13–21 Jul
    2024

    Missia-Dio puts on show in thrilling win for Belgium, Quarters set

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    Nathan Missia-Dio was a scoring machine for Belgium

    Belgium reached the Quarters-Finals thanks to a monster game from Nathan Missia-Dio, while Round of 16 action was marked by a number of big upsets.

    GDYNIA (Poland) - The Quarter-Finals of the FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2024 are now set after Wednesday's Round of 16 was played with a number of surprising results.

    Stay up to date with the tournament and check out the latest results, group standings and competition system for all the information you need.

    Key Storylines

    • Nathan Missia-Dio carries Belgium past Iceland in a nail-biter for their third straight Quarters

    • Czechia rally from 12 down to shock Serbia thanks to Jakub Necas' double-double

    • Maksymilian Wilczek, Krzysztof Kempa both pour in 18 points as hosts Poland beat Italy for their first Quarter-Finals

    Top Performers

    The top performer for the day was Nathan Missia-Dio who helped Belgium fight back from 12 points down to beat Iceland 74-73 - including his team's final 6 points in the last 42 seconds. The power forward collected 35 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block for an efficiency of 40. The points and efficiency were tournament highs for any player thus far in Poland.

    Lithuania rolled into the Quarter-Finals with a 79-63 victory over Türkiye thanks in large part to Paulius Murauskas. The forward scored 18 points to go with 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals for a 27 efficiency.

    Motiejus Krivas also had a strong game against Türkiye with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks for an efficiency of 25.

    France rolled past Germany 103-78 and Roman Domon produced an efficiency of 24 with 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals.

    Iceland had a great fight with Belgium and lost despite Tomas Thrastarson collecting 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block for an efficiency of 23.

    Round of 16

    France 103-78 Germany Slovenia 82-71 North Macedonia Italy 63-74 Poland Spain 80-45 Montenegro Serbia 67-72 Czechia Israel 65-68 Greece Belgium 74-73 Iceland Lithuania 79-63 Türkiye

    Quarter-Finals

    FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2024 Bracket

    France vs Spain Poland vs Slovenia Czechia vs Belgium Greece vs Lithuania

    Classification 9-16

    Germany vs Montenegro Italy vs North Macedonia Serbia vs Iceland Israel vs Türkiye

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