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Photo: M.Baranauskas / LKL
Hoptrans 3×3 third-stage fights broke out in Palanga.
In the final, for the second consecutive weekend, Juventus basketball players from Utena competed with Gulbele from Šakiai, who responded to failure last week. 22:13.
There was no shortage of tough fighting in the last match, and Paulius Beliavičius and Gintautas Matulis were also penalized for non-sport fouls.
Marijus Užupis scored 9 points for the winners, Šarūnas Vingelis added 5, Aurelijus Pukelis and Beliavičius added 4 each. Matulis scored 5 points for the Juventus team, Vytautas Šulskis scored 4 points, Ignas Vaitkus scored 3 points.
After this stage, the 8 strongest teams became clear, who will meet in Palanga on July 24 and 25 for the name of the winners and will deliver 74 thousand. Euro Prize Pool: Juventus, Gulbelė, Kaunas, Tauras District, Pasvalys Pieno Žvaigždės, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Lietkabelis, Alytus Dzūkija and Klaipėda Neptūnas.
The teams were immediately divided into two groups according to their positions. In the first group, Juventus, which has the favorite status, as well as Pieno Žvaigždės, Šiauliai and Neptūnas will play.
In the other group, “Gulbelė”, “Tauras”, “Lietkabelis” and “Dzūkija” will fight.
Utena “Juventus” basketball players entered the final for the third consecutive time in the semifinals 21:16 defeated Šiauliai.
Vytautas Šulskis, who scored 7 points, led 6 points in the semifinals of the tournament, 6 were added by Gintautas Matulis, 5 – Ignas Vaitkus. Evaldas Šaulys, who scored 8 points, stood out in the ranks of Šiauliai, Aurimas Urbonas scored 4.
In the second semifinal, the Kaunas “Tauras” district was forced to play three, because Žygimantas Šimonis suffered an ankle injury in the quarterfinals.
Kaunas District team played unchanged 15:21 capitulated against Šakiai “Swan”.
Paulius Beliavičius, who scored 7 points, was the most productive among the winners, and Marijus Užupis added 6. Paulius Semaška and Šarūnas Beniušis scored 6 points for the Tauras team.
During the break between the quarterfinals and the semifinals, Alytus Dzūkija’s manager Tomas Pačės triumphed in the three-point competition, defeating Darius Tarvydas in the final.
The most persistent fight in the quarterfinals was between Klaipėda “Neptūnas” and the Kaunas “Tauras” district.
At the end of the match, Tauras took the initiative in the changing fight without Jonas Mačiulis. 20:16 broke the port city equipment.
For the first time, Šiauliai was among the four strongest teams on the stage, who easily got along with Panevėžys Lietkabelis: 21:11.
There were no surprises in other quarterfinals – Utena’s Juventus 22:15 defeated Alytus “Dzūkija” and Šakiai “Gulbelė” 21:16 broke the youth of Vilnius Rytas, who finished the tournament in March.
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