2024-04-15 17:08:02
Latvia, which is seeded third in the tournament, beat Egypt (6th) 21:12 in the last match of Group B.
Miezis scored 11 points, making four long shots, as well as collecting three rebounds and assists. Lācis scored four points, while Chavars and Raimo, who had eight rebounds, scored three points each.
Among the opponents, Ahmed Mohamed was the top scorer with eight long-range points.
Latvia will play the semi-final match with the second place winner of Group A on Sunday, at 11.55 Latvian time, meeting with the second place winner of Group A, the Netherlands, seeded with the first number in the tournament.
25 minutes earlier, the second semi-final match is scheduled, in which New Zealand will meet Austria (4th).
Miezis scored the first point after a minute played, but Mohamed reduced Latvia’s 3-0 advantage to one point with a long shot.
After a long long shot by Miež, Latvia took the lead with 10:3. At the end of the match, in the exchange of successful long shots, Lācis finished the game after Mieža’s pass by hitting the ball into the basket from above, receiving the ball in the air.
In the first group game of the day, New Zealand beat Mongolia 12-10 in overtime.
After three rounds of matches, Latvia won the first place in Group B with three victories, New Zealand celebrated two victories and also entered the semi-finals, Egypt collected one victory, and Mongolia lost all matches.
On Friday, Latvian basketball players started the qualification tournament with two victories, defeating Mongolia (2nd) with 21:16 and defeating New Zealand (7th) with 21:10.
The Egyptians lost to New Zealand 13:17 on Friday, but beat Mongolia 20:18 in overtime.
The two best teams in the groups entered the semi-finals, where they will meet one of the teams in Group A – Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Austria or Switzerland. Only the best of the eight teams will get a ticket to the Paris Games.
If the Latvian national team fails to win in the first qualifying tournament, the next opportunity will be in the tournament that will take place from May 3 to 5 in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, while the last chance to get an Olympic ticket will be from May 16 to 19 in the Hungarian city of Debrecen.
2024-04-15 17:08:02