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11.03.2008

Our Physically Disabled Are Out of the Cup

Our Wheelchair Basketball Team lost its final European Champions Cup Group B qualifying game 65-63 to French Toulouse I.C. in Italy and got knocked out of the tournament by finishing 4th in its group.

Our Wheelchair Basketball played two European Champions League Qualifying games in Group B, demolishing Bosnian KIK UNA Sana 73-37 before dropping a 74-62 decision to Italian A.S. Dream Team.   
After suffering an 80-55 defeat at the hands of Sheffield Steelers from England, in the opening game of the qualifying round, our Black and Whites came back to cruise to a lopsided 73-37 victory  over Bosnian KIK UNA Sana in its second group test to record its first win of the tournament.
They took on the formidable Italian A.S Dream Team in their second game of the day and lost the game 74-62.   
The results of today’s Group B games are as follows:
Beşiktaş:73 - KIK UNA Sana:37
A.S.Dream Team:74 - Beşiktaş:62
Toulouse I.C.:75 - KIK UNA Sana:22
A.S. Dream Team:76- Sheffield Steelers:64
Sheffield Steelers:67- Toulouse I.C.:72
Physically Disabled Suffers Defeat
In their opening contest of the European Champions Cup Qualifying Group B game, our Wheelchair Basketball dropped an 80-55 decision to Sheffield Steelers from England.     
In the other game of the Group B, Italian A.S. Dream Team defeated French Toulouse I.C. 75-43.  
The qualifying rounds that had been going on for the last 3 days were completed in Italy today. Our Wheelchair team took on Toulouse I.C. in its final game and suffered a heartbreaking 65-63 loss to French side.
The results of today’s Group B games are as follows:    
KIK UNA Sana:60 – Sheffield Steelers:88
Toulouse I.C.:65 – Beşiktaş:63
A.S. Dream Team:76- KIK UNA Sana:53
At the end of the qualifying rounds, our Black and Whites finished 4th in their group and were eliminated from the tournament.
The final standings for the Group B are as follows:
1- A.S. Dream Team (Italy)
2- Toulouse I.C. (France)
3- Sheffield Steelers (England)
4- Beşiktaş
5- KIK UNA Sana (Bosnia Herzegovina) 

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