most productive basketball players, scored 21 points with 19 shots from the game.
• The Latvian U16 cadet national team finished the European Championship in 11th place in the competition of 16 teams in the A division. In the seven games played, Agra Galvanovski’s subordinates won two and suffered five defeats.
Finland – Latvia 63:73 (11:12, 19:12, 19:28, 14:21)
Latvia: Andzhevs 18, Sipko 15 (4rp), Berkolts 10, Jasāns 9, Kurucs 6 (8ab), Birste 6, Freidenfelds 6, Grīnvalds 3.
Latvian U16 national team
No.NameYearHeightSchoolCoach2.Markuss Sipko2007.190Bertānu Valmiera BSN. Lišiks3.Renārs Jasāns2007.192 Riga/CentrsA. Brigmanis4.Toms Birste2007.195 Riga/DSN-2A. Ronis5. Adrian Andzhevs2007.188 Gulbene – Real Madrid (Spain)V. Kalniņa7.Iļja Kurucs2007.200 Cēsis – Basketball class – Baskonia (Spain)V. Kiseļovs and A. Galvanovskis 9. Enzo Ābele 2007.195 Valmiera – Riga/Basketball class A. Galvanovskis10.Ralfs Rudusāns2007.200 Riga/DSNM. Fomins and R. Ottersons24. Markus Toms2007.194 BSN of Bertānus Valmiera. Lišiks25. Markus Berkolts2007.194 CēsisV. Brizgalovs33.Gunārs Grīnvalds2008.194BJBS Riga – Real MadridJ. Vasiljevs40.Roberts Freidenfelds2007.196Riga/CentrsA. Brigmanis77.Helmuts Petrovičs2007.191Riga/Center – Joventut Badalona (Spain)A. Brigman
Team management
NamePositionAgris GalvanovskisHead coachMārtiņš TīssCoachAinārs TomašsCoachNormunds LišiksCoachAnce ZariņaPhysiotherapistElvijs MichulisManager
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