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19/04/2021 17:30:00 Belgium U21 vs Crna Gora U21

26/04/2021 19:35:00 Shqipëria U21 vs Belgium U21 HCA

03/05/2021 17:30:00 Belgium U21 vs Misr U21

10/05/2021 19:35:00 Hanguk U21 vs Belgium U21 HCA

17/05/2021 18:00:00 Belgium U21 vs Srbija U21

24/05/2021 19:35:00 Costa Rica U21 vs Belgium U21 HCA


This road should be doable and it should bring us easily to the 2nd round.
The only game I'm afraid of is the one in Serbia. A strong team and they have the HCA.
In the end we should go 6-2, what will bring us 1 HCA round.

Winning the tournament will be extremely difficult (read: impossible). But we'll see how things go :)

During my final season as your U21 coach, I'll keep you all posted about our campaign.

Little heads up :)

19/04/2021 17:30:00 Belgium U21 vs Crna Gora U21 112-82 (59834)

26/04/2021 19:35:00 Shqipëria U21 vs Belgium U21 HCA 69-129 (59877)

03/05/2021 17:30:00 Belgium U21 vs Misr U21 104-65 (59938)

10/05/2021 19:35:00 Hanguk U21 vs Belgium U21 HCA 49-96 (59981)

17/05/2021 18:00:00 Belgium U21 vs Srbija U21 75-58 (60031)

24/05/2021 19:35:00 Costa Rica U21 vs Belgium U21 HCA 67-107 (60074)


About our first round:

With the first game which we lost against Taiwan (much stronger team), we needed to stay perfect to end in a decent position for HCA in the 2nd round. Before the game of Serbia (in theory a logical loss) we weren't sure to have HCA in round 2 and with the good GS, I decided to go for a CT. This was a gamble because I knew we would have lost enthousiasm but I was hoping for 1 HCA game so we were able to survive until the last 16. Despite the normal of Serbia, we won quite easily but I'm not sure we could have won with a Normal.

Result: 7/7 after the loss against Taiwan and as 10th in the ranking we had HCA in the 1/16th final.


1/16th final Ceska U21 - Belgium U21 90-91 (60267)

Like Joe for our NT, I also had doubt to select a Normal or play CT since I wanted to go as far as possible. But to consider our enthousiasm for the next game and since we had the HCA, a normal it was. But what a nail-biting game it was :+(

With 17 seconds left we were behind 90-89, but P Horemans managed to get a steal and M. Donche could finish his shot from the top of the key => 90-91.

The 13 last seconds were horrible, Ceska had 2 attempts but our defense made the difference. After a shot from their guard, their C came up with an offensive rebound. 1 second left and our C T. Tutenel put him under pressure with a result that he missed a contested shot. Bref, a Normal was enough.

Nice win, but mixed feelings. In the next round we'll face a motivated Serbia. Are we capable of winning there again? I think it's impossible, we have lower enthousiasm and no HCA. But we'll see next Monday, I'm already happy with our consolation this far. I already want to say thank you to all the owners who are doing an excellent job with GS management :)

Last edited by Splash_Brother at 06/01/2021 09:43:50

Poll: How far do you think we can make it in the consolation tournament?
Response Votes Result
won't survive 1st round 1
first knock-out phase 2
1/8th final 2
1/4th final 1
semi final 0
final 0
win the tournament 2

Those 2 who mentioned 1/8th final, will probably be right ;)

In 5 minutes our game against Serbia will start.
I tried to predict the tactics of our opponent, which was not very easy but I have to take risks if we want to make the best out of it.

This will most likely be the end game of our consolation tournament and my final official game as U21 coach.

Not expected, but we won after OT. Serbia decided to go for a TIE and underestimate our squad!

Belgium U21 - Serbia U21 88-84 (60310)


After our first round victory against Serbia, we were seeking for a bigger surprise and defeat them again in their own house.
S. Watthé, P. Horemans, J. Cornelissens, P. De Paepe and T. Tutenel were our starting five. We had a great start and only got behind for the first time in the 3rd Q. We had more enthousiasm and our GDP was not great, but we managed to go into the lead for the last minute of the game. Just like last week, this was going to be a nail-biting end. With 76-75 and 12 seconds at the clock, R Schreiner (just called up in the squad) made a foul with 2 FT's as result. Serbia missed 1 and we couldn't score before the buzzer beater... OT!

Watthé had 2/2 FT as were were going into lead again. Serbia could score against us but every team was very nervous and it was obvious that the coolest team at the FT would grab the win. And with 79% from the line we left Serbia behind. The crowd went wild against their coach and players, who had to flee from the arena under yelling of boooooos.

Our inside players really did well, we won in the stats with Rebounds, assists, steals and blocks :D Our flow was a bit lower, but our inside scoring was higher. The Serbian coach must have regretted underestimating us so much, thinking he could easily pass.

Good new for the next round, we'll play at home against Poland. W or L, this campaign is noteworthy.

Let's make it a great party (party)

On to the next!
This way you'll never get to retire :)

Nice surprise :)

Let's make a retirement party next week XD

Haha

Saying goodbye in beauty! :)

Meanwhile it's raining with excuses on the Serbian forum, their coach gambled and lost. That's life :)

Now we are with the last 8, here are the matchups:

Australia U21 @ Israël U21

Australia will matchup a stronger team, in their house and that only played TIE so far. Israel is the clear favourite in this one and are eager to make it into the final.

Hungary U21 @ Hellas U21

Interesting matchup, both teams are equal to each other and the winner will face Israel, so enthousiasm cannot be wasted.

Poland U21 @ Belgium U21

Better team, only played TIE so far. Poland is definitely aiming for the trophy. Losing against them is not a shame.
But we will sell our skin at high prices.

Makedonia U21 @ Slovenia U21

Also an interesting matchup. The winner shouldn't waste enthousiasm if they want to win against Poland.