The national teams of Lithuania and Slovenia failed to make the top four in the World Basketball Championship, so players from both teams are forced to compete for places 5-8. will have a head-to-head matchup on Thursday afternoon. Live coverage and results on Polsatsport.pl.
The winner of this confrontation will have the right to fight for fifth place with the winner of the match between Italy and Latvia. The losers will play for seventh place.
The Lithuanians lost to Serbia 68-87 in the quarter-finals of the Basketball World Cup. Earlier, in group matches, they managed to defeat the Americans 110:104 and take second place in the standings – just behind the Yankees and ahead of Montenegro and Greece, who gave up further struggles.
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The Slovenians also finished second in their group where they faced Georgia, Australia and Germany. Our western neighbors have proven to be the best. In the quarterfinals, Slovenia lost to Canada 89:100.
The last time the two teams faced each other was last year’s EuroBasket. Then the Slovenians won against the Lithuanians 92:85.
Coverage and live score of the match Lithuania – Slovenia from 14:30 on Polsatsport.pl.
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