The 2nd International Petrenko Pro Memoria tournament: postface15 july 2008
In 10 days the European Championship U18 will start off. Greece, Italy and Russia will fight for the gold medals and the team Czech Republic will play in B Division. The Alexander Petrenko tournament was the last stage of preparation before it. Head coaches gave their opinion about the competitions:
Alessandro Ramagli, the Italy team head coach:
— The tournament was very interesting and the organization was on a high level. I want to congratulate the organizers on it, it was one of the best European tournament. Fans and specialists had the possibility to see the future of European basketball under the serious competition.
In the view of sports, the Petrenko tournament is very useful. My team is in the making. We have many new players. And this tournament helped us to make better understanding between them.
Jan Urlych, the head coach of team Czech Republic:
— We were very happy to receive again the invitation to take part in this tournament. Everything was in a high level, I think even better then last year. As real professionals the organizers develop year by year.
Georgios Vlasopoulos, the head coach of Greece:
— Thank you for this tournament! We had a unique possibility to continue our preparation for the European Championship. Your basketball center is very comfortable and the organization is thought over details. It was very agreeable to see so many fans on the youth tournament. This moment is very important for the young players.