One spot left in the Qualifiers: Will Denmark or Kosovo keep their EuroBasket dream alive?
MUNICH (Germany) - There is just one spot left in the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers after Bulgaria and Slovakia punched their tickets on Wednesday.
MUNICH (Germany) - There is just one spot left in the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers after Bulgaria and Slovakia punched their tickets on Wednesday.
With Croatia securing their berth earlier in the Third Round of the Pre-Qualifiers, the final place will be decided on Saturday in Prizren, as Kosovo host Denmark in the Group H decider.
Spearheaded by their star Iffe Lundberg, the Danes have won all three of their contests, including against qualification rivals Kosovo at home in Denmark, 82-75.
Denmark has gone unbeaten in Group H with Lundberg playing a key role
In the first meeting, Lundberg and Jonas Zahore were the top scorers for the Danes with 20 and 19 points respectively, while Dominic Artis had a game-high 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting for Kosovo.
The advantage from the first game will be a big theme in the second meeting between the two sides, with Kosovo needing to overturn the deficit at home.
Group H
5/6 games played
| GAMES | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 236 | 202 | 34 | 78.7 | 67.3 | 6 |
| 2 | Kosovo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 227 | 203 | 24 | 75.7 | 67.7 | 5 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 248 | 306 | -58 | 62 | 76.5 | 4 |
Permutations
Denmark would qualify with a win or a defeat of 6 points less;
Kosovo would qualify with a win of 7 points or more.
List of teams already in the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine.
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