Serbia defeated Great Britain and got the last ticket to the World Cup

With the help of the “Euroleague” additions to be decisive and with a leading role Alexa Abramovich who scored 20 points, h Serbia prevailed upon her of Great Britain in the “Alexander Nikolic Hall” and booked the last ticket for the 2023 Basketball World Cup.

His players Sletislav Pesic they maintained the lead from the first minutes of the match, with the British however resisting strongly and 3 minutes after the start of the second half sending the difference to its minimum value (50-49).

From that point on, the Serbs will step on the gas, never look back and after establishing a double-digit lead they will seal victory and a place in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan for the tournament to be held between August 25 and September 10, 2023.

Now the result of the Belgium-Turkey match is of no importance as even if the home team wins, Serbia is the one who, together with Latvia and Greece, will occupy the first three places in the group and by extension the three tickets for the finals organization.

The match:

The British may have scored first with a three-pointer from Whittle, but this was to be their first and last lead in the match, with Guduric and Petrusev leading the way, the Serbs will soon begin to build differences and in the 8th minute they will lead by double digits for the first time with a three-pointer by Dusan Ristic (26-15).

In the second quarter, coach Mark Stutell’s team will enter more energetically and led by Quinn Ellis, they will collect the difference and draw 39-39. The Serbians with baskets from Jovic, Abramovic and Mitrovic will go to the locker room at +5.

Despite the fact that Great Britain will again reduce to a point in the 23′, Pesic’s players will get serious and with a partial score of 28-19 in the third period they will effectively end the case of victory, with the last quarter developing in essence in a formal procedure and the Serbs to celebrate in front of their audience and with a bang the qualification to the World Cup.

By period: 28-20, 18-21, 28-19, 27-23

Final score: 101-83

Here you can see the detailed statistics of the match!

Serbia (Sletislav Pesic): Abramovic, Jovic, Petrusev, Mitrovic, Trifunovic, Dobric, Guduric, Jagodic-Kuridja, Jaramaz, Radanov, Ristic, Simanic

Great Britain (Mark Stutell): Ellis, Hortzler, Mackenzie, Menzies, Whittle, Adamou, Johnson, Lawson, Mockford, Watson-Gale, Williams

The remaining results of today’s final day in the World Cup qualifiers in the European zone:

Finland-Germany 81-87

Slovenia-Israel 79-87

Latvia-Greece 67-57

Sweden-Estonia 71-72

Belgium-Turkey 54-82

Editor: Babis Lessis