Latvia beat Germany 75:68 (8:23, 25:12, 26:11, 16:22).
Germany went on a 10-0 run early in the second quarter to take its biggest lead, 25-8, before closing the gap. At halftime, the Latvians responded with an 11-0 breakthrough, taking a 39-35 lead after Ričardas Aizpura’s two-point shot and increasing the lead to 59-46 at the end of the quarter.
Aizpurs scored 26 points in the Latvian national team, while Ralfs Aleksandrovs scored 11 points.
Fabian Kaiser scored 20 points for the opponents, while Marko Petrich and Anton Kemmer scored ten points each.
The quarter-final match with France will be played on Wednesday.
In the round of 16 match between France and Croatia on Tuesday, the French won 90:59 (15:20, 26:19, 21:7, 28:13).
In the previous matches, France defeated Georgia and Poland with the same score of 74:49 in Group C and Slovenia with 99:66.
Latvian cadets beat Turkey 90:85 on Friday, lost to Spain 59:89 on Saturday, and beat Finland 70:54 on Sunday, taking second place in Group A.
In group B, Germany lost to Serbia with 69:72, Lithuania with 54:73, but beat Bulgaria with 86:52.
During the preparation stage, the Latvian team, varying the composition, defeated the Ukrainian team twice in the test matches (117:72 and 77:53), in the Baltic Cup in Kaunas, the Latvian team lost to Lithuania (77:105) and Turkey (75:79), but beat them with 82:67 Estonian cadets. The teams of Georgia (76:62), Israel (98:91) and Germany (82:76) were defeated in the test matches in Riga.
The European U-16 Championship will take place in Iraklia until August 17.
The head coach of the U-16 national team, Edi Shleser, is assisted by coaches Sandis Bushkevics and Normunds Lisiks, as well as physical training coach Ivars Iksten.
Latvian U-16 men’s basketball national team players:
Raivo Kudrajvcevs (“Riga”/DSN), Bruno Jēkabsons (“Riga”/DSN – “Barcelona”, Spain), Ralf Aleksandrovs, Niklavs Veselovs, Ret Eduards Weinberg (all – Gulbenes BJSS), Krist Kristers Ozers, Kārlis Aumeister (both – Bertānu VBS), Gunārs Grīnvalds (BJBS “Rīga” – Madrid “Real”, Spain), Richards Aizpurs (Gulbenes BJSS – “Stellazzurra Roma”, Italy), Markus Tebelis, Rihards Černievskis, Gustavs Vilškērsts (all – Mārupe NSS).
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