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
|
|