Under-18 European Championship: Starting price – minus 4 against Croatia; Sunday 18:30 with Greece

In the first match of the Under-18 European Championship in Ventspils, the Latvian men's Under-18 team (born in 2000/1011) lost to the Croatian team 73:77 (13:17, 33:38, 46:58). In the second round of the Group A tournament, Sunday at 18:30, the Latvians will fight against the Greek team, who beat Italy in the first game at 81:65. Tuesday's meeting with the Italians will take place Wednesday in the round of 16 with one of the Group B teams (Turkey, France, Germany, Russia). The winners from August 3 to 5 "Arena Riga" will face for 1., the losers – 9th place at the Olympic Electric Center. All random Latvian U18 matches will start at 18:30 and will be broadcast in LTV7

SURVEY. The Latvian team was helped by overcoming the coolness and agility of Arthur Zagara (8 of the 11 points of the team) and the second quarter joined his teammates. In the 17th minute, the Latvian team had the biggest advantage (33:28), which was first provided with precise distances (at this point, 6/11). The closeness of the Croatian basketball team was harder to beat against opposing center players (double points 4/13), while others, with special attention to the opponents' potential opponents, were more likely to score in multiple episodes at light points. At the end of the second quarter, the Croatians took the lead, even after a big break.

The main negative points were seen at 30 minutes (46:58), after 52:58 still 56:68 (35), but 11 seconds before the end it is only 73:76. However, Latvians did not exist before the plant's salvation.

LETTERS. During the third quarter, attempts were made to launch a shot and make mistakes (third quarter 7, throughout part 15). He won the Croatian not only the advantage of 10 points, but also the confidence that helped to hit the hard times at important moments.

LEADER. The winner of his team was the 208 cm long Luca Samanic (20 points and 7 rebounds). Ours were not so stable.

TRENER COMMENT. Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis: "We managed to complete the game plan – stop the attack of the opponents in the fast transitions, from post that the Croatians are trying to actively use, we we expect to have 6 points.However, we have fallen into a place where we were not expecting – to defend the quality of decision-making.Was unfounded, there was some help missing.Gentes had sometimes more than cold heads, and after such mistakes we expect about 30 points.In the beginning we were not aggressive enough all over the area, which allowed them to play. was caused by the change of an opponent.For Croatia, all players are long, we could not get the advantage.It is better that the opponents play long distance players since the outside line.

Our team never misses and even today 9, the difficult situation was a fight until the end. The opponents did not play, we lost ourselves. Let's find some conclusions and fight further.

SEEKAS From the point of view of the tournament strategy, they are not formulated In Group B, the teams are very powerful, so it is not possible to pre-order a more comfortable opponent , and it is not said that a higher place in the group promises a lighter life in the eighth final.From one point of view – this European Championship has a lot of teams that can win any opponent, but there is almost no one who can win every single one.Therefore, it is important to overcome stress in the first three. matches and find the rhythm of your game to present the best performance of the tournament.

Men's Under-18 Championship, men's

Group A (Ventspils): 77:73

Group B (Ventspils): Turkey – Germany 73:67, Russia – France

Group C (Liepaja): Spain – Bosnia 94:64, Ukraine – Finland [19659002] Group D (Liepaja): United Kingdom – Montenegro 87:78, Lithuania – Serbia 92:87

Sunday 29 July
14:00 Italy – Croatia; Serbia – United Kingdom
16:15 France – Turkey; Montenegro – Lithuania
18:30 Latvia – Greece; Bosnia-Ukraine
Germany-Russia 20:45; Finland – Spain

Tuesday 31 July
14:00 Croatia – Greece; Montenegro – Serbia
16:15 Turkey – Russia; Finland – Bosnia
18:30 Italy – Latvia; Lithuania – United Kingdom
20.45 France – Germany; Spain – Ukraine

Wednesday, August 1
Eighth final at. 14, 16h15, 18h30 and 20h45

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Latvia U18 team at the European Championship

Followers to the Latvian team U18. Viewers have the opportunity to visit all Latvian games, Basket.lv and Bezrindas.lv by choosing a ticket offer "Follow U18 Favorit from Latvia". Offer price – 15 Euro (+0.60 Euro commission) for seven games. The first four games will take place on July 28th, 29th, 31st and August 1st at noon. 18.30 at the Olympic Center in Ventspils, while the 3rd and 5th In August, Latvia will play in the capital – "Arena Riga" or "Elektrum" at the Olympic Center.

The Under-18 European Championship is co-financed by public funds. The tournament is supported by the municipalities of Liepaja, Ventspils and Riga. All games will be broadcast on FIBA ​​on YouTube. Latvian Games, as well as final and semi-final transfers LTV7