2023 WC Qualifiers: Montenegro stronger than France
In the Friday’s 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, three AdmiralBet ABA League countries have seen their national teams step on court and it has been Montenegro that emerged victorious.
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Montenegro have prevailed over France at home in a close game, that could have gone either way, but the hosts were more focused in the game’s ending and prevailed with the score of 70:69. Nemanja Radović led the way in scoring with 15 points on his record, while Vladimir Mihailović had 11.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia have suffered road defeats against Czech Republic and Spain respectively. While BiH were defeated 93:81, North Macedonia suffered a tough 80:44 loss on the road in Spain.
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, Group E, Friday, 1 July 2022:
MONTENEGRO – France 70:69 (15:15, 18:16, 23:17, 14:21)
Radović 15, Mihailović 11 | Poirier 18, Maledon 16.
Group F:
CZECH REPUBLIC – Bosnia and Herzegovina 93:81 (24:17, 27:19, 19:22, 23:23)
Balvin 19, Bohačik 16 | Musa and Roberson 16.
Group G:
SPAIN – North Macedonia 80:44 (19:17, 26:6, 17:8, 18:13)
Saiz 19, Barreiro 11 | Jakimovski 14, Krstevski & Nikolov 7.
