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How social media dissected Tuesday's drama

PRAGUE (FIBA EuroBasket Women 2017) - After the drama of day four and with the tournament now looking forward to the Quarter-Finals, we take a look at how things have played out on social media.

Latvia were one of the team's that caused a big surprise as they knocked out reigning champions Serbia.

Greece completed a sensational result that will be remembered for many years as they disposed Russia and there were some major highlights.

Slovak Republic also stunned everybody by defying predictions of a challenging tournament to punch their ticket to the Final Phase.

Lets goooo!!! Final 8 here we come ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ€ #eurobasketwomen2017

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There were some big celebrations after they knocked out Ukraine.

Italy star Laura Macchi breaking her jaw was a big story that broke in Hradec Kralove.

Semplicemente loro....๐Ÿ’™#fiba #italbasket #pictureoftheday #follow

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Even if the classy Italian veteran can't continue in the competition, she is following every minute from her homeland, although she did miss one of the highlights, as Alessandra Formica revelled in 'dabbing' with the local school kids in Hradec Kralove who adoped Italy as their team and gave some great support.

Dabbing to the quarter finals ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น #eurobasketwomen2017 #DabOnThem #PragueHereWeCome

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Italy will play Belgium - a team who are yet to taste defeat.

They are playing at their first Final Round for a decade and made the Quarter-Finals on that occasion too.

All the Final Phase are available to watch on livebasketball.tv

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