OR Italy He is the new European champion at the age of 20, after he was… walking in the final with Lithuania And it “disrupted” it with 83-66 to festively conquer the Eurobasket U20 trophy.
In the beginning the groundwork for a comfortable dominance, Italy essentially “cleared” the game from the second quarter, so it ran a 19-9 individual, “locking” Lithuania in its defense and “launching” the difference in double digits.
The Lithuanians tried to react later, but did not find significant solutions to the attack and easily experienced the defeat by the Italians in the trophy match at the Eurobasket U20. The leading match for the winners was Ferrari, who scored 26 points in the match, while for the losers, Bieliauskas with 17 points and 12 rebounds, was not enough for the overthrow.
Italy thus won the title at the Eurobasket U20, which was held in the closed of New Bodrum in Crete, with Greece staying in 5th place.
The quarters: 23-17, 42-26, 60-48, 83-66