Lithuania tries for Euro championship

  • 1999-07-01
  • Peter J. Mladineo
In Lithuania, you know when game time at the European basketball championships arrives. Crowded streets empty fast. Movie theaters close. TV sets become the main attractions in bars. Beer flows and hoop-shouts can be heard all over.The tournament, EuroBasket 99, is held in France and features the top teams in Europe – Lithuania, Italy, France, Russia, Spain, Germany, Israel, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and the defending champion Yugoslavia. Lithuania, which was ranked third in the tournament before it started (behind Yugoslavia and ...
 
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