RE- LIVE | FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup Qualifier 2024 | Slovakia | Day 1 – Session 1
t [Music] well a very warm welcome to bratos Slava in Slovakia the FBA 3×3 Europe Cup competition and we’re looking to punch some last tickets for the 2024 Europe Cup uh championships to be held in Vienna in August but for now it’s the Europe Cup qualifiers from brados laava we at the Ura wonderful Landmark here in Bratislava it is a beautiful day for basketball here in the capital city hello everyone I’m John M it’s my pleasure and a privilege to bring you the action today from this Europe Cup qualifier tournament we’ll be dividing the men’s teams into two pools we’ve got eight teams looking for those coveted tickets to vieta pool a will kick us off on the men’s side we’ll have Switzerland teen it up against Bulgaria the rest of pool a is Slovakia and Ukraine and pool B will be Germany Poland turkia and Estonia but for now the matchup between Switzerland and Bulgaria the Swiss coming in as a relative heavy favorites a number 10 seed in the world rankings and Bulgaria coming in uh well just uh in the top 100 and coming in at 96 very inexperienced team but you never know that can also cause some surprises so for Switzerland kazadi jurkovich kazadi yurovich dubas and layam and for Bulgaria minkov buyanov laikov and minev and once again a very inexperienced team for Bulgaria and that uh of course can cause some fits big team good size across uh the line averaging two meters Minkoff the shortest at 196 and the biggest fell out there is going to be laik at 206 2 me six and so some Big Fellas to contend with for team Switzerland now the coin to us from our game official our referee and we are just about to set the teat up as you can see it’s just an absolutely wonderful day there was some calls for some rain later in the day there is absolutely zero sign of that at the moment it’s about 72 de call it 22 23 degrees Centigrade as we get ready to tip things off here from the Ura of course the crowds will filter in later we’re here for quite a stint today we’ve got four blocks of action to bring to you all live of course to follow here on YouTube not the only uh Roo in Europe as Bucharest tipping it off also today with a slate of qualifiers but stay here we expect to see some great basketball as the teams get warmed up we will start at 5 past the hour that’ll be a 1205 local tip here in the capital city of Slovakia teams have in their current format not faced each other before so it’s going to be a uh just has to feel each other out a bit in the early going we expect Switzerland to be able to readily dispense with the bulgarians but once again bit of an X Factor in not knowing exactly what they’re up against this team has had its most recent success all the way back in 2012 I’m speaking of Bulgaria when they finished 16th in the 3X3 World Championships best result recently and a very fantastic result for Switzerland was in 2023 when they finished number nine in the World Cup however uh 2023 is Europe Cup a bit of a disappointment for Switzerland to say the least they ended up finishing 29th in that tournament so they’ve got a lot to make up for this year and they’ll be looking to really uh set the record straight As far as uh their success goes and a lot of experience on that Swiss team these fellas also play for international play the international World Tour uh circuit with their world tour teams three of the starting four playing for fryborg only Layman the uh sole participant for Lozan whereas jurkovich kazadi and dubas all playing for fryberg in the world tour and we are just about set to get the opening check and Switzerland opening things up on offense well they had to hurry up as the shot clock the 12 second shot clock here in the 3X3 winding down against the Swiss team buan off giving off to minchev and minchev held up and the first foul of the game of course the fouls going against the team and at seven it gets very interesting because then the uh shooting fouls come to play all the fouls adding up to seven result in a check of the ball blocked shot rebounded and cleared by Switzerland but they can’t do anything with it and O A travel called against buyanov a quick whistle and a sharp eye from from the official under the hoop ball gets back to to Layman Layman tried to put up a two-pointer for the uninitiated of course uh 3×3 everything outside the arc is a two-point range and everything inside counting for one point yurovich gets the check dubas driving tries the back entrance and the first point of the game sits on the scoreboard on the side of the Swiss From The Far Side of the strike buyanov unlucky dubas trying to snake his way past laev and laik have given little bit of a hip check both teams with one foul a piece Layman to jurkovich and ball lost out of bounds so Bulgaria will take over on the turnover leev working the ball inside to boy off po off Bulgaria will get a second chance and convert thanks to Daman minkov so one a piece as Switzerland drives the lane unsuccessfully foul inside the charging Arc got to be rung up against team Switzerland committed by yurkovich but just goes on the tally on the sheet for the team as we get our first substitution for Bulgaria setting up and popping is laik for a two-pointer now Layman paron that’s dubas held up on route to the iron and that’s going to result in the first shooting foul of the game dubas at the charity stripe tosses the free throw in and Switzerland cuts the deficit to a point but Bulgaria nailing another two-pointer I talked about the underdog roll and especially the unknown Underdog roll looks like Switzerland might be underestimating their visitors uh their Challengers from Eastern Europe ball tied up will go to the defense of course as per the usual custom in 3x three boov thought he was going to get the ball but it’s going to be jurkovich off the check from boov and laikov sees the ball dribble out of bounds but uh it’s going to be a costly turnover Switzerland now dubas fouled and Switzerland still in possession driving the lane but unsuccessful is kazadi now minf another foul Bulgaria needs to be careful they’re already on four so three more and it’ll be automatic shooting situations and of course at 10 that gets really precarious because then you not only shoot but you get possession now ball spaced by uh Team switzland Marco Layon throwing up an airball switzland clearing quickly try to get dubas into a uh situation to catch the bulgarians off guard he’ll have to earn his point the hard way from the free throw line Bulgaria still enjoying a three-point lead of course we’re on the race to 21 or the best score at the end of 20 minutes 21 ends the affair automatically and of course if we uh end up tied under 21 at the end of 20 why we go into that sudden death overtime can get downright exciting towards the end of a 3×3 game Bulgaria dispossessed and up and in dubas converting on a beautiful assist from jurkovich well they’ve cut the deficit to one of Switzerland Here Comes Bulgaria trying to answer in the paint and throwing up one throwing one up short was bu off Switzerland now taking the lead 7even to six just like like that rolls uh were reversed and now Bulgaria doing a number on the scoreboard as well and a timeouts going to be called well things got a little bit hectic there all of a sudden as Bulgaria had gotten out to a lead surprisingly against the number 10 team in the world rankings yeah Switzerland find themselves with a deficit fought back took the lead but now Bulgaria showing absolutely no signs of being under the impression of their far higher ranked opponents uh from Switzerland oh back in off the timeout course Bulgaria with the uh the higher tally in the second column in terms of fouls that could prove costly here momentarily if they get rung up for another foul buen off driving and uh Second Chance put back up and in Bulgarian joying a two-point lead once again another foul and that is the seventh team foul against the bulgarians and that’s going to put team Switzerland in the automatic bonus dubas comes up short on free throw number one on a one of two trip to the charity stripe Jonathan dubas Nails the second one laev sees his uh attempt to get into the arc rejected minev off the check to boy bu off steps back pops one for two comes up short now that was a bit