What is the form of Montenegro's rivals at the European Championship: Lithuania without a mistake, Sweden and Britain without a win, Germany's first defeat

Ten more days and the basketball ball will roll across the Old Continent - from Limassol, through Katowice and Riga to Tampere, the European Championship will be played.

In the northernmost of the host cities, Montenegro will write the fifth Eurobasket story, as they will play their fourth test match of the summer against Israel in Bar today at 16.30:XNUMX PM.

Boško Radović's men have so far defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina, and were defeated by the greats of France and Greece. Overall - regardless of the two defeats - the impressions so far are positive when it comes to our national team.

And what is the situation with the rivals that Nikola Vučević and his friends will face in Finland - Germany, Lithuania, Sweden, Great Britain and the host country.

Since the Swedes and the British have somehow been designated in advance as teams through which Montenegro can reach the round of 16, their preparation period should not be of much concern to our basketball players.

Both teams are winless in the preparation period, with the Scandinavian team having at least one victory in a match behind closed doors.

Sweden lost to Poland (74:72), Iceland (73:70) and Portugal (78:61), and defeated the Poles in a match that was closed to the public. During these matches, it was clear that much of this team's game would depend on Pele Larsen, the guy who plays for Miami.

On the other hand, Great Britain didn't have many chances against France (74:67), Belgium (84:72) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (103:73).

When preparations began, it seemed that of all the rivals, Lithuania would be in the greatest chaos, but when the matches started, the basketball great showed how good he is in any team.

Of the five NBA players, only Jonas Valančunas will lead Lithuania at EuroBasket, and Matas Buzelis caused an additional stir before the start of preparations, as he did not show up because coaching staff member Tomas Pacesas criticized captain Valančunas and himself.

In any case, at least when it comes to test matches, all of this left no trace, and Rimas Kurtinaitis' team won all five matches this summer - against Estonia (89:68), Turkey (91:70), Georgia (77:54), Latvia (109:105) and Slovenia (94:72).

During the last two matches, Gitis Radzevičius, the winger of Rytas, stood out alongside Valančunas and Rokas Jokubaitis.

Germany was also perfect until last night, and then Serbia taught the world champion a lesson in the middle of Munich (91:81). Denis Schroeder and his teammates had previously defeated Slovenia twice (103:89 and 80:70) and Turkey (73:71).

Host Finland has played the fewest matches so far - just two, both against Belgium and they won both (105:62 and 92:74).

In one, the biggest star of the "wolves" - Lauri Markanen, who scored 48 points - stood out.

Montenegro will play its first match at EuroBasket on August 27th against Germany, and before that, in addition to the duel with Israel, our national team expects another test duel - against Turkey in Istanbul.