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Österreich U21 Squad for Season 35:

PG 21-yr Schachner Legion X (Austria) (38002747)
PG 21-yr Jordan 光之子 (China) (38002714)
PG 20-yr Schnitzler Skok u bunar (Srbija) (38002779)
PG 20-yr König Spirits and Souls (Austria) (38803961)

SG 20-yr Schwarz Legion X (Austria) (38804049)
SG 21-yr Berger Black Pearl (Greece) (37190775)
SG 21-yr Pohl Ratxeados182 (Spain) (38002749)

SF 20-yr Tischler Danube Gorillax (Austria) (38002865)

PF 21-yr Brenner WTK NOBILES ANWIL (Poland) (37190889)
PF 21-yr Dobner Bostons Finest (Austria) (38002745)
PF 21-yr Riedel Wiener Bulls (Austria) (38002770)

C 21-yr Engelmair Grizzly Team (Russia) (37190748)

And could you tell something about the draft ??

Of course, some numbers !

Number of players drafted with potential 6 or higher (18yr / 19yr - Potential):
11 / 7 6 - Allstar
8 / 13 7 - Schlüsselspieler
8 / 4 8 - Superstar
3 / 3 9 - MVP
0 / 7 10 - Rekordspieler
0 / 0 11 - Legende

Average Salary per Potential (useles)
2.568 6 - Allstar
2.979 7 - Schlüsselspieler
2.842 8 - Superstar
2.859 9 - MVP
3.257 10 - Rekordspieler

Player per Position (18yr / 19yr)
C 6 / 4
PF 5 / 4
PG 10 / 11
SF 3 / 6
SG 6 / 9

Best Player Skillpoints : 65 (2x)
Worst Player Skillpoints : 33

Highest total Outside Skills : 42
Hiighest total Inside Skills : 32

Tallest Player : 2m21
Smallest Player : 1m83 (5x)

And i could go on........

U21 - UPDATE

It's been a while, so here's a small update of the U21.
This season we've played four matches so far, and we were not so lucky with our opponents.
First matches against Sweden (50), Germany (11) and Slovenia (30), we lost them all :
Sweden - Austria 111 - 91 (friendly)
Germany - Austria 118 - 88
Austria - Slovenia 74 - 106

After these games there was an easier opponent, Vietnam. This match we won 66 - 108.
The three matches in the U21-Consolation Tournament results in a current 45th place.
Looking at our upcoming matches, we've got a lot to gain.
Next matches are Romania (35), Al Jazair (74), Paraguay (49), Pakistan (96) and Israel (22).
Looking at the roster of these teams, Israel we will lose, with a bit of luck we can win Romania and
the other matches we (must) win.

U21 - UPDATE

We've just played the last match in the U21-Consolation Tournament, and i think the guys deserve
a little party: they have managed to reach the final 32 .
For a 'small' country in BB like Austria, this is a great archievement.

Since the last update we've made some nice results. First match against Romania we weren't that lucky,
so that was a loss (67 - 81) against the 35 ranked. After this match some nice results:
Al Jazair - Austria 90-106 (38098)
Schnitzler was hot with 22 pts/5 ast.
Austria - Paraguay 104-81 (38166)
Paraguay tried harder, but Engelmair dominated inside (28 pts/13 reb.), assisted bij Dobner (21 pts)
Austria - Pakistan 120-37 (38212)
Total domination, what can i say more. Dobner had again a great part with 33 pts. but Engelmair (26 reb) and Schnitzler (11 ast. / 20 pts.) played great, like the whole team did.

After these matches we were placed 34th in the consolation tournament, and we had to win the last game.
Opponent: Israel, nr. 18 in the list. No easy task, but with great effort, good prediction of the tactics and good shape made it possible:
Israel - Austria 85 - 104 (38255)
Absolute 'man of the match' is Engelmair with 20 pts / 21 reb / 4 ast.

Hope we can continue these successes in the future.

Thanx to all the managers with U21-players for keeping them in shape and making this possible.

Great season so far!

U21 - UPDATE

After the great results in the consolation tournament, we've managed to reach the play-offs. Opponent : England.
Because of the Israel-match, our effort was low. Together with a much stronger roster, this match we lost 54-87.

First scrimmage was against the 'big' Netherlands (my foul, challenged the wrong team). Of course a big defeat (127-53).

Second opponent was Slovenija U21 (Nr. 36 ranked), which we played very well. 130 - 126 win.

Next opponent will be Andorra. This will be the last match for Schachner, Engelmair and Dobner.
Big match for Engelmair: He needs 4 points to become Austrian U21 player with most points.


Summary of the Season
I think this was a great season for the Austrian U21. We've managed to reach the play-offs in the consolation tournament with some great wins. On the world-ranking we've climbed from 64th to 50th place. On the other hand, training for the new roster doesn't go to well. Next seasons will be more difficult. I've made a short inventory of the current available players, and there is a lot of PG/SF. On PF / C there is almost no training (max. inside skills 35 pts.)

First there are the U21-Elections. Let's see what happens...

Congratulation

The PF/C position will be very weak for the next few years (!) if nothing happens. I hope we will see some nice prospects in the upcoming draft.