under duress because they had to hurry dubas swinging the ball out to kazadi kazadi back underneath to debas and the ball goes out of bounds 5 and 46 remaining here in the opening game in pool a competition cors we got the men and the women women on the women’s side a lineup of seven teams Lithuania Switzerland Slovakia and pool number eight Poland Ukraine turkia and Estonia round out pool number B we’ll be seeing Lithuania and Slovakia at uh 12:30 30 past the hour as Bulgaria puts another one up and in and a two-point lead and still in possession the bulgarians now Switzerland uh quickly finding themselves a bit with with the back up against the wall and were it not for the uh the foul situation for Bulgaria the the situation would be dire indeed for the Swiss Bulgaria now with the inbounder minkov underneath to boof boof up and in three-point lead 118 the count kazadi oh and a wonderful dish to dubas rattles one home a lot of finesse on that play in Switzerland very happy to fight back as boof checks out check from the Swiss Bulgaria to inbound oh and traffic is jammed at the hoop big rejection from Switzerland against Bulgaria that was laike trying to Ram one home and he found it going real tough indeed as he came up against the Swiss Matterhorn in the meantime Switzerland headed back to the free throw line they’re going to need both of these they get the first one and enjoying that Advantage Bulgarian now on foul number eight eight of course at 10 The Possession rule coming into effect well only got one out of two on that trip Bulgaria still with a two-point lead and the ball leike turns and burns Switzerland quick clear but cannot seal the deal Bulgaria still needs to clear here’s one for deuce and the easy rebound up and in from minkov so 1410 the count Bulgaria still cruising right along and given the the Swiss a lot to think about Bo off bit of difficulty getting things started working one-on-one against kazadi he’ll try it again kazadi will get the check boof once again give go but uh the go is uh a nogo as minf had other ideas unfortunately for him it’s dubas now trying to put one up for two Bulgaria with the clearance buyanov working against kazadi he is fouled kazadi stiffening up uh under the OR at the at the charar but Jordi Bo buan off all two me meters of them connects on the free throw 1510 the count Switzerland really needs to come up with a bucket here they’re going to run it back to two-point land well they needed that badly going to have to look out for getting timed out 7 seconds on the shot clock switzland good circulation jurkovich goes unhindered to to the sphere and drops one in to make it a 1511 [Music] Affair 30 second timeout called take a quick breather here and boy stay tuned with three and 51 this one’s turning into a real matchup Switzerland fighting for their lives another look at uh dubas that was a big two-pointer to keep Switzerland uh in the affair but the bulgarians just unrelenting and once again that X Factor Switzerland uh seemed very surprised by the onslaught from the bulgarians and that’s showing up on the scoreboard Switzerland still on five fouls so they have that going for him which is nice but now kazadi will inbound check from boof kazadi to dubas dubas sizes up his options gives off to yurkovich for the two-pointer jurkovich with his own rebound dumps it under to dubas little razzled Dazzle does not work out for the Swiss they’re going to need to be careful need a little bit less Razzle and a little bit more uh balls in the hoop kazadi now travels off the take yeah he did a little bunny hop off the check and that’s uh rung up real quickly by the official minev buyanov fouled before he can uh get his journey well and truly underway switzland is still sitting on six fouls it’s going to be just a check back from outside the arc minev will inbound Kaza with the check off the screen and the pick and roll working out real well for Bulgaria buy off with the bucket 1611 the count three and 19 left on the clock dubas cannot come up with it boof will uh Drive rather than shoot he’s got a good looking right-hander tried to bank at home and just came up uh short dubos now floats up a two little uh little too little Bulgaria also throwing up a brick Theos now trying to work uh against laev underneath as we get a substitution for Bulgaria minkov checking in for laikov and the timeout called yet once again discuss that strategy for the last 2 minutes 49 seconds remaining here in regulation time of course Bulgaria would like to put the whole thing to rest by putting five more up on the board and Switzerland really now in the thick of it they must have really thought they were GNA have a uh an easy Waltz here in the first game of the competition this afternoon but Bulgaria’s just given him an absolute shocker driving to the iron minchev number 17 is up on the score sheet kazadi leaves it behind and the two-pointer is laid down by Marco Layman and uh couldn’t come at a more opportune more opportune moment for Marco Layman as he busts a really important Deuce to cut the deficit to Four Points Bulgaria with two and a half minutes left on the clock two two-pointers and that’s all she wrote here in the first game in a as we get yet another timeout the Swiss are really sweating it now it’s uh it’s not a hot day by any means it’s absolute beautiful day for 3×3 basketball it’s a beautiful day for just about any outdoor activity except for hotuna thank goodness for that we get to look at some of the real Artistry going on here in the first matchup and a lot of it is been on demonstration from Bulgaria and you see minf who has really come on and made a name for himself here in the first game other teams are going to be taking note Bulgaria will play again at 3:35 against Ukraine and I’m sure the ukrainians are taking good notes on this surprising team Bulgaria Switzerland uh on the other hand uh Quick Check and I might be jumping ahead but I don’t see them playing again till dinner time they play at 6:25 local time against Slovakia the home team they could have their hands full with that one because by that time I imagine a lot of people are going to be finished with their shopping and the r are going to take up some seats here and that could be a boisterous crowd and could have a Fourth Man Advantage for Slovakia when Switzerland comes back up back out out of the tarmac Well for now with two and 33 left the Swiss in a real fight for their lives as Bulgaria with a four-point lead trying to close in on the 21o uh tally to put an end to things as the bulgarians talking it over not an experienced team in terms of 3×3 but uh minkov is 22 years old but the rest are all uh little bit more season minchev 25 years old and the Elder Statesman is giori buyanov at 31 mikev 29 uh times around the Sun more highlights as to how we got here but for Switzerland right now the most important thing is how they get out of the problem that the the whole they’ve dug themselves minev Banks one home and the bulgarians are three points away from putting end to this jurkovich drives kicks it back out two-pointer put up by Layman he can’t work the same manage get another shot at it he get run up rung up for a violation and a turnover Switzerland already uh sub it in kazadi but Bulgaria turnaround jumper put up by off nothing doing kazadi now dudas Layman kazadi drives puts one up with the left hand that was altered good rebound back up and in from dudas keep the Swiss in it fourpoint deficit with less than two minutes to go now the bulgarians inching ever closer to putting this one Out Of Reach and and Switzerland fighting for their lives now off the check jurovich kazadi from distance they needed that cuts the deficit to two making things a lot more interesting all of a sudden kazadi yurovich dudas kazadi calls for it steps back but dries will take one home and we’re a one-point game all of a sudden well don’t count the Swiss and that experience out they’re not ranked 10th in the world for nothing another timeout called as all of a sudden we’re back into a street brawl Switzerland doing a great job to fight themselves right back into the match of course they still have one foul to give bugar sitting on eight are going to send the Swiss to line for any kind of contact fouls and that’s a big Advantage here in the late going could make the difference as the Swiss need