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Union Olimpija are champs!
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Union Olimpija Ljubljana is the London Nike International Junior Tournament 2010 champ! In the title game played Saturday, the Slovenian team defeated USK Future Stars Prague by 76-60. Olimpija's Gezim Morina was also named MVP of the tourney. Despite a slow start in the first quarter, which ended 8-21 for USK Future Stars, Union Olimpija reacted in the second quarter outscoring the Czech team by 27-13. Later, in the second half, Union Olimpija managed to build double-digit leads and controlled them until the final buzzer. Morina led the champs with 26 points, including 4 of 6 triples, and 11 rebounds. Klemen Prepelic and Jan Span added 12 points apiece for Union Olimpija. For USK, only Jaroslav Moravek scored in double digits, hitting 11. With this win, Union Olimpija qualifies for the final phase of the Nike International Junior Tournament, to take place in Paris, France on May, coinciding with the Euroleague Final Four. Olimpija's big guy Gezim Morina won the MVP of the competition following a big performance throughout the entire tournament. He posted double-digits in points in all 5 games and reached the peak in the title game with 28 points, 11 rebounds and an index rating of 34. Morina displayed his ability to score from the arc, mid-range and around the rim and play a key role on his team's journey to the top place in the games.
The all-tournament team includes in addition to the MVP Morina also Olimpija's point guard Jan Span who wrote in 5 games 14.4 ppg, 4.4 apg and 4.2 rpg in addition to great on-floor leadership, USK's big man Ondrej Balvin impressed with his big size and mobility from the first game when he wrote a 20 points and 10 rebounds double-double and finished the games with 10 ppg, 7.6 rpg and 1.0 bpg, Josh Johnson of Barking Abbey led his team to the semi-finals of the tournament with big wins over BC Khimki Moscow and KK Zadar by averaging 18.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg and 4.3 apg while another player from a Group A team is Maccabi Teddy Tel Aviv's Tomer Bar Even who led his team just a few minutes short from performing in the finals with great numbers in 17 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.8 apg and 2.3 apg while shooting almost 60% from the field.
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LONDON TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATING TEAMS
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La Caja de Canarias Gran Canaria
[roster]
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| GROUPS AND STANDINGS |
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GROUP A
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Maccabi Teddy
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3-0, 38
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Barking Abbey
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2-1, 4
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BC Khimki
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1-2, -13
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KK Zadar
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0-3, -29
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GROUP B
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Union Olimpija
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3-0, 57
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USK Future Stars
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2-1, 4
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Banca Sella Biella
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1-2, -42
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Caja Canarias
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0-3, -19
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| THE VENUE |
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Goresbrook Leisure Centre
Ripple Road
RM9 6XW Dagenham
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LONDON TOURNAMENT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, DAY 1
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GAME
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RESULT
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STATS
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REPORT
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Khimki vs. Maccabi Teddy
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Barking Abbey vs. KK Zadar
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La Caja de Canarias vs. Union Olimpija
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Banca Sella Biella vs. USK Future Stars
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KK Zadar vs. Khimki
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Barking Abbey vs. Maccabi Teddy
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LONDON TOURNAMENT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, DAY 2
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GAME
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REPORT
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La Caja de Canarias vs. Banca Sella Biella
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Union Olimpija vs. USK Future Stars
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Maccabi Teddy vs. KK Zadar
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Barking Abbey vs. Khimki
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La Caja de Canarias vs. USK Future Stars
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Union Olimpija vs. Banca Sella Biella
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LONDON TOURNAMENT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, DAY 3
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GAME
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RESULT/GMT
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REPORT
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SEMIFINAL: Maccabi Teddy (1A) vs. USK Future Stars (2B)
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SEMIFINAL: Barking Abbey (2A) vs. Union Olimpija (1B)
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7th PLACE GAME: KK Zadar vs. La Caja de Canarias
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5th PLACE GAME: BC Khimki vs. Banca Sella Biella
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Union Olimpija vs. USK Future Stars
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