At the same time, this means that next year the Lithuanian U16 boys national team will continue to compete in the A division of the European Championship. Teams ranked 14-16 are relegated to Division B.
On Friday, the Lithuanians will face their peers from Slovenia. A win in this match would guarantee at least 10th position. The match will be broadcast live on the FIBA YouTube channel.
The Lithuanians started the match against the Poles powerfully (9:0), thus immediately taking control of the match into their own hands. In the second quarter, the difference between the teams grew quite rapidly and reached 20 points (41:21).
After the break, the game was even for a while, and before the fourth quarter, the Lithuanians still had a solid foundation for victory (74:56). Finally, our team pushed forward once again, dispelling any doubts about the question of the winners of the match. In the last minute, the gap became huge (98:68), but the opponents still managed to reduce it a bit.
The most useful this time were Ignas Štombergas (13 points, 9 rebounds, 6 blocks, 23 points) and Neidas Linarts (18 points, 8 rebounds, 23 points), for whom it was the best match of the tournament. Dovydas Jakštonis also performed solidly (17 points, 5 rebounds, 15 assists), who had never had such a performance before.
Lithuania: Neidas Linartas 18, Dovydas Jakštonis 17, Emilis Žibūda and Ignas Štombergas 13 each, Tauris Aliukonis 10, Edenas Žilinskas 8, Emilis Prekevičius 7, Gabrielius Kerys 6.
Poland: Gabriel Sularski 24, Franciszek Borucinski-Hrycyk 16, Piotr Losiak 7, Patryk Hurynowicz, Michal Nagel and Bartosz Folga 6 each.
In the group stage, the Lithuanians crushed the Bulgarians 97:40, they dealt with the Germans 73:54, but they recognized the superiority of Serbia 60:76.
In the round of 16, our team recognized the superiority of their Turkish peers 68:77.
In their group, the Turks lost to the Latvians 85:90, recognized the superiority of Spain 59:64 and defeated the Finns 84:60.
The Polish national team lost all matches in this championship. In the group stage, the Poles lost to the Slovenians 66:81, they did not resist the French 49:74, they lost to the Sakartvelo team 62:67, and finally in the round of 16 they fell to the Greek basketball players 55:68.
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