BK “Ventspils” | Photo: Dāvis Lejasmeier
In the duel between “Ventspils” and “Latvijas Universitäts”, the opponents of “VEF Rīga” will be determined today in the semi-finals of “Užavas” Latvian Cup basketball. The match in the Olympic Center “Ventspils” will start at 4 p.m. The game can be seen live on the “Sportacentrs.com” portal.
In the first match of the quarter-finals, the Kurzemen won 103:85 and are the favorites to meet their arch-rivals VEF Rīga basketball players in the semi-finals. LIBL “Ventspils” is in sixth place with 12 wins in 18 matches, while LU is in 15th place with a record of 3-18.
Ventspils won the only LIBL match between them this season with 97:71. In the previous round, LU defeated the “Tukums”/TSS team with 211:130 in the sum of two matches, while in the round of 16, the team of Ventspils defeated the “Gulbenes Buki”/BJSS team with 198:133 in the sum of two matches.
On Sunday, in the duel between “Ogres” and “Liepājas”, the team that will compete with “Rīgas Zellīm” in the semi-finals will be determined. Last season, “VEF Rīga” won the Latvian Cup for the second time in a row, beating “Liepāja” 87:66 in the final. The Latvian Cup competition for men’s teams resumed in 2021 after a 27-year break.
2024-01-20 09:36:57
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