Norway – Switzerland 73-85

After five straight defeats in the Nordic championships in Kisakallio and six straight defeats in B-EC in Pitesti, the U16 boys left the summer without an international win – like several U16 national teams before them.

But they have learned a lot, got used to the level and come home with the aim of taking the necessary steps.

– We started late today, we weren’t effective enough at the start of the game and there were a lot of things that stood out, said Nicholas Phillip.

– But the boys showed character today, the character we asked for, and they took from 23 to 9 points. At least we showed ourselves after today’s rest, said the U16 coach.

– Better daily training

He was worried about the next few years for the players.

– They need to get used to a better training routine than they have now, but they need to hurry up. Some at BLNO clubs, some at foreign basketball academies. Daily life must be more than two hours at night, they must work to understand the game, taking steps up to U18 also through daily life. With quality being more important than quantity, Phillip clarified.

– BLNO is a huge arena, but not everyone is ready for that level yet, he added.

Two players out

Finn Lorgen and Matthew Burud Chifflier live in the US and Spain and come as reinforcements from outside.

Morten Holsæter went from Bøler to the Bear Academy in Aarhus, Sander Magnus from Gimle to the NABA academy in Lanzarote – both highly acclaimed academies.

Gold winner Bøler from U16-NM will play BLNO with Ammerud and U19 and U17 with Bøler.

– But they have to see the load, emphasized Nicholas Phillip.

Finn Lorgen accepts the best male award

Against Switzerland, Matthew Burud Chifflier returned to form and finished with 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, as the team’s most effective player.

Morten Holsæter scored 16 points and excellent defensive play, Jeremias Joseph was central with 12 points and with 7 in a row as Norway won the opening minutes of the third period 12-6, chipped in 21 to 15 points and forced Switzerland to the time limit. .

Finn Lorgen stabilized again with 9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 assist, and received internal team honors as the best Norwegian player of the tournament. – He has been there, continues. With the exception of the first game against Ukraine, he’s probably been among our two best players in every game. Finn has absorbed adjustments and changes along the way. He wanted to play guard but we have used him as a 4 because of his physique. And he really took on the role, says Nicholas Phillip.

10 Swiss three-pointers

In the final match, Norway was once again best in most statistics.

They won rebounding stats 39-33 and had 17 offensive rebounds, but again didn’t score enough on the rebounds: Second chance points ended 12-12.

They had 21 turnovers against the Swiss 24, winning 26-21 in turnover points, 17-14 in fastbreaks, 46-42 in paint and 36-31 off the bench.

Switzerland made 10 of 26 3-pointers (38.5 per cent) and 11-year-old Kabir Narasimhan made 5 of 11. Norway made 6 of 17, with 3 of 4 from Matthew Burud Chifflier, 2 of 4 from Morten Holsæter, 1 of 2 from Jeremias Joseph and 0 out of 7 from the rest of the team.

Fifth best in offensive rebounding

In team statistics for the tournament, Norway is at the bottom most of the time, but at the top in the number of turnovers – 24.7 per match.

Two fun stats:

Norway is number 8 in steals (11.8 per game) and number 5 among the 21 teams in offensive rebounding, with 16.5 per game. suitable. But there the reward is not in line with the return. Norway is number 21 and worst in 2-point shooting percentage (35.9).

Norway Goalscorers: Matthew Burud Chifflier 24, Morten Holsæter 16, Jeremias Joseph 12, Finn Cannon Lorgen 9, Skage Spernes Eidholm 7, Gabriel Sanford 3, Ruben Langerød 2.

Switzerland top scorer: Simeon March 17th, Abishai Kumarasamy 16th, Kabir Narasimhan 15th.

B-EC U16 MEN, PIESTI

SUNDAY MATCH FINALS AND PLACEMENTS

Final: Croatia–Bulgaria 85-67

3rd place: Georgia – Romania 70-68

5th place: Hungary – Estonia 73-68

7th place: Slovakia – Czech Republic 65-53

9th place: Denmark – Great Britain 83-69

11th place: Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sweden 65-61

13th place: Portugal – Luxembourg 69-63

15th place: Iceland – Ukraine 83-72

17th place: Netherlands – Austria 76-58

19th place: Switzerland – Norway 85-73

Ireland finished 21st in the Championship after losing to the Netherlands and Switzerland in the play-offs 17-21.

Neither team was relegated to division C.