Among the 16 national teams that will fight for the last four places at the basketball Olympic tournament in Paris, by a strange set of circumstances, there is no Montenegro.
Boško Radović's team did not advance to the semi-finals of the tournament in Riga, as they had the lowest point difference in the triangle with Brazil and Cameroon, after the African selection, to put it mildly, surprised the "cariocas" and celebrated with a result that took both teams further. to the detriment of Montenegro.
Who made it to the semi-finals?
In group 1, which is played in Valencia, Spain and Finland will meet in the semi-finals, as well as the Bahamas and Lebanon.
"Furija" rushed through the group, achieving two victories against Lebanon (104:59) and Angola (89:81). In the second group, the Bahamas achieved two victories against Finland (96:85) and Poland (90:81). In the match that decided the second place and placement in the semi-finals, Finland defeated Poland with 89:88.
Spain are heavy favorites to take their place at the OI which is reserved for Group 1.
In our group 2 in Riga, in addition to Brazil and Cameroon, home country Latvia and the Philippines won the semi-finals.
Brazil - Philippines and Cameroon - Latvia will play in the semi-finals.
In perhaps the most attractive group 3, Croatia - Dominican Republic and Slovenia - Greece will meet in Piraeus in the semi-finals. It will be a showdown between two NBA superstars: Nikola Dončić and Janis Adetokumba, and one of them will certainly not travel to the Paris Games.
At the fourth tournament, in San Juan, Puerto Rico won first place in group 4A, Italy also went to the semifinals, while Bahrain fell last. In group 4B, Lithuania is the first, Mexico is the second, while the Ivory Coast has a bye.
The semi-final pairings are also known, Lithuania and Italy, as well as Puerto Rico and Mexico, will compete.
As in the remaining three qualifying tournaments, only the winner goes to Paris.
France, USA, Serbia, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia and South Sudan have already qualified for the Olympic Games.
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