By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The Round 16 was completed in Crete, with the best teams getting their tickets to the next phase of the U20 Tournament.
Germany and Greece survived thriller games against Turkey and Montenegro respectively, while Serbia took an easy win paced by Vanja Marinkovic’s 17 points and 5 rebounds.
Furkan Korkmaz dropped 11 points along with 6 rebounds for the Turkish Team, who struggled in the final minutes of the game.
Iceland, Spain and Lithuania easy marched to the next round too, with Martynas Echodas tapping in 22 points for the latter.
Quarterfinal pairings (July 20)
Serbia – France
Greece – Lithuania
Germany – Spain
Iceland – Israel
Round of 16 results
Sweden – Iceland 39 – 73
Turkey – Germany 77 – 80
Israel – Italy 79 – 71
Spain – Latvia 96 – 52
France – Czech Republic 88 – 61
Lithuania – Slovenia 76 -61
Serbia – Ukraine 98 – 63
Greece – Montenegro 56 – 49