uh just another break or two to get themselves back in and perhaps back up on top but for now Bulgaria minev driving kicks it back out to laev lav slings one up up but the buzzer can’t make it go and of course Switzerland did not need to uh do much more than watch that one fall and Bulgaria with the two-point lead Swiss get rung up for number seven that’s going to send the bulgarians to the line so the advantage Switzerland enjoyed for a long time on the foul tally has now been erased as giori buyanov cannot convert the first one that’s a big Miss boy these are the time you really the time that you really need to convert the free throws boof will have another one and man does he need to sink this one that one does go and they’re a point away from wrapping things up so the Swiss really down to a Do or Die situation here come Bulgaria now in possession minev driving loses possession the ball turn over control for jurkovich jurkovich gets the ball off the check swings it out to kazadi kazadi rejected Bulgaria with a chance to finish it two-pointer offt Target another shot at it minchev once again that another rebound and none another then giorgie boof decided not to kick it back out took control and said you know what I’m going to put a stop to all this giorgi boof the Elder Statesman 31 years old says enough is enough and what a big shocker here to open things up so pool a opens up as does the entire tournament this Europe Cup qualifier with prize result as the bulgarians 96th in the world rankings upset number 10 Switzerland they time it out uh or they score it out on 21 and that one will go into the books as a bit of a shocker so the rest of the pool a and uh subsequently at some point pool B put on alert by Bulgaria they’ve come to play ball here in Slovakia dubas and boof respectively uh leading the scores with a seven a piece and of course boof had the last say in the last laugh as team Bulgaria are the first winner of the afternoon and uh boy uh look like they’ve come to uh make a serious uh claim to perhaps one of those final remaining tickets for the Europe Cup to be held next month in Vienna and that is of course what’s on offer today the remaining tickets for Europe Cup qualifiers pool winners will advance directly to semifinals and the second and third place teams will play against each other in a playoff to qualify for the semis That’s How we’ll finish things up in this two-day Tournament of course we got two sessions today and uh tomorrow two blocks uh of tournament play in the finals will tip off at 6 o’clock local time in Bros laava so you’re in the tune for a lot of good basketball a lot of good 3×3 here from Bros laavo if you’re so inclined or want to set up a second screen we’ve got uh the same thing going over in Romania today Bucharest is the host site for the other Europe Cup qualifier as we now divert our attention to the ladies and here on the Main Court Lithuania will be the home team against Slovakia which of course is uh just the luck of the draw in the way the tournament shapes up as Slovakia join the the home team team Advantage as the homide the ladies of Slovakia are introduced still a modest crowd every still doing their shopping expect that to pick up later in the day so the three lucias of Slovakia we’ll take it up against Lithuania and if you know your basketball you know Lithuania an absolute power in world World basketball hungari and Germany combin to give us our officiating crew for this matchup Lithuania coming in third at last year’s Europe Cup where Slovakia could do no better than a 25th Place uh finish but uh let that not be an indicator as we learned historical results have uh sometimes little or no bearing on what goes on uh on the court and we saw very good example of that in the Opening match in the men’s competition and now Slovakia will open up with the first bucket of the game L denova with the first basket for Slovakia and Lithuania answering with a two-pointer missing everything Slovakia will now have to go on defense a drive and a foul and Lithuania will get their first trip to the charity stripe VRA labuk did not appear on the pregame roster she’s a late substitution and apologies late edition we’ll get our rosters updated and corrected Lithuania out to the 3-2 advantage in the early going soing back into the ball game uh ludar dinga for Slovakia quick clearance and a shot up for two no good for Lithuania look Mar dinga trying to wheel and deal she tried to put one up underhand that didn’t go too well you trying to move quickly solska will inbound off the check G SSA looking to drive held up and she’ll get the ball back from the official after shakova has a chance to check things over solsa leaves it off and a good looking shot from the right hand side that’s put down by lukina oh nice drive and good finish as lutmer dinga puts one up and in so Slovakia keeping pace of course they’re going to have to keep an eye on the foul tally as they’re rung up for their Fifth and at seven why that’s going to start some of the automatic that was a shooting foul so there’s going to be a trip to the free throw line anyway in store or on offer for Lithuania Nat SK was the free throw shooter for Lithuania Paton leaves one off Sola from distance two-pointer mark it down parom that was uh Na SK so Camille natas skate and knocks down a two-pointer in Lithuania all of a sudden out to a four-point lead yeah we’re g to get a time out to talk things over Slovakia wants to regroup and try to slow down that Lithuanian Express well one thing standing in the way is so far has been lutmer denova one of the three lutas for Slovakia kova Lut dinga and jelinska the three lucies from Slovakia [Music] NOA trying to fool me with that number four she was originally slated to wear number six you know how things go as long as it ends up on the score sheet the right way and shaking up and walking gingerly over the side be assisted is Gabriel sua for leawa Lea fighting her way to the hoop but coming up empty-handed was [Music] galinska and turned into a bit of a physical matchup as lauka also finding to going a bit difficult against that Slovakia defense only one more foul to give before Lithuania finds themselves in the bonus Aina triying to force the issue ball tipped out of bounds and the home team which is for this match up Lithuania staying in possession that’s a ska try to throw one up to beat the buzzer look way he will come up empty-handed on The Possession gooda will get things started herself throw up a two-pointer nothing do but we’ve got a whistle underneath wheeling and Dean is zelinska Lithuania clears quickly and tries to throw one up just as quickly settling down running a bit of offense and the ni ni turn put up and in by gidra labina lenia now with a five-point lead and possession once again abokina sets the pick on the pick and roll fights her way up for well I thought it was a bucket and a foul but in fact it was traveling against lauka so that’s a break for Slovakia see if they can capitalize because Lithuania is starting to get some momentum and it’s like the vilus express right now Slovakia needs to uh hit that emergency break and that might be very well what that timeout is all about and in case you’re uh not looking off balls turned into a bit of a physical match up and as the ladies are very happy to bang under the boards getting a bit of a treat for the lovers of the physical game with wayy to check ball put up by Kasper NOA Sola to Natasa solsa now driving seems to have recovered from that bit of a injury thank you very much right back in to contribute for Lithuania still a five-point game Slovakia trying to change all that good give and go and a nice finish wonderful finish by mikova and Camille Nat es SK driving and scoring to keep the five-point lead for Lithuania intact trying to answer ball off the leg of the Lithuanian Defender Lithuania cruising at the moment on cruise control seven-point lead build up with five and a half left to go in regulation time well not a surprise talked about it the onset Lithuania higher seated team Slovakia trying to enjoy the fact that they didn’t have to travel as far and but till now not enjoying much of a home crowd Advantage ball batted away on the give Inside by lauka that breaks things up Lithuania with a chance to really take a commanding lead now slowakia going to have to fight for