GREECE AND TURKEY

TWO COUNTRIES, ONE RICH SPORT BACKGROUND

The second day of the tournament started with a spectacular All Star Game between mixed rosters of the youth teams of all four clubs

The second day of the tournament started with a spectacular All Star Game between mixed rosters of the youth teams of all four clubs

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The impressive final score (126-112 for Team White) was not really of great significance in the game. Tremendous highlights were offered by both the White and the Purple Team, who entertained the Abdi Ipekci crowd. Both teams were formed by players of all four youth teams, which had a great time during this special match-up, bringing their A game for the Two Nations Cup Basketball 2011 fans.

A special feature of the game was that all four head coaches of the Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Anadolu Efes and Fenerbahce teams, got the opportunity to sit on the bench and lead their rosters one half at a time.

Τhe Youth Teams All Star Game on the "International Day of Non-Violence" 

The match-up between the mixed teams of all four youth teams, was held on the „International Day of Non-Violence“, which further enhanced the main goal of the competition in strengthening the spirit of cooperation between the teams and the two countries. 

Furthermore, the Youth Teams All Star Game paved the way perfectly for the two main games of the day.

The teams‘ efforts are presented statistically below:

PURPLE TEAM (Dogan - Fenerbahce Ulker, Markonis - Ολυμπιακός): Erülkü (Anadolu Efes), Birsen (Fenerbahçe Ülker) 8pts/6 reb, Demir (Anadolu Efes) 6, Yıldızlı (Anadolu Efes) 33pts/11reb, Şanlı (Fenerbahçe Ülker), Altın (Fenerbahçe Ülker) 4, Dafalias (Panathinaikos) 9, Kouloubis (Olympiacos) 2, Gontikas (Panathinaikos) 7, Malliaris (Olympiacos) 3, Dimakopoulos (Panathinaikos) 4pts/9reb, Karandreas (Olympiacos).

WHITE TEAM (Papadopoulos - Panathinaikos, Duru - Anadolu Efes) Ugurlu (Fenerbahce Ulker) 6, Osman (Anadolu Efes) 20pts/6reb/5as, Guleryuz (Fenerbahçe Ülker) 20pts/7reb, Candan (Fenerbahce Ulker) 23pts/5reb, Tekin (Anadolu Efes) 14pts/7reb, Cosar (Anadolu Efes) 2pts/5reb, Moneos (Olympiacos) 5, Δρακόπουλος (Panathinaikos) 8, Κατσάς (Olympiacos) 2pts/4reb, Ηλιόπουλος (Panathinaikos) 8, Κακλαμανάκης (Olympiacos) 4, Κακαργιάς (Panathinaikos) 14pts/5reb.

Teams and players were honored, alongside the Youth Teams All Star Game MVP

At the end of the match, an award ceremony was held to honor the teams. The MVP of the match, Cedi Osman of Anadolu Efes, was elected by Panagiotis Giannakis and Necati Güler. The player received his award from Turkish basketball legend Yalcin Granit.