By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Behind 27 points by Charlon Kloof and with Italian coach Maurizio Buscaglia on the bench, the Netherlands started their Eurobasket 2021 qualifiers on Friday with a bang, getting the road win against Turkey.
The host team had three EuroLeague players available (Melih Mahmutoglu, Dogus Balbay, Tolga Gecim) but they couldn’t save the day. Belgium also prevailed over a big-name opponent by beating Lithuania by 21 points (86-65) despite the presence of Mindaugas Kuzminskas and Donatas Motiejunas on the roster of the guests.
Meanwhile, Germany got a big home win over France (83-69).
Here are also the results of Thursday’s Eurobasket qualifiers.
Group C
Czech Republic – Denmark 75-71 (Bohacik 17 p. – Lundberg 20 p.)
Belgium – Lithuania 86-65 (Obasohan 21 p. – Kuzminskas 15 p.)
GAMES |
STREAK | GAME POINTS | POINTS | ||||||||||
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |||
| 1 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 75 | 71 | 4 | 75 | 71 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 75 | -4 | 71 | 75 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Group D
Croatia – Sweden 72-56 (Dreznjak 16 p. – Borg 11 p. 8 r.)
Turkey – Netherlands 65-72 (Birsen 12 p. 13 r. – Kloof 27 p.)
GAMES |
STREAK | GAME POINTS | POINTS | ||||||||
| Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | ||
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 72 | 56 | 16 | 72 | 56 | 2 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 72 | 65 | 7 | 72 | 65 | 2 | |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 72 | -7 | 65 | 72 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 72 | -16 | 56 | 72 | 1 | |
Group G
Montenegro – Great Britain 81-74 (Cobbs 19 p. 8 as. – Soko 18 p. 9 r.)
Germany – France 83-69 (Saibu 22 p. – Fall 6 p. 8 r.)
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 83 | 69 | 14 | 83 | 69 | 2 |
| 2 | Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 81 | 74 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 81 | -7 | 74 | 81 | 1 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 83 | -14 | 69 | 83 | 1 |
Group H
Greece – Bulgaria 73-63 (Bochoridis 19 p . – Bost 14 p. 8 as.)
Latvia – Bosnia and Herzegovina 61-62 (Meiers 13 p. – Atic 15 p. 6 r.)
GAMES |
STREAK | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||
| Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 73 | 63 | 10 | 73 | 63 | |
| BIH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 62 | 61 | 1 | 62 | 61 | |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 62 | -1 | 61 | 62 | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 73 | -10 | 63 | 73 | |
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