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SRB/USA - Hosts Serbia triumph in Novi Sad

NOVI SAD (FIBA U19 World Championship) - The United States came back from 19 points down but could not stop Serbia winning the FIBA U19 World Championship final 74-69 on their home soil.

Mladen Jeremic, who never left the court as he played the full 40 minutes, inspired the hosts' win with 24 points, including two in the final five seconds to put his side out of reach.

The outcome could have been much different had the US, chasing their first gold since 1991, not been so wasteful with their three-pointers, making just six of their 21 attempts (28.5%).

Stephen Flynn made only two of seven from the arc, showing a profligacy which would have disappointed his father, former NBA sharp shooter Dell Curry.

The game started slowly but Dusan Kalnic sank seven points in under five minutes to help Serbia to a 22-14 lead at the end of the first quarter.

A 14-3 scoring burst in the second period gave them a 19-point advantage shortly before the halfway stage.

That was the cue for the US to start their comeback though, and they scored 12 points without reply in a five-minute spell bridging the half-time buzzer to get back within sight of their opponents.

It was nip and tuck for the remainder of the third period, Jeremic sinking a lay-up in the dying seconds to give Serbia a 10-point lead going into the final 10 minutes.

Jeremic - who despite leading all scorers also missed seven of his 11 three-pointers - entered a lean spell in this quarter and where he failed, Deon Thompson succeeded, pouring in eight points on his way to a team-best total 16.

That helped his side back to within five points with 01:16 on the clock.

The final 30 seconds though, were littered with errors and fouls, and despite a late Curry three-pointer and Patrick Beverley's lay-up on the whistle, the United
States were left to wonder what might have been.

David Broome
FIBA

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Kide83

yeah was tough game for watching in last quarter congrats guys and keep up winning !!!

this is the second gold medal in last 10 days, after our young basketball players (Under 21 years old) won "U21 Europe Basketball Championship" i think Serbia is coming back in next few years, at the top of basketball world where it belongs

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alessandro

I have a friend in Kladovo ( near the romanian border ) who's playing basketball. That little town is kind of famous for a training camp held every year. That's why you won, you invest in training kids, we don't... fucking politicians.

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Kide83

well as far as i know we don't invest so much money in sport, i think it's more that we have good coaches who are working with young men (and women), and also that kids love playing basketball and they are aware that one they basketball can make them millionaires... there's strong tradition in our basketball school, in last 50 years we are producing top quality basketball players (first as Yugoslavia, then as Serbia & Montenegro and at the moment as independent and alone Serbia)...
Also many of those players who became basketball legends like Vlade Divac, Stojakovic, Djordjevic, Danilovic, Kicanovic etc spent many hours working alone after and before regular trainings they had in their clubs... and most of them loved game, they didn't do it for money... i mean how 15 years old kid like Vlade Divac could count that he will be making millions by playing basketball 20 years ago? he did it for fun and because he loved sport back then, and with hard work results came later... People love basketball here and, i love it too

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