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    FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Gameday 1 by the numbers

    MUNICH (FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers) - You all know the scores, but here are six numbers you may have missed.

    MUNICH (FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers) - You all know the scores, but here are six numbers you may have missed.

    1

    Away teams winning. Only Austria could buck the trend for the travelers, defeating hosts Netherlands in a thriller.

    2

    Double the trouble with two Ukrainians recording double-doubles. Kyrylo Fesenko was a menace under the baskets with 15 points and 10 rebounds, whilst team mate Oleksandr Lypovyy joined the party with 12 points and 10 assists.

    11

    The combined number of threes hit by Adam Hanga and Rain Veideman as they both finished with 32 points. Hanga had six as Hungary saw off Great Britain 96-77 whilst Veideman's five came in Estonia's 81-62 win over Belarus.

    2017

    The number of balloons released by co-hosts Turkey as they unveiled their giant hashtag outside Abdi Ipeksi Arena.

    Hazır mıyız? #Eurobasket2017

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    7,000

    Number of fans turned out in Perm to watch Russia ease by Bosnia and Herzegovina. Special mention to basketball fans in Ukraine and Germany, who both crossed the 5,000 mark in attendance. 

    18-09-2011

    The last time 33-year-old Sergey Bykov played in a national team campaign for Russia, prior to Wednesday night. That was the date of the EuroBasket 2011 Game for Third Place, when Russia prevailed over The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 72-68

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