The Latvian 3×3 men’s basketball team, which includes Nauris Miezis, Kārlis Lasmanis, Zigmārs Raimo and Kristaps Glumītis, beat Austria in the first round of the World Cup final in the Ulanbaor’s World Cup finals on Friday.
Latvia won with 21:18 and will meet Switzerland in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Lasmanis scored seven points with two assists and three rebounds in the account, as well as a long -range shot 1.6 seconds before the end of the match. Miezis and Raimo scored five points and scoring, with four and three rebounds, respectively, with four points, two assists and five rebounds.
When playing opponents in the threesome, nine points three assists and seven rebounds, as well as five mistakes by Quinsy Digs.
Austria took the lead with 3: 1, but Lasmanis made a draw from the bottom of the basket and led Latvia in the lead with 6: 5. Miezis scored a two -point lead (8: 6), but the Austrians scored the next three points.
Miezis reached 16:13 with a long -range shot, keeping the lead in the lead until the end of the game.
It has already been reported that in the sub -group, Latvians won Montenegro and Mongolia with 21:16, defeating the United States by 18:21 and beat the Japanese by 21:14.
The Austrians first lost to Canada with 19:22 and won France with 17:13, but on the second day, 12:21 defeated Puerto Rico and beat China with 21:17.
The first place winners immediately secured a place in the quarterfinals, while the second and third place winners in each group play the eighth finals on Friday.
The World Cup in the Mongolian capital, Ulanba, will take place by the end of the week. Both the women’s and men’s tournament are 20 teams.
The Latvian women’s 3×3 basketball team did not leave the sub -group.
The Latvian men’s team plays in their fifth championship in a row, winning silver in 2019 and bronze medals in 2023.
