2013 EuroBasket: Germany suffer another loss

The German basketball team look dejected during the FIBA European Championships 2013 first round group A match between Great Britain and Germany.

Germany suffered their second loss of the championship against Great Britain on Day 5 of the ongoing 2013 EuroBasket at Ljubljana, Slovenia. Following their 88 – 83 loss to Ukraine in DAY 3, Germany faced yet another defeat as they lost to Great Britain, 81 – 74. Although Germany took the first quarter 23 – 16, it was Great Britain who took control of the game. Great Britain took the second quarter 26 – 15 while Germany won the third quarter 17 – 18. But Great Britain took the match away from Germany by wining the last quarter 22 – 18. Andrew Lawrence top-scored with 23 points for Great Britain while Tibor Pleiss was top-scorer for Germany with 20 points. With the loss, Germany now lies in 5th spot of Group A while Great Britain are in the 3rd position in the group.

In another unlikely result on Day 5 of the championship, Finland defeated Russia, 86 – 83. With the win, Finland booked their spot in the second round of the 2013 EuroBasket for the second time in the history of the European Basketball Championship.

With a day’s matches remaining in the preliminary round of the championship, the top three teams from each group will qualify for the next round of the championship.

Below are results of all the matches on the fifth day of the first round of the 2013 EuroBasket.

The top six teams from 2013 EuroBasket – excluding Spain, as they have already qualified as hosts – will get their ticket to the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. 24 European nations are participating in the 2013 EuroBasket