North Macedonia grabs a comeback win but Estonia secures a spot in EuroBasket

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

In a direct clash for the EuroBasket 2022 ticket, North Macedonia made a comeback from being down in double-digits and logged an 86-84 win over Estonia, however, the latter qualified for the EuroBasket 2022.

Both teams finished the qualifiers with a 2-4 record in Group B but Estonia had a nine-point (81-72) tiebreaker advantage coming from the first duel.

Nenad Dimitrijevikj banked in 23 and Bojan Trajkovski 21 points for North Macedonia. Jacob Wiley put up an 18-point, 14-rebounds double-double.

On the other side, Maik-Kalev Kotsar scored 15 points for the winning side in addition to Kristian Kullamae and Kaspar Treier’s 14 points each. Treier also grabbed 12 rebounds.

The last EuroBasket ticket belonged to Lithuania which survived Denmark’s comeback effort and a potential game-winning layup. Mantas Kalnietis came up big to block it and make his squad the one to complete the 24-team field.

Meanwhile, in Group D, Sweden completed the qualifiers with a 74-59 win over the Netherlands but perhaps a bitter one as they got eliminated beforehand by Turkey.

Christopher Czerapowicz scored 19 for Sweden followed by Tobias Borg with 11 while Jonas Jerebko had seven points and 11 rebounds. For the Netherlands, Emmanuel Chukwubuikem Nzekwesi scored 11 and Keye van der Vuurst de Vries ten points (plus eight assists).

Great Britain got a convincing win against France with 94-73 on the scoreboard thanks to Ovie Soko who banked in 27 points followed by Myles Hesson with 23.

Tukey was also victorious with 84-78 against Croatia. Sertac Sanli scored 17 as did Bugrahan Tuncer while Shane Larkin added 16 points.

The Czech Republic completed the qualifiers with a 91-86 win over Belgium as Vojtech Hruban scored 24 and Jaromir Bohacik 22 points.

Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Bulgaria 80-61 led by Kenan Kamenjas with 17 points and 14 rebounds while Ukraine beat Hungary convincingly.

Greece came out on top against Latvia (97-94) after an overtime thriller, thanks to Dimitrios Katsivelis who logged 19 points and nine rebounds while Linos Chrysikopoulos and Christos Saloustros added 17 each. Kristers Zoriks scored 21 on the other side.

For the last game of the qualifiers, Montenegro bowed out with a solid performance in the 82-75 win over Germany. Nikola Ivanovic was on fire with 26 points and eight assists while Nemanja Djurisic added 15 points.

Monday, February 22 results

Estonia – North Macedonia 84-86
Sweden – Netherlands 74-59
Belgium – Czech Republic 86-91
Bulgaria – Bosnia and Herzegovina 61-80
France – Great Britain 73-94
Hungary – Ukraine 63-97
Turkey – Croatia 84-78
Denmark – Lithuania 76-77
Latvia – Greece 94-97
Montenegro – Germany 82-75

Final standings

Group A

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Israel* 6 5 1 83.3
487 442 45 81.2 73.7 11
2  Spain* 6 4 2 66.7
501 448 53 83.5 74.7 10
3  Poland* 6 3 3 50.0
490 453 37 81.7 75.5 9
4  Romania 6 0 6 0
388 523 -135 64.7 87.2 6
*

Group B

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Italy* 6 4 2 66.7
511 487 24 85.2 81.2 10
2  Russia** 6 4 2 66.7
460 405 55 76.7 67.5 10
3  Estonia** 6 2 4 33.3
459 505 -46 76.5 84.2 8
4  North Macedonia 6 2 4 33.3
473 506 -33 78.8 84.3 8

Group C 

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Belgium* 6 4 2 66.7
509 439 70 84.8 73.2 10
2  Lithuania* 6 4 2 66.7
493 476 17 82.2 79.3 10
3  Czech Republic** 6 2 4 33.3
481 529 -48 80.2 88.2 8
4  Denmark 6 2 4 33.3
455 494 -39 75.8 82.3 8

Group D

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Croatia* 6 4 2 66.7
442 398 44 73.7 66.3 10
2  Netherlands* 6 3 3 50.0
404 414 -10 67.3 69 9
3  Turkey* 6 3 3 50.0
452 467 -15 75.3 77.8 9
4  Sweden 6 2 4 33.3
445 464 -19 74.2 77.3 8

Group E

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Serbia* 6 4 2 66.7
515 457 58 85.8 76.2 10
2  Georgia** 6 4 2 66.7
508 517 -9 84.7 86.2 10
3  Finland* 6 3 3 50.0
448 464 -16 74.7 77.3 9
4  Switzerland 6 1 5 16.7
493 526 -33 82.2 87.7 7

Group F

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Ukraine* 6 4 2 66.7
458 414 44 76.3 69 10
2  Slovenia* 6 4 2 66.7
470 434 36 78.3 72.3 10
3  Hungary* 6 4 2 66.7
438 455 -17 73 75.8 10
4  Austria 6 0 6 0
421 484 -63 70.2 80.7 6

Group G 

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  France* 6 4 2 66.7
465 444 21 77.5 74 10
2  Great Britain* 6 4 2 66.7
462 446 16 77 74.3 10
3  Montenegro 6 3 3 50.0
439 455 -16 73.2 75.8 9
4  Germany** 6 1 5 16.7
460 481 -21 76.7 80.2 7

Group H

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  BIH* 6 5 1 83.3
458 383 75 76.3 63.8 11
2  Greece* 6 4 2 66.7
459 461 -2 76.5 76.8 10
3  Bulgaria* 6 2 4 33.3
427 494 -67 71.2 82.3 8
4  Latvia 6 1 5 16.7
474 480 -6 79 80 7

Photo Credit: FIBA.basketball

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