Although they hosted the tournament in Split and had an eight-point advantage seven minutes before the end (71:63), Croatian basketball players were left without a chance to reach the Olympic Games.
With a great turnaround, Germany won 86:76 and won the final with Brazil, which defeated Mexico 102:74.
Bojan Bogdanović's 38 points didn't help the "Vatren" either, while Maodo Lo was the best on the other side with 29 points.
Unlike the "fire", the other two selections from ex-YU will play in the finals of the qualifying tournaments.
Serbia defeated Puerto Rico 102:84 in Belgrade. Vasilije Micić was excellent with 21 points and eight assists, followed by Nemanja Bjelica with 18 points, Danilo Anđušić and Filip Petrushev with 15 points each.
Miloš Teodosić recorded a double-double with 11 goals and 10 assists.
In the defeated team, Ayzea Pinheiro jumped with 23 and George Condit with 20.
The Eagles will fight for a place in Tokyo with Italy, which was better than the Dominican Republic (79:59).
Slovenia defeated Venezuela 98:70 and is waiting for a rival in tomorrow's final in Kaunas, which will probably be the host Lithuania, which will play Poland from 18.30:XNUMX.
Luka Dončić lacked a jump for a triple-double, as he recorded 23 points and 13 rebounds, while Valencia center Mike Toby was more efficient than him with 27.
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