Latvian basketball player Mareks Mejeris scored 12 points in the bronze medal game of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) European Cup in Tel Aviv on Sunday, but that was not enough for his Permian team “Parma” to win bronze. “Parma” in Tel Aviv with 76:85 (15:20, 13:25, 23:16, 25:24) conceded to the Oradea CSM from Romania.
The dairy played for 31 minutes and 15 seconds, during which he scored 12 points, won seven balls under the baskets and scored five times. He scored three of the five two-point and only three-point throws in the basket, as well as three of the five “penalties”. The basketball player also occasionally intercepted the ball and blocked the throw, made three mistakes, earned one personal note and ended the game with 19 efficiency points, which was the second best score in the Parma team. In the Russian club 24 points, seven rebounds and five passes to Eigirdas Žukauskas, but for the winners 21 points and five balls under the baskets to Aaron Brusar. Another 20 points were added by George Watson.
The teams of Ostrava Wielkopolska “Stal” (Poland) and Nescion “” Ironi “(Israel) will meet in the final at 9 pm.
“Parma” gave way to “Ironi” in the semi-final with 80:81 on Friday, which in the quarter final with 90:76 won the Ukrainian unit “Kyiv” led by Ainars Bagatska. The Stal team has not yet suffered a loss in the FIBA European Cup this season. This may be the first time in the tournament’s history that a team that has not lost a match has won.
Due to the spread of Covid-19 last season, the winner of the tournament was not determined, but a year earlier the cup was raised over the head by the Italian club Sasari “Dinamo Banco di Sardegna”. In the first stage of the FIBA European Cup, 24 teams were divided into six subgroups of four each. The first round of the elimination tournament or the eighth final was reached by the winners of the first two places of the subgroup, as well as the four best winners of the third places.
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