This Wednesday, day of clash between France and Slovenia, the group of death will officially deliver its verdict since we will attend the last day of Pool B from 2:30 p.m. What are the issues ? Who is in danger? Who will win their ticket for the eighth and who will pack their bags? We take stock!
Matches of the day
- 14h30 : Lithuania – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 17h15 : France – Slovenia
- 20h30 : Hungary – Germany
Classification
FYI, it is Slovenia which should be first after its victory against Germany yesterday and the results between Germany, Slovenia and France. Thank you FIBA for this feint.
What can happen
Before seeing what can happen, let’s look at what has already happened. After four days, we know that Germany, Slovenia and France are qualified and that Hungary can already pack their bags to go home. Thus, what remains to be decided is the fourth and last qualifying place for the round of 16 and the order of the top of the table. We will know very quickly who will take this fourth spot since the decisive match between Lithuania and Bosnia will take place at 2:30 p.m., the winner getting his ticket for the next round. Then, a (very likely) victory for Germany against Hungary would close the door to the top spot for the French team, regardless of their result against Slovenia. On the other hand, a victory for the Blues would be synonymous with second place for Vincent Collet’s band and therefore a match-up against the third in Group A in the eighth, while a defeat would leave EDF in third position with Slovenia finally in the lead. ahead of Germany. For the record, know that France cannot fall to fourth place (because they beat Bosnia yesterday), regardless of the results of the last day.
Reminder of the rules concerning the tie-breaker:
- difference made on direct confrontations
- if three teams are equal, report on the mini-championship between them
The big question: Will Lithuania choke in the fear game?
Before the start of hostilities, it was thought that the Slovenia-France-Germany-Lithuania quartet would come out alive from the group of death, but Bosnia decided to play spoilsport by going for a huge victory against Slovenia (after their initial success against Hungary). Meanwhile, Lithuania screwed up their money time against the Slovenians, the French and the Germans, losing three times in the first three games. France’s victory against the Bosnians yesterday allowed the Domantas Sabonis side to stay alive, which then did the job by exploding Hungary. This therefore gives us a small final between Bosnia and Lithuania to obtain the last ticket to the eighth, a meeting which still looks a lot like a match of fear for the Lithuanians. We saw it yesterday, the team of Jusuf Nurkic can be hard to play and it will be far from a formality for the men of Kazys Maksvytis.
That’s it, you know everything for this last day of Group B. Now, there are only two or three things to do: leave work at noon if you can, have a bite to eat, sit quietly on your sofa and relax. have a 100% orange ball day as we like them.
