The EuroBasket 2017 is in the history books.Slovenia are the new European champions after 75 tournament matches.Serbia supplied Dragic and Co.a high class final, but had to accept another final bankruptcy.SPOX tells you what you need to know about the game and how the two teams made it to the final.
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While the German national team made a good impression at the EuroBasket 2017, Slovenia and Serbia have fought their way through to the final in the quarter-finals against Spain.
In the course of the tournament, the Slovenian national team in particular emerged as a candidate for the final.Slovenia marched through the tournament without defeat and even defending champions Spain kicked off the throne in the semi-finals.
Serbia, on the other hand, took revenge in the semi-finals for their defeat against the Russians in the preliminary round and also deservedly entered the final.
On SPOX there was a live-ticker, just like in the preliminary round of the DBB matches, as well as in all games of the knockout phase, live coverage, also for the European Championship final.Here you can read the game again in RE-LIVE.
Experts agreed on the favourites role in the EuroBasket 2017 final: the Slovenian national team did not only underpin their claim to the European Championship title with their impressive performance against defending champions Spain in the semi-finals.Only in two matches did the match become somewhat tight against Finland in the group stage and Latvia in the quarter-finals.
Although Slovenia was considered to be the favourite in the European Championship final, Serbia was not to be underestimated.Rio’s runners-up in the EuroBasket 2017, the runners-up at least lost to Russia in the group stage, but when it came down to it, Serbia fought back.
In the semi-final, the Serbs took revenge and defeated Russia clearly with 87:79.However, the injury of Stefan Jovic, the new point guard of FC Bayern Munich, was a small drop of bitterness.