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Lithuanian basketball players in Vilnius are sensationally losing to Denmark / Day

The Lithuanians lost to Denmark in the subgroup C match in Vilnius with the result 76:80 (22:21, 24:17, 13:22, 17:20), which won their first victory in the qualification.

For Lithuanians, David Gailus was the most productive with 16 points, but Tom Dims had 15 points.

Gabriel Lundberg stood out with 28 points and seven rebounds, while Matthias Christensen had 13 points.

Earlier in Vilnius, Belgium defeated the Czech Republic 90:62 (27:19, 20:17, 23:15, 20:11), continuing the cycle without losses.

Retin Obasohan stood out in the Belgian ranks with 18 points and seven assists, 13 points went to Pierre Antoine Gilles and 12 points to Hans Vanvijn. Ondržej Balvins scored 14 points for the Czechs, but 13 points were in Lukasz Paliz’s account.

Group C is the leader with three wins in three games, Belgium, but the other three teams have one success each.

In another game, naturalized American team leader Shein Larkin made his debut for the Turkish men’s basketball team, which in a subgroup D match in Istanbul with a score of 62:79 (7:24, 17:21, 19:12, 19:22) acknowledged Croatia’s superiority, suffering a third loss in the third match. .

Istanbul’s “Anadolu Efes” match manager Larkins, who demonstrated by far the best performance at the ULEB Euroleague last season, received Turkish citizenship in February but did not play in the first “window” due to injury.

On Friday, he made his debut for the Turkish national team and scored 12 points, but the most productive with 14 points was Melih Mahmatolu. The Croatian national team was led to victory by Miro Bilan, who scored 30 points and 12 rebounds, while Žeļko Šakičam had 17 points.

In the first game of the day, the Netherlands defeated Sweden with 78:76 (15:18, 23:24, 18:12, 22:22).

For the Dutch, Janniks Franke was the most productive with 22 points. Christopher Cherapovic scored 21 points for the Swedes, but Nikolas Spirem had ten points and 11 rebounds.

Croatia is in first place in the group with three victories in three games, two successes are in the Netherlands, one – in Sweden, but Turkey is a beige.

In Group G’s first game of the day, France won the UK with 79:56 (24: 5, 22:15, 16:17, 17:19).

The French scored 24 points for Amat M’Baye and 15 points were added by Axel Butellier, while the British scored 12 points by Ashley Hamilton.

Germany and Montenegro will meet in this group tonight.

In group G, France takes the first place with two victories, but Germany, Montenegro and Great Britain are in one place.

It has already been reported that the Latvian men’s basketball team won Greece in the third game of Group H in Sarajevo on Friday with the result 77:66 (20:21, 22: 9, 22:20, 13:16).

Mārtiņš Laksa played an excellent game in the ranks of the Latvian national team, who realized all the shots and scored 19 points, 12 of them with long shots. Dimitris Agravanis stood out in the Greek team with 15 points and eight rebounds.

Later in this group, Bosnia and Herzegovina will join forces with Bulgaria.

In the subgroup, Greece has two victories in three games, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria have won one match in two matches, and Latvia has one victory in three games.

There are 32 teams participating in the qualifying tournament, divided into eight groups. Out of the four groups in which the countries organizing the final tournament (Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy and Germany) play, the top two teams qualify for the final tournament, and from the other four – three each. The games take place in three national “windows” – in February and November 2020, as well as in February 2021.

The final tournament of the European Championship was moved from next year to 2022. The final tournament will take place next year from September 1 to 18 in four countries – the Czech Republic (Prague), Georgia (Tbilisi), Italy (Milan) and Germany (group tournament in Cologne, playoffs in Berlin). 24 teams will take part in it.

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