all their worth and they do so by rejecting Sola on her drive so very good defensive work by Slovakia to keep Lithuania in check but uh yeah look who’s in possession Petra will inbound off the check tosses one up as the shot clock had run down Slovakia dodging the dodging one there and zelinska will get things started mova with M Goa and zelinska driving dribbling violation she tried to back her way into the the hoop did Lucia zelinska turn over costly one needs to really convert everything they can out of possessions Lithuania driving not able to convert is lauka back [Music] to natas unable to convert SL throws up a deuce nothing doing they almost got a second chance at it crova travel violation costly costly turnovers 4 and 24 left seven-point lead for Lithuania really commanding the pace and the scoreboard at the moment as natas is fouled neither team in the bonus yet but uh Lithuania getting real close to enjoying that situation ball put up for two points for natas she drains it through 134 the count ninepoint margin Slovakia unable to buy a basket at this juncture oh lovely assist unfortunately the Finish Well took a second took a second try from Patron and she puts Lithuania up by [Music] 10 need a little bit more float on that one did Slovakia tried to get the ball into zelinska and the timeout and Slovakia really going to have to uh turn up the uh heat on Lithuania Lithuania cruising along enjoying the 10-point margin yeah the way things are going they wouldn’t have to 21 out on Slovakia but just put the clamps on him defensively and should be able to ride this out for an opening victory in pool a in the women’s competition stay tuned coming up at five for one on the hour the Slovakian men will enjoy their first uh taste of home court advantage and they will be the home team against Ukraine but for now the Slovakian ladies in an absolute fight for their life and things are starting to look really dire for team Slovakia here in Bratislava as they have spotted the team Lithuania 10-point lead really finding it difficult going against the Lithuanian defense well that’ll get a bit of a confidence booster going for team Slovakia onova drains a turnaround her off the glass the def cut to nine points but uh they’re going to need a lot more of that to get themselves back into the ball game will Slovakia they’ll have possession goova gets the ball right back Goa runs the ball into the paint zelinska unable to have any success working there against natas SK oh lovely assist well that’s the way things are done well finished too by the way for P for team Lithuania they’ve got the margin back out to 10 and possession once again as Sola is held up and will enjoy the bonus situation from the charity stripe so both teams now the bonus and of course for Slovakia that is really bad news is Lithuania getting just yet another Advantage as SSA Rings one out but we’ll have a second one coming Sola doing it the hard way but gets it to fall and the advantage for the lithuanians back out to 11 rebound and a banker goes back up and in for Lu lutmer dinga and lar dinga will take uh a little bit of bench in deference to the other Lua kasperon NOA goova looking for options but she throws the ball directly into the hands of lubina turnover off the steal lakina looking to convert unable to do so good uh stifling defense from Slovakia under the rim as now kasinova try to work against uh laoka she makes up for uh the previous lost possession give me the ball p n fouled on route to the basket and we’ll go to the stripe and try herlock shooting uh two free throws the first one off the back of the rim Five Points would finish it with two minutes and six seconds remaining in official time misses both ends of a trip to the free free throw line so Slovakia will take any break they can get and they’ll need plenty of them if they’re going to come back into this ball game helicopter flying over the uh the Ooa shopping center here Lithuania getting another point four points away from deciding it cper NOA throws up a prayer NOA times out shot clock expires that won’t count Lithuania good defensive possession and now they’ll have offensive possession now two two-pointers would do it for the lithuanians just see to has to back up a little bit to get things started she’ll get the ball throw up a deuce yes sir one more of those and uh that’s going to be all we need to play here in the first game in the women’s competition Slovakia unable clearance Lithuania could certainly take their time as much as the shot clock will allow now they got timed out very quickly a little Court intrusion from the 4k camera well you got to be alert when you’re out there you might end up uh getting right up in the mix I think they added just a second back to the shot clock so solska wanteded to Just Wing one up let’s see yeah they’re going to put3 seconds back up and we’ll try this again so solsa is already lined up she’s going to try and hook shot a rander at the buzzer and she tosses it over the backboard well it was a good strategy didn’t pan out but Lithuania really in command now of things and the writing is very much uh on the wall for Slovakia kickball will reset the clock and possession will stay in favor of Slovakia kasarova not showing any urgency now finally kasarova throws up a long one nothing doing ball goes out of bounds and Lithuanian can end it with a two-pointer will prolong the agony Sola good dish underneath and a one-pointer to natas driving underneath and trying to leave the ball behind for Kasper NOA was ludar dinga and just not a whole lot of success offensively for slaki in this first matchup solska only need one point to finish it all there’s the give and the end of the ball game luina drops in a one-pointer and that is all she wrote for this p a matchup the first one in women’s pool a between Lithuania and Slovakia now Slovakia will have to regroup and come back later and hopefully by the time they play this their second match up uh this evening at 6:00 against Switzerland be a few more slovakians on hand to cheer on the home side but for now Lithuania with a good opening uh showing for themselves and they will be a forc to be reckoned with in the this Europe Cup qualifier matchup 21 to6 the final score between Tim team Lithuania and team Slovakia coming up at 55 uh well we would have to start right away as we’re running just a little bit behind schedule so as quickly as we can get the teams on the court and warmed up why the Slovakian men will make their debut here on the main court facing uh Team Ukraine it’s es skate to Leading all scores with 13 of them M Inova with a modest performance to lead team Slovakia with three theam [Music] got a big round of applause as expected for the Slovakian team this time the men coming out they’re playing in away whites although they are the home side for this particular pool a matchup gak kle Turza and Zabo rounding out the lineup for team Slovakia and now the introductions for team Ukraine cran the five seed ranked 26th in the world Slovakia four seed and they are ranked number 36 in the FEA rankings so a couple of mid Majors facing off against each other and the good guys German and Serbian crew fish and vesovic are officials for this the second uh pool a men’s match somebody needs to go inside the shopping center and round up some uh Spectators behind this Slovakian Club this going to be a tough matchup against Ukraine Slovakian team with uh really only one player on the court uh for Slovakia with a lot of experience ball put up from Distance by Zak oh when the going gets tough the tough get going Ukraine put up the first points of the matchup not sure if that would counted as two looked like he might have had a foot inside the arc did ZF foul going against uh Slovakia before the shot Balaban o good dish and a nice finish it’s again getting a late uh Roster number change give me a chance to check things out online early going couple things might not have come back from the laundry they put a couple of new numbers against some of the names out there we’ll get things sorted but for now uh looks like uh much as expected we’re going to be uh looking at a fairly well pitched game three AP piece although slovaki has already got themselves three fouls rung up against [Music] them Zabo doesn’t even get a chance to get things started for the officials uh get involved