World Cup Qualifiers: Serbia and BiH suffered defeats

Unfortunately, two national teams from our region suffered defeats at the start of the Second Round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.

Bosnia & Herzegovina got defeated by Finland on the road, after a thrilling ending. BiH squad were down by 21 points in front of the last quarter, but they had almost made an epic comeback after reducing the gap to just 3 points – 78:81, with 70 seconds left on the game clock. Still, Finland then scored 4 points in a row and secured their lead.

Serbia lost the big battle against Greece in the derby match of Group L. The score was all tied in the 35th minute – 57:57, but in the next 3 minutes Serbia failed to score a single point. Greece used that period to gain the crucial advantage and to get the precious win.

2019 World Cup Qualifiers, Second Round, Group K, Gameday 1:

FINLAND - BiH 85:81 (22:14, 21:20, 27:15, 15:32)
Salin 27, Koponen 14 | Nurkić 20, Musa 15

Group L, Gameday 1:

GREECE - Serbia 70:63 (16:18, 19:14, 16:15, 19:16)
Calathes 15, Printezis 15 | Bogdanović 19, Jović 11.