In the women’s competition, where Latvia was not represented, the victory was won by the Netherlands, which beat Spain with 21:18. Kiki Fleuren scored ten points for the winners, while Vega Jimeno scored 11 points for the Spaniards.
In the fight for bronze medals, Lithuanians beat Portugal with 22:14.
Kamile Nacickaite and Giedre Labuckiene scored six points each for Lithuania, while Marcia da Costa stood out for Portugal with ten points.
In the quarter-finals, Latvia won 17:11 against the Czech Republic, which was seeded 14th in the championship.
Raimo scored six points and grabbed nine rebounds, Lasmanis collected 5+7, Lācis 3+9 and Osis 3+3.
In the semi-finals, the Latvians lost 19:21 to the number one seeded Serbia.
Eight points were scored by Lasmanis, seven by Lācis and four by Raimo in the Latvian national team.
Strahinja Stojacic was the top scorer for Serbia with seven points, Marko Brankovic and Stefan Kojic scored five points each, and Nemanja Barac collected four points.
Before that, Latvia defeated Cyprus (31st) with 22:10 in Group D and beat Belgium (4th) with 21:15.
Apart from Lasmani, the usual regular players Nauris Miezis, Agnis Čavars and Edgars Krūmiņš are not playing in the national team. Playing in different formations, the Latvian national team has already won two big successes this season – third place in the World Cup and victory in the European Games.
In 2017, the Latvian team won the title of European champions, in 2018 and 2022 – silver medals. All three successes were achieved while playing in the Olympic team.
The Latvian women’s 3×3 basketball team did not qualify for the final tournament.
2023-09-08 10:50:25
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