Ondrej Balvin transfer to Cajasol Seville
After long negotiations we finally closed the transfer of Ondrej Balvin to the best league in Europe, the ACB. Ondrj will regularly practice with the first team and will get ample playing time in the second team. We wish him a lot of sucess. More
Lukas Kraus strengthens the Spanish team Palencia Baloncesto.
Luke Kraus tansfers to Palencia Baloncesto. His new club plays LEB Gold - the second highest competition. More
Pre - season matches of the Spanish ACB
Preparation of pre-season Spanish ACB is in the mid-phase. The teams began to play friendly matches and tournaments. Gabriel Szalay and David Jelinek played well in the initial games of their teams. More
Milan Jaros transferred to Belgium - Stella Artois Leuven Bears
Milan Jaros transferred to Belgium - Stella Artois Leuven Bears. Milan will practice with the first team and will play for the junior team. We wish him many basketball sucesses! More
Stormy Prievidza welcomed the group C qualifying match Slovakia - Czech Republic
Cyzech Republic won the match by 5 points (60:65) PPGroup players in The Czech Republic national team -Pavel Pumprla (CEZ Nymburk), Pavel Houska (Decin), Peter Bohacikk (Pardubice) and Zbynek Pospisil (Pardubice). David Marek unfortunately injured himself and was unable to participate... More
National U16 team won the title at the European Championships in Tallinn
The youngest team U16 won the European Championship in Tallinn. The Czech National Team showed great collective spirit throughout the tournament. According to statistics, the best player was Jan Svandrlík (Unicaja Malaga), he played an average of 24 minutes, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and one steal. The second PPGroup player was Peter Herman (BK Pardubice), who played an average of 12 minutes, 4.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks. More
Tomas Voslajer transfers from BK JIP Pardubice to BK Novy Jicin
Tomas transferred from Pardubice where he grew up into the ranks of the professional basketball players. Novy Jicin is a new challenge and we are sure he will sucessfully show his merit in the team. Tomas will begin pre-season practice after representing his country at the U20 European Championships. More
Gabriel Szalay, to CAI Zaragoza
Gabriel Szalay, 2’15 slovakian center, is already new CAI Zaragoza player, where he will become in the 5th center in ACB roster and he will play too with the second team More
David Jelinek in the A team of DKV Joventut Badalona
David Jelinek will be on the roster of the ACB team in Barcelona's Joventut. David went through the junior program of the Club and proved his qualities last year whenever he player for the first team. We congratulate him and wish him the many basketball sucesses! More
National U18 team won the title at the European Championships in Israel
At European Championships U18 Div. B PPGroup represented three players . Ondrej Balvin, Tomas Vyoral and Jaromir Bohacik. The trio led the team to the title. They became the best scorers of Czech team. They combined made a half of all points of the team. More
Pavel Pumprla traveled to the U.S. to the famous IMPACT Basketball
Impact Basketball is the premier destination in the world for teams, professionals, and student-athletes looking to improve their athleticism, strength, and basketball skills. The combination of world-class performance training and high-intensity basketball skill development has helped players to achieve incredible levels of success including. More
Summer transfers in PPGroup
Several players have changed the jersey. With their new teams they hope for a successful season 2010/2011. National Team player David Marek, who is returning after a long time to Mattoni NBL agreed with BK Prostejov. Jaromir Bohačík from NH Ostrava, and the leader of the National Team U18 signed his first professional contract in the same time. The tallest Mattoni NBL player Daniel Dousa from BK Opava moves to BK Decin. TJ Svitavy strengthens their roster with the powerforward Ladislav Horak, who became a free agent status after the dissolvment of the Podebrady team. More
Ondra Kohout transfers to Fuenlabrada
Ondra Kohout has transferred to ACB Fuenlabrada. The team from Madrid is looking forward to working with this talented player and together we beleive in his start in the best league in Europe. Ondra will start for the B-team Illescas. The Clubs interest did not waiver even after his knee injury and this only confirmed this Club is the right situation for the player. More information on: http://www.baloncestofuenlabrada.com/?se=noticia&n=1072 More
David Jelinek, showed his potential in the Treviso Adidas Eurocamp!
