Serbia Defeats czech Republic, Latvia Advances to Round of โ16 in European Championship
Serbia secured โขa decisive victory over the โCzech Republic on Monday, winning 82-60 (27-5, 18-18, 16-20, โค21-17). Filip Petrushev led the Serbian scoring with 13 points,while Nikola Milutinov contributed 12 pointsโค and seven rebounds. For โขthe Czech Republic, Jaromir Bohachik and jan Zidekโฃ each โscored โnine points, with Zidek also adding five rebounds.
Also in Group โA, Turkey defeated Estonia 84-64 in Riga, and Latvia overcame Portugal with a score of 78-62.
withโ four wins in as many games, both Turkey and Serbia haveโข topped Group A. latvia’sโ win against Portugal โฃguarantees their advancement to theโ elimination tournament, joining Turkey and Serbia. Estonia and Portugal each have one win, while the Czech Republic has lost all four of their matches and are eliminated from contention โคfor the semi-finals.
Latvia โwill conclude their Group A play against the Czech Republic on Wednesday.
Meanwhile,in Group B,Montenegro defeated Sweden 87-81,Germany dominated Great Britain 120-57,and Lithuania edged out Finland 81-78.โ Germany currently leadsโ Group B with four wins, followed by Lithuania and Finland with three wins each. Montenegro and Sweden each have one win, while Great Britain hasโข lost all four games.The second-place team in Group B will join โขLatvia in the round of 16.
The European Championship Finals feature 24 teams โขcompeting across four groups in Riga, Tampere, Katowice,โ and Limassol throughout late August and โคearly September.โฃ The top โขfour teams from eachโข group will advance to the playoffs in Riga, where theโ medal winners will be resoluteโค in mid-September. The semifinals will pit the winners of โGroups A & Bโฃ againstโข the winners of Groups C & D.