FIBA WC European Qualifiers Roundup – Montenegro makes history

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

All eyes were on Group I and the game between Montenegro and Latvia which belonged to the latter but the hosts still managed to do enough and grab Europe’s last ticket to the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China. In doing so, Montenegrin squad will play the World Cup for the first time ever while also writing out the competition history as the smallest nation to do so with the population just over 600,000.

In the same group, Turkey challenged Spain for the first spot but the Spaniards didn’t budge and kept the top with a convincing win.

Poland hosted Netherlands for the last game of the FIBA WC European Qualifiers and after beating Croatia to secure a ticket, now they’ve also closed the qualifiers with an easy win.

Yesterday (24/2), Russia and Serbia grabbed their tickets after beating Finland and Israel respectively while the other nine WC spots were reserved before the last Gameday.

The following 12 European nations qualified for the 2019 FIBA World Cup: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain and Turkey.

Gameday 12 results and final standings:

Group I

Slovenia – Ukraine 85-84 (OT)
Montenegro – Latvia 74-80 
Spain – Turkey 74-58

GAMES GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Spain* 12 10 2 83.3 927 848 79 77.2 70.7 22
2  Turkey* 12 8 4 66.7 874 805 69 72.8 67.1 20
3  Montenegro* 12 7 5 58.3 918 901 17 76.5 75.1 19
4  Latvia 12 7 5 58.3 943 914 29 78.6 76.2 19
5  Ukraine 12 5 7 41.7 908 892 16 75.7 74.3 17
6  Slovenia 12 3 9 25.0 909 988 -79 75.8 82.3 15

Group J

Hungary – Croatia 84-65
Lithuania – Italy 86-73
Poland – Netherlands 85-76

GAMES GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Lithuania* 12 11 1 91.7 999 802 197 83.2 66.8 23
2  Italy* 12 8 4 66.7 940 836 104 78.3 69.7 20
3  Poland* 11 7 4 63.6 873 810 63 79.4 73.6 18
4  Hungary 12 6 6 50.0 836 849 -13 69.7 70.8 18
5  Croatia 12 4 8 33.3 858 891 -33 71.5 74.2 16
6  Netherlands 11 3 8 27.3 819 859 -40 74.5 78.1 14

Group K

Russia – Finland 91-76
France – Czech Republic 82-66
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bulgaria 87-67

GAMES GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % For Agt +/- FA AA
1  France* 12 10 2 83.3 937 778 159 78.1 64.8 22
2  Russia* 12 8 4 66.7 966 853 113 80.5 71.1 20
3  Czech Republic* 12 8 4 66.7 890 889 1 74.2 74.1 20
4  Finland 12 6 6 50.0 913 927 -14 76.1 77.2 18
5  Bulgaria 12 4 8 33.3 882 971 -89 73.5 80.9 16
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 3 9 25.0 871 957 -86 72.6 79.8 15

Group L

Georgia – Estonia 77-84
Serbia – Israel 97-76
Germany – Greece 63-69

GAMES GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Greece* 12 11 1 91.7 972 880 92 81 73.3 23
2  Germany* 12 9 3 75.0 1017 867 150 84.8 72.2 21
3  Serbia* 12 7 5 58.3 993 875 118 82.8 72.9 19
4  Georgia 12 5 7 41.7 927 968 -41 77.2 80.7 17
5  Israel 12 5 7 41.7 925 974 -49 77.1 81.2 17
6  Estonia 12 4 8 33.3 821 950 -129 68.4 79.2 16

Photo Credit: FIBA

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