The Latvian men’s basketball team beat Switzerland on Sunday, July 25, in a test match in Saldus.
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The game ended with a score of 85:66 (20:25, 19:14, 23:18, 23: 9).
In the ranks of the Latvian national team, the most productive was with 28 points Rihards Lomažs, while scoring 14 points Artūrs Kurucs. Klāvs Čavarams has 13 rebounds and ten points.
Roberto Kovacs stood out with 15 points in the Swiss national team, while Tony Rokak scored 12 points.
The Swiss national team started the game more actively, leading in the lead with 9: 1 in the first two and a half minutes, but after the first five minutes of the game the result was 17: 9 in favor of the Swiss.
In the second quarter, the game leveled off. One and a half minutes after the start of the quarter, Artūrs Kurucs was accurate from the long-range line, reducing the result to 23:27, but in the sixth quarter of the minute his accurate three-point shot allowed Latvia to equalize 33:33, and after half a minute Werner Koha’s precise three-point shot 36:35. The second quarter ended in a draw with 39:39.
In the further course of the game, the Latvian national team no longer lost the lead and continued to increase its lead.
Both teams are preparing for the 2023 World Cup pre-qualification tournament, which the Latvian team will hold in Riga from August 7 to 13.
Latvian Basketball Union (LBS) recalled that less than a year ago, the Swiss national team was able to beat the Serbian team in the European Championship qualifiers, but in August in the pre-qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Cup, it will compete in the same group as the national teams of Northern Macedonia and Slovakia.
Latvians have won in all six mutual national team games. The previous meeting was on November 25, 2000 in Riga – 92:67.
A week later, on August 1, at 7 pm, the Slovak national team will face Latvia at the Vidzeme Olympic Center in Valmiera.
The Latvian men’s national team started preparing for the 2023 World Cup pre-qualification tournament in mid-July.
It has already been reported that the health condition did not allow Barcelona player Roland Schmidt to get involved in the work of the national team. Aigars Šķēle left the rank due to a foot injury in training.
In the pre-qualification tournament of the 2023 World Cup “Arena Riga”, the Latvian national team will compete with the Romanian (August 7 and 11) and Belarus national teams (August 8 and 12). After the two-lap tournament, the top two teams will continue their battle for the road sign to the World Cup final in November 2023 in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Latvian national team candidates for participation in the 2023 World Cup pre-qualification tournament: Jānis Strēlnieks, Kristers Zoriks, Dairis Bertāns, Rihards Lomažs, Artūrs Kurucs, Artis Ate, Artūrs Strautiņš, Dāvis Bertāns, Ojārs Siliņš, Mareks Mejeris, Andrejs Gražulis, Rinalds Mālmanis, Klav Chavar, Mārtiņš Meiers, Verners Kohs, Anrijs Miška.
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