FIBA WC qualifiers: Upsets on the horizon

2018-02-23T23:20:24+00:00 2018-02-23T23:23:40+00:00.

Aris Barkas

23/Feb/18 23:20

Eurohoops.net
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With the third gameday of the FIBA World Cup qualifiers completed in Europe, some traditional powers couldn’t get the job done.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

With key NBA stars and EuroLeague players missing, Spain flirted with disaster against Belarus and won by two points, while Serbia was defeated on the road by Germany, Croatia lost at home to Romania, Latvia also was beaten at home to Ukraine – a result that created the following reaction by Spurs Davis Bertans – and Sweden prevailed by a point over Turkey.

In the last game of the night, Russia beat France after overtime thanks to a big shot by veteran captain Boris Diaw. Still, Spain, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Italy, Greece (photo), France and Germany remain perfect after three games.

FIBA World Cup European qualifiers

ISRAEL

GREAT BRITAIN

82-75

BULGARIA

CZECH REPUBLIC

76-78

GREECE

ESTONIA

87-75

BELARUS

SPAIN

82-84

AUSTRIA

GEORGIA

64-78

CROATIA

ROMANIA

56-58

LATVIA

UKRAINE

68-82

LITHUANIA

HUNGARY

80-75

SWEDEN

TURKEY

59-58

POLAND

KOSOVO

90-62

GERMANY

SERBIA

79-74

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

BELGIUM

72-70

MONTENEGRO

SLOVENIA

63-75

ITALY

NETHERLANDS

80-62

FRANCE

RUSSIA

75-74

ICELAND

FINLAND

81-76

Standings

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
GROUP A
1
SPAIN
6
3
3
0
255 – 232
23
2
SLOVENIA
5
3
2
1
246 – 229
17
3
MONTENEGRO
4
3
1
2
220 – 221
-1
4
BELARUS
3
3
0
3
223 – 262
-39
GROUP B
1
TURKEY
5
3
2
1
210 – 192
18
2
UKRAINE
5
3
2
1
226 – 211
15
3
SWEDEN
4
3
1
2
208 – 224
-16
4
LATVIA
4
3
1
2
223 – 240
-17
GROUP C
1
LITHUANIA
6
3
3
0
254 – 191
63
2
POLAND
5
3
2
1
215 – 197
18
3
HUNGARY
4
3
1
2
219 – 226
-7
4
KOSOVO
3
3
0
3
199 – 273
-74
GROUP D
1
ITALY
6
3
3
0
235 – 196
39
2
ROMANIA
5
3
2
1
203 – 199
4
3
NETHERLANDS
4
3
1
2
198 – 216
-18
4
CROATIA
3
3
0
3
181 – 206
-25
GROUP E
1
FRANCE
6
3
3
0
229 – 198
31
2
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
5
3
2
1
218 – 230
-12
3
RUSSIA
4
3
1
2
226 – 225
1
4
BELGIUM
3
3
0
3
198 – 218
-20
GROUP F
1
CZECH REPUBLIC
6
3
3
0
231 – 201
30
2
ICELAND
4
3
1
2
224 – 242
-18
3
FINLAND
4
3
1
2
214 – 225
-11
4
BULGARIA
4
3
1
2
233 – 234
-1
GROUP G
1
GERMANY
6
3
3
0
248 – 193
55
2
SERBIA
5
3
2
1
264 – 230
34
3
GEORGIA
4
3
1
2
235 – 248
-13
4
AUSTRIA
3
3
0
3
177 – 253
-76
GROUP H
1
GREECE
6
3
3
0
264 – 228
36
2
ISRAEL
5
3
2
1
231 – 225
6
3
ESTONIA
4
3
1
2
216 – 245
-29
4
GREAT BRITAIN
3
3
0
3
237 – 250
-13

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