EYBL, Final four, Jõhvi, Estonia

April 19, 2013

Semifinal 1

Khimki-2 — BC Ventspils (Latvia) — 85-68 (27-19, 20-14, 22-23, 16-12)

Semifinal 2

BC HITO (Estonia) — VEF-Riga (Latvia) — 57-68 (13-25, 13-9, 20-18, 11-16)

April 20, 2013

3rd place game

BC Ventspils (Latvia) — BC HITO (Estonia) — 67-76 (19-11, 15-19, 17-23, 16-23)

FINAL

Khimki-2 — VEF-Riga (Latvia) — 69-53 (18-10, 10-17, 23-12, 18-14)

Alexander Zakharov was named the best forward, and Stanislav Ilnitsky became the Most valuable player (MVP) of the tournament!

Ramunas Cvirka, BC Khimki youth team head coach:

— We are very happy for this win. Final four turned to be difficult, we had tough games. In the final we didn't score well, so we won probably because of good defense and small number of mistakes. Ilnitsky and Zakharov were named best players, but I would like also to point out Rusetsky, who had to be the main point guard in the semifinal game, and Rogozhkin. For Nick it was the first ever final in his life and he played well in defense. Tomorrow we go to Russia and start to prepare for Russian championship Final Eight.