Through her own hands, the National Children’s National Team lost the qualification to the final of EuroBasket U16, which ends tomorrow in Heraklion. The National Team was defeated by Spain 77-71, although it had a 12-point lead midway through the fourth period.
He will now challenge for the bronze medal in the junior final on Saturday afternoon. Today’s semi-final was attended by approximately 2,000 spectators.
The team of Yiannis Kalambokis led 28-15 at the beginning of the second period, but at the break the lead had dissipated: 40-40. Excellent defense allowed the young Greeks to escape again: 49-42, 56-48, 67-56. However, the Spaniards fought back with 3-pointers in the final five minutes to take a 67-76 lead with a 0-20 run.
Chaidemenos 16, Asimenios 13, Hatzilambrou 11, Tsonis 6, Cartonas 6, Barbagiannis 6 distinguished themselves from the Greek team.
In the second semi-final, Serbia will face France. The grand final will start at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday in Dyo Aorakia, while the bronze medal match at 6:30 p.m.
The Children’s medal is the second this year for Greek basketball, which a few weeks ago celebrated the bronze medal of the Youth National Team at the U20 Eurobasket in Poland.
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