The Norwegians were in the lead for most of the game on their field in Asker and defeated (86:80) Bulgaria, the nominal favorite of sub-group J.
Harald Frey scored 27 points for the Scandinavians, while Chris-Ebou Ndow had 23 points and eight rebounds.
The naturalized American Cody Miller-McIntyre, who represents the Turkish Super League club “Gaziantep”, scored 20 points for the Bulgarian team without the leading Bulgarian basketball player Aleksandar Vezenkov. 16 points and nine assists for Pavlin Ivanov.
Croatia, the clear favorite of subgroup G, tore the Irish team to pieces (89:49). In the middle of the second quarter, the Croatians were leading at one point with a score of 39:5.
18 points for Roko Bajim, who plays in Turkey, 17 points and eight rebounds for Toni Perkovic, who spent the season in the second league of France.
A ten-point deficit (30:40) was eliminated and Romania beat the Albanian national team (87:83) in an intense away match.
Naturalized Chris Richards scored 18 points, Roland Torok had 16 points, and Dragos Diculescu had 15 points and nine rebounds.
The double-double of Daniel Lekndreja (20+11) and Endrit Hisenagolli (15+10) did not save the Albanians from a painful defeat.
Dardan Berisha’s 20 points, American Dominic Artis’ 19 points and six assists, as well as Drilon Hajrizi’s 14 points and 12 rebounds forged an unexpectedly convincing victory for Kosovo (76:49) over Switzerland.
The first games of the third stage of “EuroBasket 2025” pre-qualification
GameResultNorway – Bulgaria86:80Croatia – Ireland89:49Albania – Romania49:89Kosovo – Switzerland76:49
Only the winners of the subgroups will reach the main qualification of the European Masters. The national team of Latvia will also take part in the basic qualification, even though the teams of Poland, Finland and Cyprus, as the organizers of the final tournament, have already ensured their participation in the final tournament.
Subgroups
Group G Group H Group I Group J Croatia Kosovo Romania Norway Luxembourg Denmark Slovakia Austria Ireland Switzerland Albania Bulgaria
2023-07-19 21:45:00
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