Youth Russian Championship25 january 2011

In SDJSOR Trinta the first round of Russian Championship final tournament U-17 has finished. Among 12 teams there was Moscow Region team composed of Khimki EYBL players. The guys spent 5 games and scored 5 victories.

January, 21

Moscow Region-2 — Irkutsk Region — 83-70 (20-29, 18-11, 17-12, 28-18)
Alferov (24 + 4 rebounds), Ilnitskiy (17 + 14 rebounds), Karenin (12 + 7 rebounds), Guzikov (10 + 9 rebounds)

January, 22

Moscow Region-2 – Moscow-2 – 92-59 (26-17, 20-16, 22-19, 24-7)
Ilnitskiy (21 + 9 rebounds), Martynov (13 + 6 rebounds), Guzikov (12 + 6 rebounds), Karenin (10 + 5 rebounds)

January, 23

Saratov Region – Moscow Region-2 – 66-89 (11-29, 12-18, 23-27, 18-15)
Alferov (26), Ilnitskiy (25 + 8 rebounds), Karenin (13 + 5 rebounds), Annaev (9 + 6 assists), Guzikov (8 + 6 rebounds)

January, 24

Sverdlovsk Region – Moscow Region-2 – 49-81 (12-14, 11-27, 13-21, 13-19)
Alferov (18), Ilnitskiy (16), Norkin (11 + 4 rebounds), Denisenko (7 + 4 rebounds), Guzikov (5 + 10 rebounds)

January, 25

Saint Petersburg – Moscow Region-2 – 78-91 (23-24, 16-26, 14-21, 25-20)
Karenin (18 + 8 rebounds + 6 assists), Alferov (17), Ilnitskiy (14 + 3 перехвата), Guzikov (10 + 8 rebounds)

— We scored five wins in five matches, but I cannot say all the games were easy, — said the head coach of the Moscow Region team and also EYBL Khimki-team coach Mikhail Komissarov. — All competitors are about the same level and very decent. Our first meeting was with a team of Irkutsk Region. A difficult match. Firstly, it was the start of the tournament, and secondly we did not know this team well. Actually it was a combined team of Siberia. The team had very good guys. The next meeting was with the Moscow team. The guys fought back, but we groped our game. I am glad we managed to sort out very even roster with a wide rotation.

In fours best teams of the groups entered playoffs. Knock-out matches will be held at: January 27 — Quarterfinals, January 28 — the games for 5-8-th places and the semi-finals, January 29 — the games for the 7 th, the 5 th and the bronze medal and the final.