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France will find out its opponent in the semi-finals after the duel between Slovenia and Poland, scheduled for 21.30.
In the last European Championship, the French had to accept failure already in the round of 16, while Italy managed to reach the quarter-finals in the fourth final tournament in a row.
France made it three wins from five games in Group B, beating Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary, but suffered setbacks against Slovenia and Germany to finish third. Turkey faced the French in the round of 16, which they managed to win in overtime with 87:86.
On the other hand, Italy ranked fourth in Group C with the same number of wins. The Italians beat Estonia, Croatia and Great Britain, but conceded the superiority of Ukraine and Greece. In the round of 16, Italy defeated one of the favorites of the European Championship, Serbia, with 94:86
On Tuesday, the place in the semi-finals was already secured by Spain, who beat Finland, and Germany, who were superior to Greece in a convincing fight.
After the round-robin matches, the top four teams in each group entered the playoffs.
This is the fourth time that the preliminary matches of the men’s European Championship finals have been played in four different countries.
In 2017, the players of the Slovenian national team became the European champions in basketball, winning their first title in history. Slovenia, which defeated Latvia in the quarter-finals, defeated Serbia in the final. In the fight for third place, Spain beat Russia.
The Latvian national team has participated in the finals of the European Championship 14 times, but this time they failed to qualify for the finals, remaining in the last place in Group H behind Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Bulgaria.
The European Championship will last until Sunday.
The next European Championship will take place in three years, with Riga hosting one of the subgroups and the elimination tournament.
This final tournament was supposed to take place in 2021, but since the Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the continent’s strongest basketball players are also gathering a year later.
