Estonia, which withstood the Macedonian assault in the decisive battle – in the European Championship / News



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In the decisive match, the Estonian team (2-4) secured the penultimate ticket to 2022. European Championship.

Estonia National Team / Calendar

Jukka Toijala students in Perm 84:86 (27:18, 22:20, 20:25, 15:23) landed in North Macedonia (2-4) but still left it behind the priorities of the Old Continent.

The Estonians had the luxury of losing the match up to 9 points in this match, as the first duel between them was won 81:72.

Estonia will return to the priorities of the Old Continent after a seven-year hiatus. Estonians participated in the 2015. championship, but missed the 2017 championship.

In the first half of the match, the Estonians, who controlled the course of the match, had a 13-point lead (49:36), but the Macedonians, who started after a long break, cut their deficit to 6 points – 48: 54 .

With just under four minutes to go, Kristian Kullamae scored a triple and increased Estonia’s lead to 8 points (80:72), but with a long shot from Boyan Trajkovski, Willey scored quick points from under the basket and Macedonia del Norte, 7: 0, returned to the match – 79:80.

Toijala called for a minute rest, but after that the Estonians did not organize a fruitful attack, and on the other side of the field, Nenad Dimitrijevikja connected two points and led North Macedonia forward – 81:80.

However, Sokk and Mike-Kalev Kotsar responded with their exact shots and Estonia regained the lead early in the last minute of the match (84:81).

However, Wiley noticed the penalties and missed Sokko’s three-point goal. Just before the end of the match, Dimitrijevikja scored a triple and put North Macedonia ahead, but that advantage for the Macedonians in this match was too small.

Estonian national team: Maikas-Kalev Kotsar 15 (6/12 dvit., 8 sec.), Kristian Kullamae (4/7 dvit /) and Kaspars Treier (4/8 dvit., 2/9 trit., 12 sec. Cam..) After 14, Stenas Sokkas 13 (7th ed.).

North Macedonia national team: Nenad Dimitrijevik 23 (6/10 diat., 3/6 trit., 8 dd.), Boyan Trajkovsky 21 (5/8 dvit., 3/4 trit.), Jacob Wiley 18 (6 / 8 dvit.)., 14 recovered rooms, 31 useful bales), Andrejus Magdevskis 10.

Group B final classification:



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