European Championship ranking: Lithuania made it to the top five / News
Before the upcoming European Championship, FIBA ranked the 24 teams of the tournament according to their ability.
Kazios Maksvytis’ students took the fifth place.
“After the huge disappointment last summer, when the Lithuanian national team did not qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time, it will be interesting to see how Lithuania reacts in the big tournament,” reads the FIBA statement. – The duo of Jonas Valančiūnas and Domantas Sabonis is an all-time fascinating tandem, as it is undoubtedly the most dominant front lines in the tournament. Ignas Brazdeikis is also a talented addition to the team, and in the first match the Lithuanians will meet 2017. champions (Slovenia).”
It is the latter country that occupies the first place in the ranking of the European Championship. France is in the second position, Greece is in the third, and Serbia is in the fourth.
Lithuania will meet Slovenia in the group stage. Our people will also meet French, Germans, Bosnians and Hungarians there.
The European Championship will be held on September 1-18.
FIBA ranking:
1. Slovenia
2. France
3. Greece
4. Serbia
5. Lithuania
6. Spain
7. Turkey
8. Italy
9. Germany
10. Czech Republic
11. Croatia
12. Finland
13. Israel
14. Sakartvel
15. Poland
16. Bosnia and Herzegovina
17. Montenegro
18. Belgium
19. Ukraine
20. Great Britain
21. Hungary
22. Bulgaria
23. Estonia
24. The Netherlands
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