Pārdaugava kept the 1st BBBL SuperCup trophy in Riga!!! SuperCup U15
BBBL first-ever SuperCup series finished with the only home team, Pardaugava, winning the title!
Eight elite-level teams from six countries - Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium, Italy, and Germany played for the first-ever BBBL SuperCup in Riga, Latvia.
The newest sports arena in Riga - Komandu sporta spelu halle (Team sports hall) hosted regular BBBL U15 stage and also BBBL U15 SuperCup. The country of World Cup and European Champions, Germany, was represented by the youth system teams of two Bundesliga teams - Berlin ALBA and Frankfurt Skyliners, Belgium by its leading basketball academy UCCLE from Brussels, Italy by the Pallacanestro Dragons team, Lithuania by the Klaipedas V.Knašiaus and Šiauliai teams, Estonia by Kesklinna, and Latvia by the Pārdaugava boys.
Challenging group-stage games culminated in thrilling play-offs and nail-biting gold- and bronze-medal matches!
In the final match, Pārdaugava avenged their group-stage loss to Klaipeda, 67-62; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0agnZgeIjc
A similar scenario happened to Kesklinna, which was superior to Frankfurt Skyliners, 60-54, despite losing a day earlier in group phase (39-81)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBs7lUOQ55s
Fun fact: the new champion, Pārdaugava, won its most significant victory by only 12 points in the semifinal against Skyliners, confirming the strength of the tournament participants.
Lucas Gossens of the UCCLE Brussels team won Saturday`s shooting contest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dlvvS3Xufw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT_QnhIEIzc
MVP of the tournament -
Adrians Veinbergs (Pārdaugava)
ALL STAR 5
Ričards Kreilis (Pārdaugava)
Vilius Petreikis (Knašiaus Klaipeda)
Jokubas Raulušaitis (Knašiaus Klaipeda)
Tristen Matias Kotsar (Kesklinna)
Carl Hancer (Skyliners)