Maxim Zak will inbound get things started for the ukrainians drives all the way puts one up on the right rattles at home oh that’ll wake up the crowd along side for the uh 3×3 enthusiasts here in Braava what a wonderful drive and finish from Maxim zakov and of course he is the most experienced fella on the Ukrainian side 31 years young and 36 International caps for the Ukrainian some rattles no coffee but a rebound and a put backer for Ukraine tza leaves it to Zabo yeah just like that Ukraine enjoying a fourpoint margin Slovakia also getting themselves in foul trouble relatively quickly 7 of 38 left and Slovakia’s already rung up five of them balabom with the Finish five Point margin and a turnover and just like that Ukraine are really Rolling Along Slovakia trying to stem the tide unable quick clearance ball right back underneath in the low post turnover big break for Slovakia see if they can do something with it now they’re going to have to already run themselves up a six-point deficit now fighting for what they’re worth but un aable to convert Ukraine going one up from distance that was zaku Zak all over the place now he gets himself uh in a little bit of trouble with the official getting a little too exuberant with the defense who’s leak uh pleading his case to the officials we’re going to have a TV timeout now coming out of the timeout uh not only a six-point deficit for Slovakia but they’ve already rung up six fouls driving and uh hitting one from the back porch Slovakia cut the deficit to five but Ukraine puts one right back up on the score sheet to make it six get himself into a bit of trouble as tourza tza now with a clearance well had a little trouble getting a handle on the ball but tza now very much in control kicks it back for a deuce and Zabo drains one well they needed that badly they also need to drop back on defense otherwise uh Team Ukraine will score just that quickly for well it was an eight-point deficit which was starting to really look dire for Slovakia and things are moving really quickly now Slovakia is going to need to get control over the pace five and 40 left and this could well and truly get away from him Ukraine with the rejection rebound and another chance for Slovakia but they make a meal out of it and the officials are going to slow things down and that’s going to be a big help for team Ukraine but of course now with seven fouls up on the score sheet Slovakia giv the advantage to the ukrainians they’re going to go to the line each and every time for a two-shot foul course at 10 that turns into a an possession ukrainians unable to take full advantage of that trip to the charity strike we got a uh player banged up don’t want to raise up that quickly we almost had a Keystone Cops episode IES to all concern I don’t have a seven and eight on my roster and we’ll get that sorted out I’m just unable to get a fix for what the number changes were this one may be over quick enough that I can check uh as Ukraine already dancing out to a 15-7 lead here and what is the second game in pool a for the men well we know who zachf is and we know who balabom is and they combined for no points on that possession Slovakia there you go there you go and that’s how quickly things can change in 3×3 force a turnover which they will get off the Miss shot by Ukraine put themselves right back into this ball game well slowly but they’ll get a one-pointer thanks to the efforts of Zabo Ukraine keeping Pace very nicely thank you all the same good dish good finish and a foul ooh costly oh Ukraine was already on 16 got to move to 17 and could make it uh 18 on this one play and that’s going to make things uh real dire real quick for team Slovakia they’re already on nine fouls they’re about to give up The Possession Advantage did he call bank I didn’t hear it but maybe it was a silent hand signal anyway it’s going to count 1810 had a chance to make it a nine-point game oh he is a banker and I don’t mean investment zaker diive the Wy old veteran likes to use the glass well we see a lot of interesting free throw Styles in 3×3 we’ve seen some underhanded shots we’ve seen uh a banker and now we’re seeing Zak trying to make something happen the backer CO leak nothing doing Ukraine inching ever closer to ending this but not on this possession TSA with the clearance and a foul Slovakia not yet in the bonus situation we’re g to get a timeout well Slovakia needs to stem the tide they’re going to have to talk things over they’re going to have to come up with a way to shut down Ukraine nice reverse layup from Zak is one way to do it it’s probably going to take more than that to get the job done well you know now the stands are starting to fill up a little bit more a bit more of a home crowd and maybe they can help uh get their team back into the thick of things playing here in the capital city of Slovakia Bros laava ticked away rechecked zock tries to force the issue we tried to get the ball into Zabo and Milan Zabo unable to come up with the Wilson and that’s going to put uh Ukraine potentially back into a game-winning possession they just need a two-pointer to shut things down three and 40 left in regulation nine-point lead they are well and truly in control of things yevin Balaban was trying to get the ball in the paint and it’s a technical foul and he’ll shoot well he’s not shooting him number eight isn’t I’m sorry I’m assuming it’s either Tito or or kuchera but unfortunately I do not not have the number changes on that I just can’t pick them up from a distance off the uh names on the back we get that sorted out next time Ukraine’s out here I’ll have it for you for sure for now that’s kle we know that for sure we know that’s Zabo and we know this is uh Zak Milan zek sees the ball disappear over over the line get a substitution kle will check out tza in for Slovakia and he will get things started ball checked Turza taken off pops one from the top of the paint as the shot clock was timing out and uh Slovakia real well and truly with their backs up against the wall chance now once again for Ukraine to end things Yen B Balaban oh pardon I’m sorry Turza ends up with a trip to the Cherry strike misread the official signal on that my apologies but the Slovakia unable to capitalize on the opportunity fully will remain in possession kley throws up a deuce cleared baban baban once again trying to end it and he can’t tours up clearance get things started runs the ball underneath and up and in for Zabo Milan Zabo keeping the slovakians alive two-pointers short for Ukraine Turza clearance and a drive and Coast to Coast as as it were close as you get to a coast to coast in 3×3 but that will be the end of the ball game you team Ukraine ending it on a one-pointer with just under two and a half minutes to go the magical 21 points reached first by team Ukraine and that will put an end to this ball game the second men’s fixture in pool a coming up shortly the ladies version of Team Ukraine will face off against turaya in a pool B matchup it’s going to be a a lot of available seats as a lot of the slovakians will uh get back into the shopping center the men the Ukrainian men will be back in action against bulgar Aria that surprise Bulgaria who tripped up Switzerland in the first matchup they’ll be back out at 3:30 whereas the Slovakian men’s team will be back out against AFF mention Switzerland at uh 625 so for now with a final tally of 1 to 13 team Ukraine drops team Slovakia ifan Balaban leading all scores and also for Ukraine with 10 Milan Zak with seven to in a losing effort for Slovakia G [Music] so the intros respectively for team crane playing as the home team for this tilt and now team turaya being introduced in their red strip and uh playing as the home team for this fixture six seed ranked number 35 of the world team turaya team Ukraine the number three seat and ranked 17th according to good folks uh back at feba HQ and our officiating crew for today uh Romanian Slovakian baru and malova another stunning venue for 3×3 basketball this time coming to you from Slovakia from the capital city of Bratislava Taya winning the toss will open things up Yaya loses possession and Ukraine get the ball back after a violation first foul is going to go uh pardon the second foul missed the first one sorry about that Tura already rung up with two quick fouls Ukraine ball underneath in low post conversion