gućih 13! Osim u Egiptu, bez trona su ostali još samo 1955. u Mađarskoj ka- da je slavio domaćin. A onda je došao period u kojem je dominirala reprezen- tacija Jugoslavije sa tri vezana zlata od 1973. do 1977. Bilo je to zlatno doba naše košarke, koje se nastavilo prvim mestom na Svetskom prvenstvu 1978. i na Olimpijskim igrama 1980. godine u Moskvi. Jugoslavija je na kontinentalnim šampionatima osvojila ukupno 13 me- dalja, po pet zlatnih i srebrnih, i tri bronzane. Bilo je to doba Dražena Da- lipagića, Dragana Kićanovića, Krešimi- ra Ćosića... Drugi zlatan period imali smo od 1995. do 2001. za tri prva mesta i jed- nim srebrom koje su nam doneli Alek- sandar Đorđević, Predrag Danilović, Željko Rebrača, Predrag Stojaković... Ta- da, posle slavlja u Istanbulu 2001. niko nije mogao ni da pomisli da će nam to biti i poslednje zlato. Pod imenom Srbija imamo dva srebra i jednu bronzu. Zato sada sa pravom očekujemo da se ponovi baš taj 9. septembar ka- da je Srbija u finalu bila bolja od Turske sa 78:69. Sada smo ponovo u grupi sa Turskom, ali je ponovo na klupi i selek- tor Svetislav Pešić koji nam je doneo dva poslednja zlata na kontinentalnim i pla- netarnim šampionatima. – Nikada ni na jednom dosadaš- njem Evropskom prvenstvu nije bilo to- liko kandidata za medalje i ovo je, za- pravo, Svetsko prvenstvo u malom. Na poslednjem šampionatu sveta su dva evropska predstavnika, Nemačka i Srbi- ja, igrala u finalu, a na Olimpijskim igra- ma su od četiri najbolje ekipe, tri bile iz Evrope – Francuska, Srbija i Nemač- ka. Osim tih timova, imamo još najma- nje šest kandidata za osvajanje medalje na ovogodišnjem prvenstvu. To će bi- ti za nas ogroman izazov i konkurencija. Iz ove perspektive je dobro to što smo u Rigi, da ne moramo da putujemo sa jed- ne na drugu stranu kontinenta – rekao je Svetislav Pešić. Verujemo da će „orlovi“ biti u najja- čem sastavu i da će ih predvoditi kapi- ten Bogdan Bogdanović, Nikola Jokić, Vasa Micić, Nikola Jović, Aleksa Avra- mović i drugi koji su nam doneli dosta radosti u prethode dve godine.
ON THE EVE OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP The “Eagles” fly again Following silver at the world cup and bronze at the Paris Olympics, the time has come for Serbia’s basketball aces to take gold F or this basketball nation, the sporting event of the year is EuroBasket 2025, which will unfold from 27 th August to 14 th Sep-
year? Precisely the 42 nd consecutive edition. The first continental champi- onship was held in Switzerland back in 1935 and culminated with Lat- via defeating Spain by a handball-like score of 24:18. That was a time before three-pointers or shot clocks. Basket- ball was a slower game back then, with less stringent rules and teams holding onto the ball for as long as they want- ed. This often led to a slow, passive playing style and lower scores. And so it was that, at the 1935 Europe- an Championship, the Romania team scored just nine points in its match against the host nation, with Switzer- land winning 42:9. The concept of a shot clock limiting at- tack times was only introduced to the
tember in four countries: Latvia, Cy- prus, Poland and Finland. Basketball’s European championship will bring to- gether 24 national teams, divided into four groups of six teams. Moving for- ward, four teams from each group will advance to the round of 16 stage, with the competition continuing according to a sudden-death knockout format... One defeat means packing the suitcas- es and heading home. Do you know which edition of the Eu- ropean Championship will be held this
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