Surprises, disappointments … Results of the first round of Eurobasket

Eurobasket 2025 for now maintains its promises. The first phase, on Thursday, ended, with 16 teams qualified for the rest of the competition. Among them, the French team ensured the basics: the final opportunity at the top of its group before meeting direct elimination.

Several teams are impressed, others disappointed. Here’s what I remember from this first part of the euro.

Team: Germany

The world champion was better than holding his rank. Placed in an affordable group, Germany was walked through this group of phase. Best attack, second address in recording, third address of afar (43.3%), third to recover, number one in the wrong and intercepts …

Teammates Dennis Schroder IT Franz Wagner The perfect Euro has been realized so far in all sectors of the game. Their 120-57 wins against the UK is the widest recorded in Eurobasket since 1971. years, and only Finland managed to “maintain” mannschaft below 100 points. Demonstration before finding a modest portugal within 16 years.

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Player: Luka Dončić

Slovenia He did not mark spirits in this beginning of the euro and pointed to the modest fourth place in group D before the last day. But it’s hard to blame Luka Doncic. Lakera Star It is omnipresent, in proportions has never been seen for him in FIBA ​​context. 32.4 Points (the best on the first round average), 8.4 helps (2. competitions), 8 jumps and as many as 3.2 intercepts (here is also first) …

Luka Dončić Panics The Counters. It is already here with the fourth best points in the history of the euro, and the best marker in the history of Slovenian selection, crossing Goran Dragić, thanks to 37 points Thursday v. Israel. Slovenia’s success in this euro is almost exclusively on the shoulders.

Match: Turkie – Serbia

Intensity, duel on top, stake … this Turkie – SerbiaThe fourth day of the group A, he offered the first real competition game. The muscular match between the two chants offered so much spectacle such as suspension, with 15 years of change and “money” without breath to the end. It was in the end of the Turks who came out of Winners 95-90 To stay undefeated and confirms their status of the actual outsider for the title for a little more. Face to face between Altereren Sengun (28 points, 13 jumps, 8 helps) and Nikola Jokic (22 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists) was magnificent and rich in promises for clear matches.

Surprises: Portugal, Sweden and Georgia

It is difficult to keep only one team because three nations are not regular at a meeting from the nockout phase euros. Even first for three selections since the introduction of this competition format in 2015. and never before Sweden who never passed the flow of the first round.

Should only be success against the UK for partners Thermal player Larsson leather Get your ticket, no, not, no, without Hung Finland, Lithuania (defeats of only three points) and Montenegro (-6). For the fourth of the euro, Portugal from Nehemiah queta He deserved his fourth place With two victories against his direct opponents, Estonia and the Czech Republic.

Quantification GeorgiansTheir feat of the first day against Spain (83-69) opens the door to the knockout phase, where It will face the French team.

Disappointment: Spain

The decline in Roy has already looked already good to remove in the second round of the last world cup, and then last year since the group phase of the most important OJ. Elimination on Thursday, and before knockout phases euros this time is like a real upgrade Spain. Title holder precedes Bosnia and Herzegovina IT Georgia And it was too short against Italy and Greece, plea guy with her inexperience and lack of leaders in the ruling moments.

Symbol of this failure, MVP editions 2022 Villa Hernangomez They crossed crucial matches as a shadow (-1 evaluation against Italy, 2 against Greece). New Era sans Sergio Scariolo bench It will open, and the weather is not in reconstruction, even if youth teams continue to glow.

Performance: 43 Points Lauri Markanen v. Great Britain

Lauri Markanen He set the tone during preparation, transformed into the offensive festival by Jazz Vinger. This beginning of the euro followed the same trend with several indentations, but especially extremely unique displays. Like the British turned, completely overwhelmed Mastery “Finnisher”. In 23 minutes, Finn spent 43 points from 13/22 to shooting, including 7/13 in 3 points, and 10/11 on free throws. The interior equalized its entry on euros, for 6. The largest single box in the history of euros, directed by four players.

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Les Revelations: Miikka Muurinen (Finlande) Et Salio Niang (Italie)

The younger player of this euro, Miikka Muurinen She didn’t miss the opportunity to talk about it. It is almost known in the United States than in Europe through its high school performance through Atlantic, the wing marked its beginnings with several distorted actions. His magnificent castle against Great Britain has crossed social networks, spreading athletic quality and the length of that already nickname “Slim Jesus”.

Less exposed, but more crucial in the game of his team, Salio Niang He was one of the key players on the good beginning of Italy of Italy. Collected by the horsemen in early summer, the future Krilic Virtus Bologna showed good qualities in defending and aggression towards a circle (9.8 points at 70%, 4.3 rebounds in 16.3 minutes).

Le Clap on: Nikola Vučević

Montenegro It could also occur in honoration in the disappointment category. An early exit from the Balkan formation, preceded Sweden in Group B, offers a pale output to Nikola Vučević. The bulls re-transmitted with the choice, ended the best reproduction and the fifth estimate of this first round (20.8 points, 11.6 returns, 4.4 assists).

But his 31 points and 11 jumps in the last match against Great Britain were not enough to prevent Montenegrins to undergo great disappointment: defeated synonymous with elimination towards the lowest competition team. Nikola Vacevic announced a step His international pension At 34 years.

Frustration: Injuries

After the long season, this phase of the Euro Group met some more organizations. And it ended it was expensive. Bogdan BogdanovicCaptain Serbian Favorites, had to give up the competition after only two games for violation of adults. The best Lithuanian from the beginning of the competition and the best euro of the passer-by until then, Rokas Jokubaitis (17.3 points, 8.5 assists) was touched seriously on their knees and miss a large part of the season.

Alex Sarr (France). Johannes Voigtmann (Germany), Andrejs Grazulis (Latvia) … other complementary players in candidates for medal, or more, also had to declare themselves. The podium can also be reproduced on the formation conditions, the guilt of a labor force that is unable to remain complete.