and the first points of the game scor by Ukraine good early start so far for the ukrainians now turaya number three rejects number three and the putb backer is for number seven in that party that’s Miriam urona so with a drive and a bucket to Kaya thanks to sones who’s now uh found herself planted in the middle of the paint bit of a run in Turkey already on three fouls 906 in in this 10-minute game and turkey almost half the way to the bonus situation or giving up the bonus situation as it were little bit too much to ask for for felich Christina fich unable to get the the handle and now Deen Yaya gets things started for turaya sones thinking about checking back into the paint that uh path was well and truly shut down in the first instance that was moliva guarding that bucket as if it were the her life dependent on it and felich will restart things for the ukrainians gets the ball back beyond the AR tries a two-pointer nothing doing but gets the Long offensive rebound throws one over the rim toaya quick clearance wonderful dish and a wonderful finish good work from isik hooking up with Yaya but the ukrainians fashion a quick answer themselves fich throwing one in through uh keep things uh still in the advantage for the ukrainians got that one point lead going toaya sitting on four fouls lashko underneath to urona now sones she thought about pumping and yay driving unable Ukraine trying to extend that lead they got two right now uril kicks one all the way back to leosco so on zelika lashko off the check Ukraine 7 Seconds showing on the shot clock find it going tough inside the arc underneath so they pump it back out and why not two-pointer and a four-point lead for Ukraine rebound and moliva triy to go back up turai turaya now is sitting on five fouls already with 7-Eleven left to go good turn and sonets rung up yet once again or was that no part that was a violation against Ukraine so a turnover and a chance for turkey to put a Deb in that four-point deficit they’ve let the ukrainians run up on them and unfortunately ball finding nothing going out of bounds substitution for Ukraine fact a double substitution both teams uh rotating players good look good pass can they do anything with it as the question no turkey rebound clearance now a bit of a prayer thrown up by ishik yeah the timeout yeah Ukraine in a very good position right now up 62 and just about to enjoy bonus situation on fouls 6 and 34 remaining and you can’t say it enough but it is just an absolute Blinder of a day for outdoor basketball it’s a Blinder of a day for just about any sport except perhaps ski snow ski in any case temperature in the low 20s not a whole lot of wind rain was called for in the forecast uh much earlier but till now no sight of it we won’t even think about the possibilities just enjoying basking in the sunlight here at this beautiful Ura just on the banks of the Danube in Bros laava long ball two points for team Ukraine and half a dozen is the lead Nowa really struggling now need to get themselves back into the match before it gets away from them turning and being rejected as the Battle of number ones is won by Ukraine that time tonich rejected by leosco S point lead for Ukraine toaya once again on offense dong leaves the ball for Yaya Yaya from just outside the paint had to hurry moliva turning can’t get it to fall Yaya ton and turkey just having all kinds of difficulty getting the basket to fall moolo is starting to really show a lot of finesse out there too as one of the big ladies on the court don’t misjudge her she can move very well with the ball thank you very much 186 tallest paron UD O’Neal is the tallest at 188 and moliva coming in at 1 meter 86 leoso checks sones back in the ball game for turaya throws one up from outside the arc there you go that’s how you get yourself back into the mix shur suets with a deuce for turaya but Ukraine with a very quick answer themselves I take that back looks like son’s uh two-pointer at least the two-pointer I thought she had was then judged to be from inside the arc she may have been Towing the line so bad news all around for team turaya still uh looking a seven-point deficit in the eye and Ukraine has ball possession with 4 and 30 left to go M of a try to force the issue unable to and it’s going to be a turnover isuk get things started Yaya rebound Ukraine little stop and start from lioska whoa good morning things get a little bit too crowded for fich and she tried to really force the issue be rung up for an offensive foul s Mets this time can’t get it to go from whatever the distance may be however somebody else has found a three-point range and Miram uril well the Ukrainian women are following very much in the successful footsteps of their uh male compatriots as Ukraine really took the wind out of Slovakia sales in the first uh matchup for uh the Ukrainian men and the women are following suit very nicely thank you very much out to a commanding lead against turaya oh replay of uh fich getting a little impatient for in ball possession that was Sonet with a lovely Drive drive and kissing one off the glass almost call it a turnaround jumper but it was uh much to do about nothing not the best effort from Ukraine try to get themselves out of trouble turaya able to capitalize and put one up for a one-pointer here O’Neal throwing one up for two unlucky isik managed to pick up the rebound sonets from distance going to come up short and the ball will go out of bounds well turkey is really uh getting down to uh desperation as well and truly they should they’re throwing balls up early and often and unable to convert anything at the moment and they’re going to really have to get a taste of Lady Luck if they’re going to give the ukrainians any kind of scare here with less than three minutes to go seven-point lead for team Ukraine already in the bonus and at the free throw line Miriam uril 29 times around the Sun for medium and the first of two free throws rattles through the rim s Nets with an opportunistic Drive converts well cuts the deficit to seven and solet’s coming back on defense doing whatever she can to keep miva off the score sheet but with those uh eight fouls now in the meantime miva will go to the free throw line oiva misses the first of a two-point trip to the charity strike good with the second and Yaya off the rebound resets the ball swings it out to Sonet Sonet will back up and try another one of those two-point shots but he didn’t really set it up the way she’d like to yeah that was a fource shot and that’s not what turaya needs at this juncture they really need to try and set up the deuce I’m afraid the streak of eight one pointers is not going to do the trick isik drives the distance and meets some fairly stiff opposition under the basket and will enjoy a trip to the free throw line SAA usuk ball thrown up from distance for Ukraine they’re trying to force the issue and a little case of dancing without the music traveling against Ukraine turnover very welcome possession for team Tokai as son’s out leaves the ball behind for Yaya and Yaya we were waiting for that one boy just what the doctor ordered and that’s not what the doctor ordered by a long stretch Ukraine with a quick answer Yaya throw up another Deuce this time not as lucky and Ukraine trying to grasp control back up over the game and they do that very nicely thanks to OA miva 1610 the count to kayak still could make things happen but they’ll have to really clamp down on defense that does not Aid the effort O’Neal with a very easy bucket isuk throws one up from distance can’t get it to go moliva on the given go off the clearance and just couldn’t convert it fich loads it up yet once again miva cannot put the uh rebound back up and in user puts a little bit more method into the madness but with under minute to go going to have to hurry Yaya misses everything and had to throw that up about 3 seconds before and time is now becoming the biggest enemy for team turaya as the ukrainians be very happy to run things out here they may not get to 21 but with a seven-point lead in less than a minute to go they are very much in control of the ball game there’s a lovely little underhand her from suror [Music] sonets and the youngest team Yaya is 26 for team turaya and bik 22 toyuk is 21 and S Mets 23 and with uh just a little bit more than 48 seconds remaining Ukraine still very