Sports complex in Treviso La Ghirada was hosted from 06/05 to 06/07/2010. Around top 50 players from all corners of the world attended the event. They showed their basketball skills under the microscope of NBA officials. This year was represented by all 30 NBA teams. Mr. Larry Bird, the member of the NBA Hall of Fame and a legendary Boston Celtics player, who serves as the president of the Indiana Pacers . A special guest also the German Basketball player Detlef Schrempf who starred in the Indiana Pacers and Seattle SuperSonics. More
Jan Svandrlik and Samuel Faifr with their Unicaja in the final battles of the 2010 Paris NIJT
Jan Svandrlik and Samuel Faifr with their Unicaja Malaga team will play final 2010 NIKE INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT in Paris, which runs parallel to the Euroleague Final Four. Qualification has not been easy, but thanks to second place in the tournament in L'Hospitalet and subsequently granted a wild card to ensure participation. More
Samuel Faifr and Jan Svandrlik continue in their successful campaign
Samuel Faifr and Jan Svandrlik helped their junior team Unicaja Malaga to advance to the next level of the Spanish Junior National Competition. Their team ended in second place in the qualification of Andalusia put them in the next stage of the competition. In the Final game lost Unicaja lost to Cajasol Sevilla 57:60. Both players were key leaders of their team. We wish them sucess in the next level of competition, which will played in Tenerife from 29 April - 2 May. More
David Jelinek and Tomas Satoransky are invited to the Adidas Eurocamp Treviso 2010
The most prestigious camp in Europe, where players receive a special invitation (June 4-7. 2010 in Treviso). David Jelinek´s first invitation to the camp among the world elite players born 1988-1992. The second participation for Thomas Satoranský. Last year was one of the best players. This year is Tomas invited as the ACB player and the greatest prospect born 1991. Their skills and game progress will be monitored by NBA scouts, managers and other professionals from the NBA teams and the top European clubs More
Ondrej Balvin travels to Cajasol Sevilla
One of the most talented player Ondrej Balvín went to a week travel to Cajasol Sevilla. The fifth team in Spanish ACB league. Seventeen years old Ondrej Balvin one of the top leaders of the team USK Future Stars in U18 Czech league first team and the London tournament finalists advance to the Final Eight junior Euroleague 2010. More
Jelinek and Sokolovsky helped their teams to wins in the Eurocup.
David "Flash" Jelinek followed the excellent performance in the Copa Del Rey and became the third best scorer of his team in the Eurocup match. He helped to win against Le Mans 80:73 when he scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Ladislav Sokolovsky, as the right captain led his CEZ Nymburk amazing to win 79:71 against Gran Canaria 2014 . More
Michal Vocetka's Lucky Shot.
The Czech League, Mattoni NBl, pre-played the 38th round. USK Prague played against Brno for the playoff roster. The home team played well and lead by 21 points at half-time. After the tip by Michal Vocetka 0,2 seconds before the end of the game, USK brought home 2 points for the victory and increased their chances for the play off spot roster. More
Copa Del Rey with two PPGROUP clients!
Not even an amazing entry by David Jelinek in the 3rd quarter against Real Madrid did not change the loos of Joventut Badalona 90:82. David scored after the drive to the basket and was fouled. He then made the free throw. After a short while he scored a three pointer in the face of the Real Madrid defender. Finally David ran the court coast to coast with a layup. In 13 minutes he made 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 9 val. Bravo David! More
Pavel Bosak and his premiere in Legadue, Tomas Satoransky excelled in the ACB and more ...
Pavel Bosak made his premiere in LegaDue and immediately showed that he can bring his team great strength. A.B. Latina won the match against Filene Jesi. Pavel played 29 minutes and scored 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assist. In the decisive moment of the game Pavel hit a three and a block the opponent's easy 2 points from under the basket. He greatly helped his new team to a very important win. Tomas Satoranský LEB2 Seville to a win, where on Friday contributed to the win over Matchmind with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in 34 minutes on the floor. On Sunday with ACB Cajasol he played 17 minutes and scored 9 points and 4 assists. Watch the link: http://acbtv.acb.com/video/2513). More
Pavel Bosák heading to Italy Lega2
Pavvel leaves Prievidza and Slovak Extraliga, heading into the second Italian league. Here he puts on jersey A.B Latina team. Paul flew today, waiting for his first game since this weekend against Filene Jesi. In the Slovak Extraleague he won the bronze medal last season. His statistics in 2009/10 are on average 30.3 minutes, 17.7 points, 4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals. More
Pavel Pumprla helped to win Nymburk in Eurocup
Pavel Pumprla helped to win Nymburk. Summer reinforcements from Opava, contributed important 12 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assists to the victory over the Turk Telekom Ankara. Czech champion won in overtime game in Eurocup 97:92. Nymburk head coach Muli Katzurin praised his fearless performance. More
"Bad Boy" expanded PPGroup
The player with the most votes in All-Star Game Slovak League - Pavel Bosak - is our client. Pavel is a very experienced player in position 2 / 3. Dynamically and superbly equipped wing shooter, which binds to the attention of a huge defense opponents. It is very offensive-minded player who is leader of his team point BC Prievidza More
Ondřej Peterka grabs his chance.
he second youngest player on the roster BK Pardubice, Ondřej Peterka shows that young players are in force in Mattoni NBL. It is a chance, trust and the role entrusted to a young player has been in force for the team. Ondra gets a chance in matches and each match up to him how to dispose of this chance. Slowly get used to the pace Mattoni NBL and every game is a great experience for him. His minutes are growing every game and Ondra is repaying the coaches trust by strong performance every game. More
Flight through the world of basketball
Players PPGroup have a lot of work this weekend. Gradually, we will focus on what is happening in Spain, where Thomas recorded Satoranský point maximum in ACB and Luke Kraus led his team an impressive win in the next LEB2. In our eastern neighbors, they played an exhibition match ALL STARS between East and West. Of the whole Slovak league Gabriel Szalay won second place in the number of votes. In Mattoni NBL was no surprise, perhaps only too clear win in the derby Opava and Ostrava. More
PPGROUP clients star in Eurocup
David Jelinek made an impressive debut yesterday in Bonn. It was his first game in the prestigous cups for Joventut Badalona. David had sensational statistics in 12:24 minutes - with 4 rebounds and a decisive three point at the end of the 3 quarter when the score was 52-54. More
David Jelinek stars in LEB Silver.
