Serbia missed the chance to win a visa for Mundobasket in the penultimate round of qualification, as it was defeated by Greece in Athens after overtime 97:92.
It is interesting that in the ranks of Helena there was not a single player who appeared at the Eurobasket in September, and among the "eagles" there are four (Nikola Milutinov, Ognjen Jaramaz, Dejan Davidovac and Marko Jagodić-Kurdiža), so it can be safely concluded that Greece C defeated Serbia B.
The hero was Nikos Rogavopoulos, who scored 28 points, including three three-pointers in five minutes of overtime.
Thanks to him, the home team twice reached a four-point lead, and everything was resolved 6,7 seconds before the end - after Davidovac's three-pointer for 93:92, Jaramaz was judged for an unsportsmanlike foul, after which Dimitris Moraitis and Rogavopoulos used two free throws each. throws.
Rogavopoulos was well followed by Moraitis with 23 points, while the team of Svetislav Pešić was led by Milutinov with 24.
Serbia will have a new chance to qualify for the World Championship in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia on Monday against Great Britain in the "Aleksandar Nikolić" hall.
Maybe he won't have to do that, if the British beat Belgium tonight (20.30:XNUMX p.m.) in Newcastle, or the "red devils" lose against Turkey in three days.
From Group I, Latvia and Greece won the World Cup earlier.
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