The last group matches for the 2023 World Cup qualification took place on Tuesday evening. Serbia at the same time And Latvia officially qualified for the second round in Pool A, Greece beat Turkey again in Pool C and Croatia won their first win in Pool B, Slovenia where they lost.
Group B: Greece decide to qualify
Greece made a good choice to qualify by beating Turkey 67-76. Carried Georgios Papagiannis (21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists for 27 ratings) and Kostas Sloukas (9 assists for 14 ratings in 27 minutes), the Greeks failed to impress Turkey and especially Shane Larkin. 3 points (2/7). Turkey is now the last to die (1 win – 3 losses), while the games between Belarus and Great Britain have the same record (1 win – 1 loss).
Group C: Slovenia landed badly
The Slovenians are the worst placed in Group B. After the 2019 World Cup, the team of Joran Tragic and Mike Toby missed out (17 Punkte, 10 Rebounds, 5 Assists für 25 Ratings) After last night’s loss to Finland (79-83) they will miss the next World Cup again. Finland (3 wins – 1 loss) and Slovenia (2 wins – 2 losses) will beat second-placed Sweden and Croatia next June in Finland. In the same group, Croatia clinched their first win (98-105) after two extra hours against Sweden but still have low hopes of qualifying.
Group D: Poland wins its first game
Marcel Ponitkas Poland won the first qualifying round against Estonia with 70:68. In this group, Germany controls the team and also makes a serious decision to qualify after beating Israel (84-80) after closing a 15-point deficit.
Reminder of the teams that qualified for the second round: Serbia, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Georgia and Spain.
Evening results:
Slovenia – Finland : 79-83
Slovakia – Serbia : 63-71
Turkey – Greece : 67-76
Poland – Estonia: 70-68
Latvia – Belgium: 68-63
Sweden – Croatia : 98-105
Germany – Israel: 84-80
