Eurobasket 2025: Greece – Bosnia Herzegovina 77 – 80
The Men's National has suffered its first Eurobasket defeat with Bosnia Herzegovina reaching 80-77 in the fourth race of the Limassol competition. Next clash with Spain met tomorrow (4/9) at 21.30.
Greece entered the game with Sluka, Dorsey, Papanikolaou, Samondourov and Mitoglou in the original five to quickly reach 13-4 (4 ') and 18-7 (5'50' ') with Papanikolaou in the first role and three-pointers by Dorsey and Dorsey and Mitoglou.
The Bosnians approached (22-16, 8'30 ''), but Greece found the space to run. Thanasis, Sloukas and Kostas found the road and the Greek team reached +13 (34-21, 12 ') with the second counting five assists. It was the point where the image of the race changed radically.
Bosnia Herzegovina measured an 18-0 (34-39, 17'20 '') with Vassilis Spanoulis, who had ten players at his disposal, to see these ten loaded with a foul one after the other.
Their series was broken by Sloukas from 6m75 (37-38, 18 ′) with the first half closing 38-44. Greece entered the game with a three-point lead by Dorsey, but also three errors that gave Bosnia the right to reach 41-53 (22'25 ') with the difference remaining at the same level (44-55, 26 ′).
Sloukas reduced from the line (47-55, 27'30 “) and Samondurob wrote 50-56 (28'20”) from 6m75, but with the start of the fourth period the difference again took a two-digit value (52-66, 30'50 “) with Greece having Kostas and Kostas.
Kalaitzakis and Sloukas reduced to five (69-74, 38 ′), but the Bosnians maintained the lead and finally won 80-77.
10 minutes: 25-19, 38-44, 52-61, 77-80
Greece (Spanoulis): Dorsey 14 (4), Toliopoulos 8 (1), Sloukas 15 (2), Kalaitzakis P. 8 (1), Papanikolaou 11 (1), Katsivelis, Samondourov 3 (1), Antetokounbos K. 5, Antetokounbos Th.
You can see the statistics of the match HERE
*Giannis Antetokounbos with knee discomfort and Giannoulis Larentzakis will be out of action today.
Results – Program (Group C)
28/8
Agriculture -Spain 83-69
Bosnia Herzegovin -Cyprus 91-64
Greece -Italy 75-66
30/8
Italy -Georgia 78-62
Cyprus – Greece 69-96
Spain -Bosnia Herzegovina 88-67
31/8
Agriculture-Greece 53-94
Spain -Cyprus 91-47
Bosnia Herzegovina-Italy 79-96
2/9
Greece-Bosnia Herzegovina 77-80
18.15 Cyprus – Georgia
21.30 Italy – Spain
4/9
15.00 Bosnia Herzegovina-Georgia
18.15 Italy – Cyprus
21.30 Spain – Greece
The classification
1. Greece 3-1 7
2.The cherzegovina 2-2 6
3. Spanish 2-1 5
4. ITALIA 2-1 5
5. Georgia 1-2 4
6. Cyprus 0-3 3
*Latvia, Turkey, Serbia, Georgia, Finland, Lithuania, Greece, Israel, Poland have already secured the qualification.
*In the 3rd Group, Spain will qualify for a victory or a victory of Greece or by the victory of Cyprus. Italy will qualify for a victory or if Cyprus defeats agriculture. Bosnia Herzegovina, Georgia and Cyprus are not likely to qualify today.
