Faced with Lithuania is set tonight (21:30, ERT Sports 2 and from the FIBA YouTube channel) h Young Men’s National Team in the quarterfinals of the U20 EuroBasket held in Gdynia, Poland.
After the great 68-65 win over Israelthe group of Kostas Papadopoulos has the possibility to claim qualification for the semi-finals (which will take place at the weekend) and enter the medal zone.
Greece has conquered six medals at Junior Men’s level (or Elpidon, as previously expected) in Europe, most recently with last year’s bronze medal in Heraklion. In total, the Greek team has qualified eight times in the competition’s top four.
Lithuania, which finished second in Group Four with two wins and one loss (to Slovenia), has big stars in forward Paulius Murauskas, who is at Arizona College, and guard Kaius Kublitskas, who is at Florida College.
If Greece qualify today, they will play in Saturday’s semi-final against the winner of the pair between France and Spain (14:00).
Thursday’s quarter-final schedule:
France-Spain 14:00
Czech Republic-Belgium 16:30
Poland-Slovenia 19:00
Greece-Lithuania 21:30
The results of the round of 16
Lithuania-Turkey 79-63
Israel-Greece 65-68
Spain-Montenegro 80-45
France-Germany 103-78
Slovenia-North Macedonia 82-71
Italy-Poland 63-74
Belgium-Iceland 74-73
Serbia-Czech Republic 67-72
Source: Sport Fm
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