David Jelinek who is playing in DKV Joventut Badalona (ACB) and in CB Pratt (LEB2) was named MVP in the 6th round LEB Silver. More
Young Czech players in Spain
David Jelinek is working hard on making it to the A-team of very strong Joventut Badalona. He is taking advantage of his game and practice experience, he gained during the summer preparation with the A-team, in LEB Plata. More
The U18-National Team did not achieved their goal and fell from division A to division B.
After the U18-National Team moved to division A last year, they lost their position in the best europe´s teams company this year. The fact is,they were missing the leading player Tomáš Satoranský, who performed his task in the Czech National Team. More
David Marek on tryout in Spanish ACB team Obradoiro
David Marek is on a two week tryout with the Spanish team ACB Obraidoiro. David is practicing with the 1st team and if he passes the tryout, he will continue preparation with the 1st team and play for the reserve team. More
David Jelinek continues pre-season with A-team of Joventut Badalona
David Jelinek scored 10 points in a game against Valencia yesterday.DKV Joventut Badalona played at the San Miguel tournament in catalan Reus, last weekend. More
European U20-Championship division B – Czech Republic has advanced to division A!
Czech Republic was not a leader of the Championship in Skopje, especially when the best players of the team were missing, because of injuries or their active participation in the senior National Team. More
The Czech National Team U16 is relegated to Division B
The Czech National Team finished their tenure at the European Championships Division A 2009 in Lithuania and have been relegated to Division B. The National Team under the guidance of Jan Ulrych arrived at the EC with the goal of staying in the A Group. More
David Jelinek is the Champion of the Spanish U20!
David Jelinek led his team DKV Joventut Badalona to the Championship in the Spanish SUB20. In a nerve-breaking Catalunya final DKV Joventut beat their archrivals FC Barcelona 79:76 and the celebrations for the greens could begin. More
Tomas Satoransky stunned the NBA scouts!
Tomas had a very sucessful REEBOK EuroCamp 2009, that tool place in Treviso, Italy. In front of a very professional audience of NBA and Euroleage GM’s and scouts Tomas played his best. His name was the positive rumor of the camp. An unnamed GM of an NBA team, told his agent, Phillip Parun that “if there was on player he could take back to the NBA with him, it would be Tomas”. More
PPGROUP transfers in the 1st Czech Division Mattoni NBL.
In the current transfer season we have finalized several new transactions for our clients. More
Final Sub20 tournament in Spain is coming.
David Jelinek is leading DKV Joventut to the final tournament of the Spanish U20 to its best result. The tournament is played in two groups and it is the final highlight of the entire season and will invite the top teams in Spain. The teams played each other in four preceding tournament, each tournament had 3 groups. David was the best scorer in two tournaments and is leading the scorers with 20 ppg. More
Ondrej Kohout - MVP of the U18 Final Four 2009
Ondrej Kohout, was voted the regular season MVP before attending the Final Four 2009. During the Final Four tournament Ondrej proved his merit and was voted the Final Four MVP, while scoring and average of 30.3 points, 16 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 43.7 ranking! Ondrej was also the Final Four leader in most points scored and most rebounds. Ondra’s team, Sokol Prazsky, came in 2nd place at the tournament, after they lost the title by a late three pointer from the opponents team. More
David Jelinek in ACB!
David Jelinek, 18 years and 203 days old Czech guard, has made a history record, as the youngest Czech ever to play the most prestigious national club competition in Europe – ACB, yesterday, March 29, ´09, in a game of DKV Joventut Badalona against double defeater of Czech sovereign CEZ Nymburk from this year’s Eurocup – iurbentia Bilbao. More
Pavel Milos passed 1000 made threes in Mattoni NBL!
In MNBL game Kondori Liberec-BK Decin /71:88/ Pavel Milos exceeded 1000 made threes in Mattoni NBL. He currently has 1004 made threes in his career. More
REEBOK EUROCAMP 2009 starring Tomas Satoransky
This June. 5.6.2009 – 8.6.2009, the annual REEBOK EUROCAMP 2009 will take place. This prestigious camp for young talents will be staged for the 6th time. This camp has seen many stars amongst its midst (Fernandez Rudy (Portland Trail Blazers), Gallinari Danilo (New York Knicks) ,Batum Nicolas (Porland Trail Blazers), Dragic Goran (Phoenix Suns), Ukic Roko Leni (Toronto Raptors) and other stars of today. More