NEWSHolland would seem to be on a hiding to nothing when they hit the road to tackle Group E favourites Turkey in a European Championship qualifying game on Wednesday.
But Dutch coach Glenn Pinas is optimistic it will not be a thrashing, even though star centre Francisco Elson, of the Denver Nuggets, flew back to the US on Monday to start training for the new NBA season. |
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Holland coach Glenn Pinas is under no illusion as to the enormity of his task. The Dutch go into next month’s Group E qualifying games for the 2005 European Championships without a single international victory in two years. |
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More HeadlinesHolland have ruled Milwaukee Bucks big man Dan Gadzuric out of their summer plans because of a knee injury.
The Dutch already had a mountain to climb with European Championship qualifying games against Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Estonia. |
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Following the meeting of the FIBA Europe Board in November 2002, it was decided that a new system of qualification would be implemented for the 2005 European Championship for Men. |
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