November 23, 2016
All groups concluded play on Wednesday with the remaining eight spots handed out.
Group A:
The task was simple for Latvia in Riga and they took care of business with a 77-66. Sandra Pirsic and Slovenia still held the tiebreaker for the top spot so both teams will be participating next summer.
Latvia vs. Slovenia 77-66 LAT Basko-Melnbarde 13 Vitola 12/10r Steinberga 11/10r Putnina 11 Babkina 11/7a Jekabsone-Zogota 10 Krastina 6 Eibele 3 Rozenberga 0 Priede DNP Strautmane DNP Melnia DNP SLO Pirsic 20/9r Oblak 19/6r/6a, Erkic 10 Baric 8/6a Lisec 6/12r Ljubenovic 3 Abramovic 0 Zdolsek 0 Trebec 0 Jakovina 0 Rupnik DNP Prezelj DNP
Standings: Slovenia 3-1, Latvia 3-1, Lithuania 0-4
Group B:
The Netherlands kept their chances alive by beating Estonia 70-46 in Amsterdam. Croatia still ended up in second place after losing 84-65 to France in Clermont, but the tiebreakers looked unfavorable to them after comparing them to other group runners up.
Netherlands vs. Estonia 70-46 NED Hof 14 J. Bettonvil 11/9r Van Den Adel 9 Cornelius 9 L. Bettonvil 6 S. Kuijt 6 K. Kuijt 5 Ndiba 4/6r Broring 4/8r De Jonge 2 Ligthart 0 Klein 0 EST Mesila-Kaarmann 19/6r Bratka 8 Piibur 7 Puu 5 Sokman 3 Rits 2 Lilleallik 1 Perv 1 Kasemagi 0 Laurimaa 0 Adelbert 0 Tael 0
France vs. Croatia 84-65 FRA Miyem 17 Michel 13/7a Tchatchouang 10 Ciak 8/6r Filip 8 Amant 8 Ayayi 7 Johannes 6 Gaye 3/6r Epoupa 2 Bouderra 2 Dumerc 0 CRO Lelas 13 Zellous 9 Packovski 7 Ivezic 7 Sandric 6 Buzov 5 Premasunac 5 Dzankic 5 Begic 3 Borovic 3 Tikvic 2/7r Dojkic DNP
Standings: France 6-0, Croatia 3-3, Netherlands 3-3, Estonia 0-6 [Read more…]