World Cup Qualifiers: Victories for Croatia and Serbia
In the Monday’s FIBA World Cup Qualifiers games, Croatia and Serbia have been victorious, as they prevailed over Sweden and Slovakia, respectively. On the other side, Slovenia suffered a defeat by Finland.
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On the road in Levice, Serbia have beaten Slovakia for the second time in just a couple of days, having done the majority of their task already in the opening half, which they have won by 13 points (31:44). In the second half, Slovakia did manage to get closer to the big comeback, but just did not manage to accomplish it fully in the end. Serbia won 63:71 with 24 points by Aleksa Avramović and 13 by Stefan Jović.
At home in Koper, Slovenia have faced Finland and suffered their second defeat in a couple of days against these opponents. The Finnis started the game fully motivated and by halftime, they have already created themselves a monstrous lead of 21 points (31:52). In the remainder of the game, Slovenia managed to cut the gap between the two sides with their second half push, but just did not manage to turn the game completely upside-down. The final score was 83:79 for Finland. For Slovenia Klemen Prepelič led the way in scoring, as he scored 20 points, while Mike Tobey added 17.
Croatia have bounced back from the defeat by Sweden a few days ago, on the road and it seemed like the Swedes have been the one that have done the majority of their business in the first half, when they have gone up by 15 points. However, this hasn’t been enough for them to get away with a win in regular time, as Croatia fought back and took the game into overtime and then the second one as well. In the second extra time of the game, Croatia went up and ultimately celebrated a win with the final score of 98:105 For the Croatian side, Goran Filipović scored 29 points and Filip Krušlin had 21.
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers Group A, Round 4, Monday, 28.2.2022:
Slovakia – SERBIA 63:71 (16:26, 15:18, 22:16, 10:11)
Brodziansky 22, Dolezaj 17 | Avramović 24, Jović 13.
Group C:
Slovenia – FINLAND 79:83 (16:26, 15:26, 18:12, 30:19)
Prepelič 20, Tobey 17 | Jantunen 17, Salin and Seppala 13.
SWEDEN – Croatia 98:105 (21:14, 20:12, 18:24, 20:29, 9:9, 10:17)
Hakanson 31, Borg, Gaddefors and Jerebko 16 | Filipović 29, Krušlin 21.
