Bballzone Time No. 26 2012 August Description of the twenty-sixth issue The team of the Bballzone Time is glad to present the 26th issue of our newspaper. We continue giving everything of our strength to present a fresh and interesting newspaper to our readers despite our short group and any other difficulties. So, there is always the presentation of some community in our game. We will present the Finnish community in this issue. You'll be also able to read couple of interesting facts related to the real basketball game. Also you„ll find reviews about the 30th regular season's standings of the major national league. You can also read some good jokes and funny quotes relative to the sport of basketball in our "Jokes section". You can participate in our traditional contests "True or false" and "History of Basketball". You will be able to find the answers and results from the last issue of the newspaper, and also the questions for the next rounds. There is also our fresh contest, "Bet n' Joy", that is about virtual betting on Bballzone matches. We hope that our readers will support this effort as well. Announcement from the editors! You are invited to join Bballzone Time team. All you have to do is write an interesting article and give it to the editors. Or maybe you think you could improve the appearance of the newspaper? You have a chance to receive Premium package (from 1 week to 1 month, depending on number and complexity of articles you write). Important! We are also looking for the head editor of the Lithuanian version. This position involves all the organizational tasks as translating articles or finding translators, preparing the newspaper according to the template (MS Word) and etc. Just write a message to the head editor of the English version of our newspaper – redmadness7 (team Redmadness BC, Elláda.1.1 league) and he will explain everything more detailed. Bballzone Time 1 Articles Description of countries 3-4 - Finland. 30th season's final standings of the major national leagues 5 - Lithuania, Greece, Italy, France, USA, UK, Latvia and Russia. Leisure section 6 - Jokes about basketball and funny quotes. Contest "History of Basketball" 7-8 - Results and questions for the next tour. Contest "True or false" 9-10 - Results and questions for the next tour. Contest "Bet n' Joy" 11-12 - Virtual bet contest on Bballzone matches. - Results and winners of previous tour. In the next issue of the newspaper 13 - Summary of the next issue of the newspaper Bballzone Time 2 Description of countries Finland (Article by: redmadness7, dimtsal) Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Thereafter, economic development was rapid. Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region Finland is one of the world's wealthiest nations with of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the per capita income of $49,349. It built an extensive west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, welfare state and balanced between the East and the while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of West in global economics and politics. With the best Finland. educational system in Europe according to some measures, Finland has recently been ranked as one of Around 5.4 million people reside in Finland, with the world's most peaceful, competitive and livable the majority concentrated in the southern region. It is countries. the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populated country in the Various sporting events are popular in Finland. European Union. Finland is a parliamentary republic Pesäpallo (a reminiscent of baseball) is the national with a central government based in Helsinki and sport of Finland, although the most popular sports in local governments in 336 municipalities, and an terms of spectator interest are ice hockey, athletics, autonomous region of the Åland Islands. About one cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Formula One. million residents live in the Greater Helsinki area, which consists of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Finland first participated at the Olympic Games in Vantaa, and a third of the country's GDP is produced 1908. At the time, Finland was still an autonomous there. Other larger cities include Tampere, Turku, Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire and the Oulu, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Kuopio. Finns took great national pride especially in the three gold medals won by the original Flying Finn Hannes Finland was a part of Sweden from the 12th to 19th Kolehmainen at the 1912 Summer Olympics. century, and from 1809 to 1917 was an autonomous Finland was one of the most successful countries at Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire. The the Olympic Games before World War II. At the Finnish Declaration of Independence from Russia in 1924 Summer Olympics, Finland, a nation of only 1917 was followed by a civil war in which the red 3.2 million people at the time, placed second in the side was defeated with German support. Finland medal count behind only to the USA. Perhaps most fought World War II as essentially three separate significantly, Finnish long-distance runners conflicts: the Winter War (1939–40), the dominated the Olympics during the 1920s–30s. Continuation War (1941–44), and the Lapland War (1944–45). Finland joined the United Nations in Paavo Nurmi won a total of nine Olympic gold 1955, the OECD in 1969, the European Union in medals between 1920 and 1928 and set 22 official 1995, and the eurozone at its inception in 1999. world records between 1921 and 1931. Nurmi is often considered the greatest Finnish sportsman ever Finland was a relative latecomer to industrialisation, and one of the greatest athletes of all time. For over remaining a largely agrarian country until the 1950s. 100 years, Finnish male and female athletes have Bballzone Time 3 consistently excelled at the javelin throw. The event community. In fact, seems that one user is holding has brought them nine Olympic gold medals, five the flag of whole community. world championships, five European championships and 24 world records. Suomi.1.1 started at Season 8 and the most successful team is "Far East Fishers" with 14 The Finnish national basketball team is the consecutive titles. basketball side that represents Finland in international competitions. The team joined FIBA in In the World League the best Finnish team, is also 1939 and is currently ranked 48th. The biggest "Far East Fishers", which is playing in the World success Finland achieved was in 1967's Eurobasket League.4.4 division. when the team reached the 6th place. In more details, the Finnish national team has appeared 12 times in The highest sponsored team in Finnish leagues is Eurobasket and 2 times in the Olympic Games, also the team "Far East Fishers" which is getting without winning any medal. The most famous 64726 Eu. Finnish basketball player is Petteri Koponen, who is the first Finnish first round pick in NBA Draft, 30th The best Finnish player is Tuomo Leskinen (C, overall, but haven't played yet in NBA. Also, Hanno 209cm, 29y.) who is playing for "Far East Fishers" Mottola, is one of the best Finnish basketball in Suomi.1.1 at the moment and his overall rating is players, who has played for the team of Atlanta 267. He is also the best Finnish player who is Hawks of the NBA. He was the power forward of playing in Finnish leagues. the team, and because of this, he was regarded as the first ever Finnish to enter in the NBA scene. The most well-paid Finnish player is Niko Nurminen (PG, 191cm, 26y.) with an overall rating Finnish community in Bballzone consisting 2 of 267 by getting a salary of 9782 Eu, and is playing divisions (3 leagues), with a total of 37 clubs. for the club "BC VICTORY" in Lietuva.4.2. However this is one of the lowest user activity Did you know that: Chris Webber called time out. In the NCAA Championship game, on April 5, 1993 - “I cost our team the game.” Chris Webber‟s fabulous performance against North Carolina – 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks – will forever be overshadowed by his late mistake. Michigan trailed 73-71 when Webber snatched a rebound, dribbled upcourt and called timeout. Except the Wolverines didn‟t have any left. Technical foul. The Heels sunk the free throws and walked away winners. Bballzone Time 4 30th regular season's standings of the major national leagues (Article by: redmadness7, dimtsal) We are going to review the final standings of the 30th regular season's standings of the major national leagues. Lietuva.1.1 Elláda.1.1 Italia.1.1 France.1.1 Pl Team W L +/- Pl Team W L +/- Pl Team W L +/- Pl Team W L +/- 1 KK TEO(Closed) 20 2 276 1 Redmadness BC 21 1 576 1 CCSMilano 21 1 445 1 Mugiwara 19 3 282 2 Gaudytojai 16 6 110 2 Sparta B.C. 21 1 569 2 kobe n1 20 2 448 2 ESB Nice 18 4 324 3 BC Šilainiai 15 7 113 3 Zoomer BC 15 7 172 3 Vladikavkaz Br. 16 6 228 3 S.C.M. 16 6 242 4 BC Zilvaro gauja 14 8 -3 4 Andre_vamos 13 9 55 4 Meina Blue Devils 13 9 199 4 BHS Le Mans 16 6 204 5 HARPERS 12 10 0 5 A.R.I.S B.C 12 10 65 5 Spinazza 12 10 154 5 St remy 15 7 193 6 Pimpongas 12 10 43 6 Corfu Tigers 11 11 9 6 Nema Problema 12 10 165 6 Dreaming stars 14 8 189 7 BC Tauras 10 12 43 7 Olympiacos CFP 11 11 13 7 severino cicerchia 12 10 135 7 Perak Proton Sport 10 12 20 8 BCLizards 10 12 15 8 Sosna 10 12 -20 8 fortitudo corticella1 11 11 128 8 E.N.C.P.B 8 14 -73 9 BC Pacany 9 13 -59 9 The Core 10 12 -45 9 falco_di_ritorno 8 14 -121 9 Clamp 7 15 -269 10 BC Paupis JR 7 15 -43 10 Kavala B.C 5 17 -254 10 Virtus Castiglioni 5 17 -253 10 BC Epik 6 16 -140 11 Cibuliai 4 18 -149 11 Titans of Aretsou 3 19 -230 11 special 2 20