The turning point came in the third quarter.
Men’s national basketball team of Ukraine defeated Slovakia in preparation for the qualifying matches for the World Cup.
The team of Ainars Bagatskis managed to turn the tide of the meeting in the third quarter. The Ukrainians bounced back from -7 and managed to bring the match to victory – 75:61.
Today Ukraine will play a test match against Portugal. The game starts at 20:00 Kyiv time.
On July 1 and 7, Ukraine will play two nominally home qualifying matches against Georgia and Spain respectively (both will take place in Riga). On July 4, the Bagatskis team will play away with North Macedonia.
In qualifying for the World Cup, Ukraine played three matches, defeating North Macedonia and losing away to Georgians and Spaniards. In their group, the blue-yellows take third place. The top three teams from each group will advance to the next round of selection.
- test match
Ukraine – Slovakia – 75:61 (17:21, 13:10, 26:13, 19:17)
Ukraine: Sanon (13), Pustovoy (11), Zotov (10)
Source: Sportarena
