US and French basketball players will compete in the final of the World U-19 Cup basketball in Latvia on Sunday.
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The US team beat Canada in the first semi-final match on Saturday with 92:86 (24:19, 25:19, 20:25, 23:23).
Kenneth Lofton junior contributed 16 points and seven rebounds, 15 points and five assists to Michael Mails, and 12 points and eight balls under baskets to Four Holmgrem. In the Canadian national team, Keileb Houston excelled with 23 points, 19 points and five rebounds to Benedict Richard Felder Maturin, but 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists at the expense of Ryan Nembard.
In the final, the US basketball players will meet with France, which won Serbia in a fierce battle in the second semi-final game with 75:69 (13:23, 20:16, 20:18, 22:12) on Saturday.
Jason Chicamboo stood out with 19 points and 14 points and seven rebounds for Cleman Frisch. Nikola Jovič, who won nine rebounds, and Lazars Stefanovič, who scored nine rebounds, scored 15 points each in the Serbian national team.
Canadian and Serbian basketball players will meet in a bronze match on Sunday.
It has already been reported that the Latvian U-19 basketball team spent an unsuccessful first quarter in the World Cup on Saturday and will play for 9-12. place gave way to peers from Australia.
The Latvian U-19 team lost to Australia at the Olympic Sports Center in Riga with 44:89 (6:25, 12:21, 4:23, 22:20).
The hosts will meet Iran in the fight for 11th place, which has already been won in a group tournament.
The playoffs will take place from Friday to Sunday in Riga – Olympic Sports Center and “Arena Riga”.
Latvia also hosted the World U-19 Cup in 2011, when the tournament took place in Riga, Valmiera and Liepaja.
In 2011, the young Lithuanian basketball players won in Latvia, but Jons Valančūns was recognized as the most valuable player of the tournament. Well-known players such as Dāvis Bertāns, Mateušs Ponitka, Rauls Netu, Kevin Pangoss, Dario Šaričs, Dags Makdermots, Tims Harvardej junior, Jeremy Lembs, Jānis Timma and others took part in the tournament.
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