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This became clear after the decisive heats for the 2022 Estonians (2/4) championship match in Perm. 84:86 (27:18, 22:20, 20:25, 15:23) landed in North Macedonia (2/4) but finished third in Group B.
Suomio Yukka Toijala’s students separated by 10 points in the first half (26:16), increased it to 13 in the second quarter – 39:26, and in the third to 52:38.
True, the representatives of the Balkans, who needed a victory by at least 9 points, ran 12: 2 and came close to 54:50. At the end of the last quarter, they even pondered the result again (80:81) and after Nenad Dimitrijevičius broke three points from the board, but they were too small and the ticket went to the Baltic team.
Mike-Kalev Kotsar scored 15 points for him (8 rebounds), Kristian Kullamae and Kaspars Treier (12 rebounds) for 14 points and Sten Sokk for 13 points.
Nenad Dimitrijevic scored 23 points for North Macedonia, 21 – Boyan Trajkovsky, 18 – Jacob Wiley (14 reb.).
Oh Mai-God Maik Kotsar 😲@MaikKalev | #EuroBasket pic.twitter.com/rdpo6HbRKb
– FIBA EuroBasket (@EuroBasket) February 22, 2021
The Estonian men, who have only missed the Italian and Russian teams, will play the European Championship for the sixth time in history. The last time they participated in the final tournament of the Old Continent was in 2015.
His highest rank is fifth. The Estonians reached it both in 1937 in Riga and in 1939 in Kaunas.
The last participant in the European Championship was Lithuania, which after a dramatic 77:76 final beat Denmark.
🇪🇪 Estonia reserve a 🎟 for #EuroBasket 2022 👏
– FIBA EuroBasket (@EuroBasket) February 22, 2021
Results of other unpublished matches:
Group D
Sweden – Netherlands 74:59
Turkey – Croatia 84:78
Group F.
Hungary 63:97 Ukraine
Group G.
France – Great Britain 73:94
Montenegro – Germany 82:75
Group H
Bulgaria – Bosnia and Herzegovina 61:80
Latvia 94:97 Greece after extra time
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