13–21 Jul
    2024

    Yaacov and Almansa on fire; only three unbeaten teams left

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    Noam Yaacov has helped Israel to two wins

    Only three teams still have a perfect record after two days of action in Poland.

    GDYNIA (Poland) - Spain, Israel and Slovenia remain the last three undefeated teams after two days of games at the FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2024.

    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

    • Hosts Poland surprised Greece for their first win thanks to Jakub Andrzejewski scoring 23 points

    • Serbia lost an 11-point lead but bounced back from an opening-day loss to Greece to beat France as Ilija Milijasevic scored 20 points

    • Slovenia upset Lithuania despite falling behind in first half

    Top Performers

    2024 U20 EuroBasket - Top Performers Day 2

    The top performance of Day 2 goes to Izan Almansa of Spain, who tallied 14 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists for an efficency of 26 in an 81-45 win over Belgium.

    Noam Yaacov also helped his team to a second straight win with the guard producing 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists for an efficiency of 24 in a 90-72 victory over Italy.

    Jakub Szumert of Poland had an efficiency of 23 as he collected 16 points, 6 rebounds an 5 assists in the 75-68 victory against Greece.

    Noah Penda came up with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists for an efficiency of 22 for France - albeit in a 76-72 loss to Serbia.

    The fifth top performance came from Serbia's Ilija Milijasevic, who had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists for an efficiency of 21 in the big win over France.

    Results of the Day

    Group A

    Serbia 76-72 France Poland 75-68 Greece

    Group B

    Czechia 72-87 Germany Italy 72-90 Israel

    Group C

    Belgium 45-81 Spain North Macedonia 55-90 Türkiye

    Group D

    Iceland 71-53 Montenegro Slovenia 69-62 Lithuania

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