Europe Basketball Academy

Europe Basketball Academy
Company type	Private
Industry	Basketball
Founded	2010
Headquarters	Sant Cugat del Vallès, Province of Barcelona, Spain
Key people	Srđan Premović, Goran Premović
Services	Coaching, Player Management, Sports Education
Website	http://www.europebasketballacademy.com

Europe Basketball Academy S.L. (often referred to as EBA) is a sports organization based in the prestigious living area of Sant Cugat del Valles, Province of Barcelona, Spain; 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away from Barcelona city center. EBA focuses on training young semi-professional and professional athletes and preparing them for either prospective careers in one of European professional leagues or studying in the US under NCAA athletic scholarships. EBA is well known for emphasizing education of international basketball players in areas related with professional basketball in Europe as well as teaching them courses on basketball technique and tactics. Europe Basketball Academy also offers management services to players seeking a career in Europe. Although primarily being concentrated on male athletes, through introduction of the Female Program and the Junior Summer Program in 2015, Europe Basketball Academy widened the demographic of its attendees.

Programs

Europe Basketball Academy currently offers 8 different programs suited to a variety of player profiles.

Academy Development Program
Euro Prep Program
Junior Summer Program
NCAA Prep Program
Pro Placement Program
Specialist Program
Yugoslav Shooting Lab
Female Program

History

Europe Basketball Academy was founded on March 9, 2010 by Srdjan Premovic, a professional basketball coach from Serbia (born on November 16, 1978 in Obrenovac), and his brother Goran Premovic, a FIBA certified basketball agent (born on June 25, 1982 in Belgrade). Prior to relocating to Sant Cugat del Valles in October 2014, EBA was based in Girona, Spain. In 5 years of operating, the Academy was attended by more than 700 players from 60 different countries.

Notable lecturers

Since its establishment in 2010, EBA has hosted many renowned basketball authorities in an effort to provide players with insight into the world of European professional basketball. Some of them include:

Zan Tabak, head coach at Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
Sito Alonso, head coach at Bilbao Basket
Hakan Demir, former head coach at Trabzonspor B.K.
Andrea Mazzon, assistant coach at Delaware 87ers
Zoran Savic, former manager at F.C. Barcelona Bàsquet, founder of Invictus Sports Group
Joe Arlauckas former professional basketball legendary player of Real Madrid
Manel Bosch, former Spanish professional basketball player
Rafael Jofresa, former Spanish professional basketball player
Antonis Constantinides, head coach at CS Energia
AJ Mitnick, assistant Coach at Bnei Herzliya
Christophoros Livadiotes, head coach at ETHA Engomis
Panayiotis Yiannaras, head coach of Apoel, Cyprus
Dejan Kamenjasevic, former assistant coach at Caja Laboral
Zoran Helbich, a Croatian professional basketball player
Dan Muller, head coach at Illinois State Redbirds (NCAA D-I)
Dave Rose, head coach at BYU Cougars men's basketball (NCAA D-I)
Tim Miles, head coach at University of Nebraska (NCAA D-I)
Darryl Middleton, assistant coach at CSKA Moscow
Parvaud Bertand, assistant coach at Limogues CSP
Stefanos Dedas, assistant coach at Royal Halı Gaziantep

Management services

Europe Basketball Academy offers player management services, closely cooperating with renowned management agencies such as Beobasket, Invictus Sports Group and Interperformances on organizing player placement events. So far, EBA has been successful in placing its players in the following clubs:

Joventut Badalona, Spain
Prat Joventut, Spain
MoreBank Andorra, Andorra
CB Cazorla, Spain
CD Maristas Palencia, Spain
Arenys de Mar, Spain
Virgen de la Concha, Spain
Mollet, Spain
Ferrol, Spain
BVM 2012, Spain
Castelldefels, Spain
Avila, Spain
Burgos 2002, Spain
Rist Wedel, Germany
Trier, Germany
Muenster, Germany
Jagodina, Serbia
Napredak Krusevac, Serbia
Zeleznicar Indjija, Serbia
Sloga Kraljevo, Serbia
Radnik Bijeljina, Bosnia
Bosna Sarajevo, Bosnia
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
Sutjeska Niksic, Montenegro
Ibar Rozaje, Montenegro
Kolin, Czech Republic
BK Iskra Svit, Slovakia
RTV 21, Kosovo
Sigal Pristina, Kosovo
Drita, Kosovo
Universitatea Cluj, Romania
Braila Cuza Sport, Romania
Oliveirense, Portugal
ITU, Turkey
KFI, Iceland
Grindavik, Iceland
Chernomorec, Bulgaria
Mia Academy, Georgia
Armia Tbilisi, Georgia
Trikala, Greece
Lietkabelis, Lithuania
Küsnacht-Erlenbach, Switzerland

Cooperation with NCAA Division I colleges

Cooperation with NCAA D-I colleges was seen by coach Srdjan as a triple opportunity for players: by hosting exhibition games against D-I teams academy attendees would gain precious experience of facing some of the top talents of the NCAA league; EBA players could get noticed and enroll some of the universities in the United States under an athletic scholarship; EBA could welcome graduates from US universities interested in pursuing a basketball career in Europe. Europe Basketball Academy has cooperated in some of the above-mentioned ways with the following NCAA D-I teams:

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