FIBA U18 Men European Championship, Division B
Game 5
Luxembourg – Netherlands 58 : 104
(12-26, 18-25, 15-21, 13-32)
A tough game for our U18 National team against the team of Netherlands who was able to take a comfortable lead at half time 30:51. The opponent was technically and physically better than our squad (60,6 % field goal , 50% 3 points shots, 45 rebounds) which allowed the orange team to finish the game leading by 46 points.
The game was an occasion for our Coaching stuff to rest some players and give others more playing time.
Today was a rest day before we start the second phase (Classification games). Luxembourg will now play for the rankings 17-24.
Our squad will play against Albania on Friday evening at 21:00 in gym « Sports Centre Boris TRAJKOVSKI»
For Luxembourg:
L. Tousch (2 pts), N. Melchior (3 pts), J. Martins( 7 pts), M. Pagani (2 pts), O. Koeune, L. Demuth (3 pts), R. Da Cunha (11 pts), B. Kovac (13 pts), M. Feipel (8 pts), A. Loualiche (3 pts), O. Jack (6 pts) A. Mendes.
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