in a debut match after returning to the coaching bridge of Ainars Bagatskys & quot; blue-yellow & quot; They lost to the Slovenets.
The Ukrainian team in basketball was defeated by the Slovenia team in the match of the fifth round of qualification for the European Championship of 2025. A fight on the Riga Arena in the capital of Latvia ended with an account 71:84 in favor of the Slovenes.
The Slovenian team won the first quarter with a score of 22:24, after which in the second period it was also stronger (14:21) and went on a big break with an advantage of 9 points.
The third quarter also finished in their favor (19:21), and before the final period, their handicap was 11 points. Slovenia also took the last 10-minute (16:18), confidently bringing the match to Victory.
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for the Ukrainian national team was the first match after Return of the Ainars Bagatskys to the head of the head coach . The Latvian specialist, who previously headed the “blue-yellow” from May 2019 to March 2023, replaced Vitaly Stepanovsky at the end of December 2024.
Thus, Ukrainian basketball players lost five out of five matches in the selection for the European Championship-2025. Earlier, the “blue-yellow” gender was defeated by the leadership of Stepanovsky from Slovenia (73:87) and Portugal (77:79), and also lost to Israel twice (73:86, 75:88).
After five The fights of Ukraine (0 victories) played the last fourth place in the Quartet A table and for the end she lost the chances At the Eurobasette-2025.
the three best teams came out to the European Championship where the Ukrainian national team is acting: Slovenia (4 victories), Israel (3 victories + match in reserve) and Portugal (2 victories + match in reserve). On February 24, the national team will play with Portugal on February 24 on the exit.
the Ukrainian team will miss the Eurobasket for the first time in 16 years. The last time our team did not participate in the final stage of the European Championship back in 2009, after which she successfully overcame qualifications five times in a row.
