The AKdemie Grand Est is back from EYBL!
Our AKdemie U16 team traveled to Budapest, Hungary, from November 28th to December 1st for the first phase of the European Youth Basketball League (EYBL)!
COACH'S MESSAGE: GAME 1 EYBL
Ahmadou Keita
A good start to the season with a team that doesn’t have a lot of experience playing together.
The objective of defending and exploiting my players’ attacking talent was achieved. We’re barely at 20% of what we can achieve.
I’m very happy with the team’s mindset, and this victory against Skuru bodes well for the future!
COACH'S MESSAGE: GAME 2 EYBL
Ahmadou Keita
The Bulgarian team from Sofia dominated us collectively and in physical freshness because it was their only match of the day, unlike us.
COACH'S MESSAGE: GAME 3 EYBL
Ahmadou Keita
Great victory against the locals from Budapest to conclude a good start to the tournament in which we are still in the running for the playoffs.
COACH'S MESSAGE: GAME 4 EYBL
Ahmadou Keita
We are progressing with each outing, which has allowed us to dominate the English by using the entire squad.
Team MVP: COELH
5 majors of the Tournament: Charles
Photos from the Tournament!
After an intense first phase in Budapest, our U16s continued the adventure in Radom, Poland for the second phase of the competition!
COACH'S MESSAGE: GAME 1 EYBL
Ahmadou Keita
For a first match with 4 players experiencing the competition for the first time, and against a strong Italian team
COACH'S MESSAGE: GAME 2 EYBL
Ahmadou Keita
Facing a very tenacious Georgian team, we found the necessary resources to win. The team is progressing!
COACH'S MESSAGE: GAME 3 EYBL
Ahmadou Keita
It’s a shame our start to the match let us down. We expended a lot of energy, and we’ll need it to face Ukraine.
COACH'S MESSAGE: GAME 4 EYBL
Ahmadou Keita
I didn’t want to be pessimistic, but I could have written the script before the match. A team that only played one match a day, while we played four in two days. The Ukrainian team is still very formidable.
TEAM MVP
DUSTIN BANAKISSA