- Title: YUGOSLAVIA: GERMAN BASKETBALL TEAM WINS "BELGRADE TROPHY"
- Date: 3rd September 1995
- Summary: BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA (SEPTEMBER 3, 1995) ALBA (BLACK SHIRTS) 87 RED STAR BELGRADE (WHITE) 82 1. ALBA ATTACK BREAKS DOWN. RED STAR GAIN POSSESSION AND SCORE THROUGH ODSTRUK (NO.8). 2. TEOMAN ALIBEGOVIC (NO.7) SCORES THREE-POINTER FOR ALBA. 3. SRETENOVIC (NO.4) SCORES FOR RED STAR TO THE DELIGHT OF THE HOME CROWD. 4. NO.15 SCORES FOR ALBA AT THE SECOND ATTEMPT, SILENCING THE HOME FANS. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA
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- Country: Yugoslavia
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- Story Text: German basketball team Alba won the final of the "Belgrade Trophy" international tournament with an 87-82 win over Red Star Belgrade on Sunday (September 3).
Despite trailing 39-51 at the interval, the Germans came back strongly in the second half in the face of some vehement support from over 4,500 Red Star fans.
Alebegovic top-scored for Alba with 20 points, Roedl and Odstruk weighed in with 13 apiece.
Radovic netted the bulk of Red Star's baskets, scoring 26 points.
In the play-off for third place, Olympiakos of Athens beat Partizan Belgrade and Panathinaikos of Athens edged out Radnicki CIP of Belgrade 95-94 to finish fifth.
All the proceeds from the three-day tournament will be used for humanitarian purposes.
Teams: ALBA: 4-Roedl (13), 5-Luccke (4), 6-Mahowski, 7-Alibegovic (20), 8-Odstruk (13), 9-Obradovic (16), 10-Beck (8), 11-Frisch, 12-Tomic (4), 13-Boenke (6), 14-Pesic (3).
RED STAR: 4-Sretenovic (5), 5-Ilic, 6-Pavicevic (10), 7-Lisica (11), 8-Radovic (26), 9-Jestratijevic (8), 10-Rakocevic (2), 11-Pavlovic (3), 12-Trifunovic (1), 13-Krgovic, 14-Stevic (10), 15-Karadzic (6).
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