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unusual facts about Eurobasket 2005



Barbaros Akkaş

Senior Men Team: EuroBasket 2001 – 2nd place (2001), World Championship - 9th place (2002), EuroBasket 2003 – 12th place (2003), EuroBasket 2005 Elimination Group 1st place (2005), 15th Mediterranean Games - 4th place & 2006 FIBA World Championship Men - 6th place (2006), EuroBasket 2007 – 11th place (2007), EuroBasket 2009 Elimination Group 1st place (2008), EuroBasket 2009 - 8th place (2009), 2010 FIBA World Championship Men – 2nd place (2010)

Damir Rančić

He played at the EuroBasket 2005 and he won the gold medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, where he was also voted the tournament's MVP.

Ermal Kuqo

Kuqo was suspended for a period of 6 months after failing a doping test at EuroBasket 2005 due to a dubious doping violation, after taking a doctor-prescribed medicine Propecia that contains Finasteride to prevent hair loss.

Mensur Bajramović

He was the head coach of the senior Bosnian national basketball team, and he was Bosnian coach at EuroBasket 2005 in Serbia and Montenegro.

ŽKK Vršac

It is the Millennium Centre is held Eurobasket 2005, The Universiade 2009, The European Championship in the men's and women's handball 2012, World League in Volleyball 2006 and 2007 and many other international sports competitions.


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