Sports: Armenia Crowned 2017 FIBA U16 Men’s Division C European Champions

Armenian Weekly

By Weekly Staff on i

ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra (A.W.)— Armenia took the gold in the 2017 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under 16 (U16) European Championship Division C finals, a day after the team overturned a 15-point deficit to hand Azerbaijan an 88-76 defeat in the semifinals.

Armenia took the gold in the 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C finals. (Photo: FIBA)

Armenia beat Gibraltar 88-70 to win the tournament. Armenia’s Aleksey Chizhenok finished with an impressive 20 points and 18 rebounds, while Georgii Shakhnazarov scored a team high 28 points.

Armenia took the gold in the 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C finals. (Photo: FIBA)

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS