ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra (A.W.)— Armenia took the gold in the 2017 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under 16 (U16) European Championship Division C finals, a day after the team overturned a 15-point deficit to hand Azerbaijan an 88-76 defeat in the semifinals.
Armenia beat Gibraltar 88-70 to win the tournament. Armenia’s Aleksey Chizhenok finished with an impressive 20 points and 18 rebounds, while Georgii Shakhnazarov scored a team high 28 points.