much in control of this and er O’Neal will enjoy a trip to the charity stripe there’s 18 and if she can make it 19 they’re a two-pointer away from stopping this thing early and indeed they are 19- 10 so Mets Yaya ball thrown up by ton yuk and that’s a good answer for toqua but it could be too little too late well they get the ball on a uh change of possession unable to do anything with it they just have to hurry with everything that they’ve got yeah Ukraine very happy to give him the ball just as much as they want but uh Taya not able to enjoy the gifts that they are receiving Yaya kuch and a foul and a trip to the free throw no it’s a violation pardon no sorry Ukraine of course not in the bonus wake up Johnny yeah everything set up and uh just not what you need to do with the time running out but I think uh turaya sees the writing on the wall and the get the last few seconds finished out and a banker off the glass oh insult to injury is what is added and time and chances expire on team turaya Ukraine wins this tilt in in women’s uh pool B as team Ukraine the team Ukraine women following uh on the footsteps of uh the men and winning their first uh matchup by a final score of 19 to 12 against team turai foree spe e for for spe for e e e e e e e e e right right all right so we are slowly moving on to another game in women category Po and Estonia ladies come here come here we should start with the introduction three before e e e Beau are team ladies and gentlemen now welcome back in Bratislava in Slovakia in the capital city of course for the Europe Cup qualifier 2024 team’s looking to punch a ticket to the Euro Cup in Vienna next month here team Poland who will face off against team Estonia on paper a big mismatch team Poland top 10 uh top 10 ranking number eight to be exact and Estonia just inside the top 100 in the world ranking 9 9 but as we saw right from the outset uh rankings in previous history mean very little when it comes to what happens uh on [Music] the 3X3 game surface first game of the the entire tournament was a big um upset when Team B bugaria upended Switzerland we get the coin toss and a chance to meet our officials for this matchup fish and pich the German and Slovenian Duo to keep things fun and fair in this match up between team Poland and team Estonia lot more experience on the side of the Polish uh team as opposed to their Estonian counterparts number four for Estonia Crystal Roop is only 18 years of age and the oldest senior stateswoman for Estonia is uh Sophia kosara and she’s 25 years old pulling a lot more experience uh on the court Estonia wearing blue BL and Poland of course in the way white Estonia had to hurry to not get timed out on the shot clock Poland uh slated as the home team for this fixture Estonia the away team and now you know the uh the colors and uh the pecking order and apologies it’s going to take a bit of getting used to as Estonia are wearing nothing close to the number numbers that were given to me on the roster unfortunate looks like Poland matches up very nicely try to pick those up as best I can so that I don’t have to say number 30 to number 15 and I also see uh some names that don’t appear on my roster so team eston will be a bit bit of a mystery I’m afraid until I get the official game report and can log that for a later matchup but Poland gets out to a one zero lead and good defensive work by the uh Polish team during the Estonian possession but the ball’s batted out of bounds Yama wearing number 15 did not appear on the press kit as distributed my apologies for that team Poland enjoying an early trip to to the free throw line bodia already has two fouls against him in the early going good defensive work by Veronica teleno with double threes and uh tallest of the ladies out there on the court at one meter 92 it’s going to be very interesting uh for the iians in a low post uh in this matchup and the Polish uh rejecting uh another shot from the estonians Alona morav this is pava and big Tango going on there between two of the taller ladies out out out on the floor ball checked by pavlovska well it’s not traveling till she’s tries to get back up but I think she did inevitably get rung up because she was kind of moving around there on the floor Tanga decides to take it herself getting a lot of stiff opposition was Veronica telena and she’ll end up at the charity stripe for her efforts Estonia already four fouls against with 7even of 55 left to go in the uh the the matchup nice bucket and I wish I could have fix a name to it I’m just going to have to get some assistance on spotting up some of these names and some of the uh some of the numbers and some of the names is there’s been a wholesale substitution of names and numbers for team Estonia maybe somebody maybe somebody missed the bus and they had to call some some locals up I don’t know 24 is Jana pulock she was expected to play but I thought she might be wearing number three today underneath the bucket up and in Veronica Tanga and a foul against Poland and very very little to show for the advantage that they’ve really kind of enjoyed Poland four points and a two-point lead as SE throws one up from distance Delena rebound clearance gives to pav pavlovski she tries to whip it into the low post and just a a little bit too difficult to handle the Hot Potato jorka wearing number zero now also with the ball jorka driving yeah she finished but the uh foul was called earlier on as Anna Pavlova checks back into the ball game trying to get that offense up and running try for dece own rebound but running out of time is zamorka and a timeout TB timeout with Poland out to i’ almost say only a 4-2 advantage now Estonia already spotting six fouls one more and Poland’s going to be in the advantage that’s Yama trying to wheel and deal and now pulling up and dropping a deuce is Mor morvich Yama finding going difficult against one met 92 Verona Tanga eight 28 trips around the Sun ravich gets the ball back loads up for a two-pointer she’s in the process pulock getting a little too close for the officials comfort and that’s going to send Alona morvich to the line she is the elder stateswoman 14 Poland she been around that uh Sun 32 times in her life well she misses both ends of a uh two-point trip to the free throw line and Poland stuck on six points with six to go poing to be disappointed that they’re not commanding a bigger lead on the scoreboard ravich turns can’t get it to go but teammate jorka is uh very much up to the job Estonia trying to do something about that five-point deficit they’ve uh let themselves get into abova dishes jorka and Tanga checks back into the game for Middle presence there working against l oh good drive and rounded off well by maranet sep sep once again running the ball running the offense she check back started closely Wings it back for a long try from loss SE once again in Estonia is now kind of dictating the tempo of the game Lost long ball got it it looked like she needed to size one up before she could drain one that’s a fine field goal for team Estonia and jorka throws one off the glass that didn’t have much of a chance and Estonia right back at the ball game 76 Tanga trying to uh get back up on top 86 now the count but boy this is a warning shot over the bow from Team Poland I told you team Estonia dictating the tempo of the game and said earlier that I think that the Poland certainly should be disappointed in their offensive output especially as reflected on the score sheet as pulock tosses one up and team Poland may find themselves in a uh bit tougher match than they might have anticipated especially based on the rankings and the seedings and now Tanga having difficulties at the free throw line number two of two and the righty comes up short rebound however and telinga needs to get control over the ball again working in the low post trying to force her way past Jana pulock good for a point finally for Poland L lost her Magic Touch on the two-pointer [Music] had a timeout well they’re back to a three-point lead but Poland are in a much closer match than they would have expected or probably should be and put that down to a very spirited Estonian ball Club Estonian ladies really showing a lot of Moxy and they took the ball game took control over the ball game they don’t have it at the moment they took it for long enough to get back into a one-point