Ukrainian basketball players lost to Italy with a score of 89:97 (19:19, 26:15, 22:38, 22:25) and greatly complicated their chances of qualifying for the final tournament.
Svyatoslav Mykhailiuk was the top scorer for the Ukrainian national team with 11 points, Volodymyr Herun and Denis Lukashov each had ten points and seven rebounds, who also had six assists, and Artem Pustovy scored ten points.
For the Italians, Simone Fontecchio scored 20 points, Niccolò Melli had 17 points and six rebounds, and Nico Magnon scored 11 points and nine assists.
The two national teams are also preparing for the final tournament of the European Championship to be held in September, where they will also compete against each other in the subgroup C tournament in Milan. In World Cup qualifying, Ukraine will travel to Iceland after Wednesday’s match, while Italy will return home to face Georgia in Brescia, with both matches taking place on Saturday.
On Wednesday, in this subgroup, Georgia defeated the Netherlands at home with the result 77:66 (18:18, 17:17, 21:9, 21:22).
Tornike Shengelija scored 20 points for Georgia, Tedus McFadden added 19 points, and Alexander Mamukelasvili had ten points and ten rebounds. Worthy de Jong scored 22 points and blocked two shots for the Dutch.
