By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
It’s not a surprise but now it’s a fact. The reigning European champions Slovenia lost to Ukraine and mathematically are out of the upcoming FIBA World Cup. Meanwhile, Turkey in Group I and Italy in Group J made important steps towards the qualification but they are not yet in.
Group I
Turkey – Spain 71-67 (Balbay 12 – Brizuela 18)
Ukraine – Slovenia 82-54 (Kobets 13 – Hrovat 13)
Latvia – Montenegro 75-84 (Meiers 27 – Dubljevic 22 )
GAMES |
GAME POINTS |
POINTS |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# |
Team |
P |
W |
L |
% |
For |
Agt |
+/- |
FA |
AA |
|
1 |
Turkey |
9 |
7 |
2 |
77.8 |
673 |
602 |
71 |
74.8 |
66.9 |
16 |
2 |
Spain |
9 |
7 |
2 |
77.8 |
714 |
660 |
54 |
79.3 |
73.3 |
16 |
3 |
Montenegro |
9 |
5 |
4 |
55.6 |
697 |
681 |
16 |
77.4 |
75.7 |
14 |
4 |
Latvia |
9 |
5 |
4 |
55.6 |
719 |
696 |
23 |
79.9 |
77.3 |
14 |
5 |
Ukraine |
9 |
5 |
4 |
55.6 |
682 |
659 |
23 |
75.8 |
73.2 |
14 |
6 |
Slovenia |
9 |
2 |
7 |
22.2 |
689 |
745 |
-56 |
76.6 |
82.8 |
11 |
Group J
Croatia – Hungary 74-69 (Bilan 22 – Perl 20)
Nederlands – Poland 78-105 (Kloof 21 – Cel 20)
Italy – Lithuania 70-65 (Abass 13 – Kalnietis 15)
GAMES |
GAME POINTS |
POINTS |
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# |
Team |
P |
W |
L |
% |
For |
Agt |
+/- |
FA |
AA |
|
1 |
Lithuania* |
9 |
8 |
1 |
88.9 |
756 |
598 |
158 |
84 |
66.4 |
17 |
2 |
Italy |
9 |
7 |
2 |
77.8 |
714 |
615 |
99 |
79.3 |
68.3 |
16 |
3 |
Poland |
9 |
5 |
4 |
55.6 |
702 |
663 |
39 |
78 |
73.7 |
14 |
4 |
Croatia |
9 |
4 |
5 |
44.4 |
662 |
651 |
11 |
73.6 |
72.3 |
13 |
5 |
Hungary |
9 |
4 |
5 |
44.4 |
620 |
623 |
-3 |
68.9 |
69.2 |
13 |
6 |
Netherlands |
9 |
3 |
6 |
33.3 |
664 |
690 |
-26 |
73.8 |
76.7 |
12 |
Photo credit: FIBA