Team Maxim Michelson defeated Belgium and has maintained a place in the elite Eurobasket.
In the group stage of the “blue-yellow” in the end we lost to Slovenia, and then suddenly dealt with the Serbs, and in the final match, giving “-23”, made a spectacular comeback and put the squeeze on Latvians in overtime.
In the 1/8 final of the Ukrainian Junior was waiting for Belgium. The beginning of the match turned out to be productive – the teams exchanged exact throws, but in the end the opening 10-minute Belgians managed to conduct two long-distance attacks, and the last ball flew into the ring of Ukraine with foreign half.
In the second quarter, the Ukrainians managed to bring down the courage of the opponent, and to attack with your team confidently conducted Vitaly Zotov. The big break, Ukraine has gone with the “+4”, and in the third quarter wards Michelson shocked opponent with a jerk 23:2 – Pavlov, Kobets and the company immediately shut down all questions about the winner of the match and the winner in the quarter-finals.
On Friday, Ukrainians will face a powerful German team, defeated in the 1/8 finals of Israel (89:73).
Ukraine — Belgium 95:73 (24:27, 24:17, 28:9, 19:20)
Ukraine: Pavlov (18), Kobets (15 + 5 rebounds + 4 steals), Zotov (14 + 5 assists + 3 steals).
Belgium: Akyazili (13 + 4 assists + 2 blocked shots), Boxes (12), Lambrecht (10 + 5 rebounds).
