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August 2020
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Poland and Luxembourg win the European Qualifiers

MIES (Switzerland) - The FIBA U17 Skills Challenge 2020 European Qualifiers, taking place from August 13-16, features 10 national teams competing for two tickets to the Global Challenge to be held later in August.

You will find all available matchup videos on this page.

Day 3 - Sunday, August 16

The teams advancing to the FIBA U17 Women's Skills Challenge 2020 could not have been decided by finer margins, with Poland and Luxembourg claiming close-fought wins in the European Qualifiers.

Group A winners Poland saw off a close challenge from Latvia (121-123), while Group B table-toppers Luxembourg crowned their campaign by beating Belarus by a single point, 138-139, on the other side of the bracket.

ROUND GAME SCORE VIDEO
Finals Poland v Latvia 121-123 VIDEO
Finals Luxembourg v Belarus 138-139 VIDEO

Day 2 - Friday, August 14

There are no undefeated teams in the European Qualifiers as the race for the two spots in the Global Challenge continues, with Poland, Belarus, Luxembourg and Latvia making it out of the Group Phase with 3-1 records. 

Ireland can consider themselves unlucky, having lost out to Poland and Belarus in a three-way tie despite losing only once in group play.

Group A

GAME SCORE VIDEO
Israel v Belarus 144-122 VIDEO
Ireland v Gibraltar 154-181 VIDEO
Gibraltar v Israel 185-158 VIDEO
Belarus v Poland 134-136 VIDEO
Ireland v Poland 142-130 VIDEO
Gibraltar v Belarus 170-133 VIDEO

Group B

GAME VIDEO VIDEO
Portugal v Latvia 155-146 VIDEO
Georgia v Portugal 152-132 VIDEO
Luxembourg v Georgia 150-145 VIDEO
Latvia v Slovakia 151-155 VIDEO
Luxembourg v Slovakia 134-170 VIDEO
Georgia v Latvia 149-141 VIDEO

Day 1 - Thursday, August 13

Poland, Ireland and Luxembourg emerged as the big winners of Day 1 in the European Qualifiers after scoring a pair of wins on Thursday and moving to the top of their respective standings. The Poles and the Irish share the top honors with 2-0 records in Group A, while Luxembourg defeated Latvia and Portugal to take an early lead in Group B.

Poland set the target to beat in Europe, registering a score 123 in a win against Israel.

Group A

GAME SCORE VIDEO
Poland v Gibraltar 142-152 VIDEO
Ireland v Israel 131-156 VIDEO
Belarus v Ireland 150-146 VIDEO
Israel v Poland 149-123 VIDEO

Group B

GAME VIDEO VIDEO
Slovakia v Georgia 151-174 VIDEO
Luxembourg v Portugal  138-146 VIDEO
Latvia v Luxembourg  163-149 VIDEO
Portugal v Slovakia  153-186 VIDEO

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