game and that’s probably more of what Poland was looking to do right from the get-go good looking offensive run for team Poland four-point lead three and a half left to go so and that set get the ball right back from loss try to take advantage of a screen Wheels Deals and misses just off the left Tanga with the uh Rebound pavlovski with the clear she’ll try to drive leave it behind for jorka jorka comes up empty missed opportunity for Poland giving Estonia just that open door they need to keep uh hanging around L lots of rolls no coffee Pavlova floats one up for telinga unable couldn’t make the connection there was nobody on the receiving end and I know I’m saying it for the Z millionth time if you’re just tuning in just an absolute glorious day for basketball and 3×3 in particular low 70s low 20s depending on where you follow your temperature in the world but it is just beautiful here in bratos laava we’re on the banks of the danu at the Ura shopping center well fighting for it jorka and she’ll end up with a trip to the free throw line for her efforts and would be very beneficial to the Polish cause to drop both of these she does at least for the first one and gets the lead back out to three it was down to a precarious two and I believe that was a lane violation on Alexandre jorka sep will get things started for Estonia turns out loss was her best option gets the give and go gets it to fall lead back to two only thing working against eston is that foul differential nothing doing for Pavlova I thought pul could make better use of the screen and unfortunately kadrian loss has lost the hot touch she dropped a deuce earlier but since then has had a lot of difficulty sizing up the range and she certainly missed a lot more than she’s made [Music] to langa gets the dump off pass from morvich mavich pardon and just quite couldn’t get a handle on the ball well there’s there’s one in there’s a minute 30 left just under Estonia in the unenviable position of having given up a 10 team foul so Poland will enjoy two and possession Yama unable to convert her shot for Estonia it’s the rebound no particular hurry there’s only one minute left but yeah it is only a three-point deficit surprisingly enough and this game is far from over and this could really turn into to be a nailbiter Poland just unable to effectively put away a at least on paper much weaker team and that could end up biting them in the Cales you wondered where I was going with that there’s Tanga able to convert against uh Jana pulock and now on a technical Jana pulock had a shot from the free throw line unable to convert but as as long as Poland is not able to exert any sort of uh influence over the game and Estonia is able to hang around this is still anybody’s game Poland trying to change that certainly won’t happen in that way ran out of time on the shot cluck even sep sep reversing field goes back to l l really unable to convert anything from distance kind of a game of attrition now at this point Who’s going to make the least amount of mistakes and unless Estonia can force the issue Poland may be able to ride out that three-point lead as neither team able to do much on the score sheet oh that was Tanga earlier we got to go way back to find a good highlight now got a pulock getting absolutely rejec toied by aldona Moravia loss 23 seconds remaining about five on the shot clock lost once again leaves it to sep sep unable now on Poland they can run out most of the clock run it down to about three seconds they didn’t run as much off as they could have Tanga back up and in and that should be all that’s needed to secure an ugly yet uh successful win for team Poland well they looked anything but a top 10 team in the world and the number two seed lucky to escape a spirited charge by team Estonia but really just as much a victim of their own lackluster performance as anything so team Poland will have some soul searching to do they will be back out against team Ukraine and let’s not forget how good they are that pool B matchup will tip off at 4:35 local time here in Slovakia well up next we’ve had our long break for this first block up next will be the men and team Poland will play host if you will as the team drawing home side against turaya our first look at the men from turaya and that match has slated to tip off in two minutes so we’re running well uh up against time we’ll give the gentlemen a chance to warm up here and then tip it off and uh should be a very enjoyable tilt between the two uh two good sides ladies gentlemen te indeed let’s get started team paa [Music] 11in number well that matches up with my uh roster All Tied good gudinski Kaminsky samsonovich and uh zoski [Music] number4 and a lineup for team turaya just double checking my roster as we go through it and I’m good to go see four players Desu osar sitter and ban for team turaya coming in as a six seed ranked 51 according to the good Folks at FBA whereas Poland is the three seat and ranked 18th back down in loan actually lazan uh of course uh everything in the neighborhood Hungary and Slovakia have sent us are two very capable game officials for this matchup and good to see the ladies working the men’s game and so far would have to complement the officiating all around it’s been competent it has been low profile and that’s exactly the way you want to see it and uh but also very sportive a good gamesmanship between all parties so far in all the matchups so very enjoyable afternoon of basketball in uh this Europe Cup qualifier everybody looking for tickets to the big matchup in Vienna next month we’ve already had two other qualifying tournaments numbers three and four taking place today and here’s a give and go and a lovely finish with the tip in for turaya and a steal and possession clearance and a reset and turaya looking to get off to a quick start against team Poland now they get their Jets cooled just a little bit as ginski manages to come up with the rebound for Poland ball from distance off the rim but a rebound second chance now the third chance coming up and turaya gets gets handson ball and puts an end to the Polish offense bonaya loses possession check the ball Kaminski loses the ball out of bounds so early going Jitters perhaps for two teams that have not played yet sitter will get things going for turaya AAR tries to bury one going away Second Chance also no good team Poland now pull up dumper with a violation for good measure a foul and turkey turaya bring up the first foul of the ball game zosi cther there was boras sitter Poland nice tip back out to distance and driving and picking up the foul is Kaminsky ban ban getting himself in trouble down low and the followup and follow in Falls for Desu so HW on Destin Olu with the followup and turaya out to a two nothing lead hav already picked up three fouls at the8 minute Mark zosi the Elder Statesman dishes to the 26-year-old gudinski Dominique Bartos gudinski biggest fella on the court at 2 m six where number 14 pull up from oshar and another point turfed on the score sheet and turkey try to make it a four-point game and they do now Poland getting a wakeup call here from turaya standing his ground is beron Bon but he’s rung up for a foul fourth already on team turay they going to need to be careful and at the free free throw line 37 times around the Sun sheema zamski s sizing up a deuce I think oh now he loses his handle Poland needed the to clear as bston gets things started to a lots of little uh violations and stoppages it’s all added up to five fouls now team fouls against turaya hulland still with a goose egg up on the score sheet boy would they like to change that zovi nothing doing in the low post for team po now Tokai with a chance to extend their lead osar tries to score going away moski good dish and finally points on the board courtesy Dominique ginski and a TV timeout so we can get a look at the highlights although they’re kind of few and far between here in the early going shamas zosi get things started for pska takes the ball along the arc working against oshar and dumps one in stolu get helped out of a jam by oshar oshar from distance can’t get the range down well neither team really able to exercise any kind of offensive prowess jinsky trying to get his team pepped up a little bit good drive of the bucket s there hiding the ball and finally putting it through the ring and poing equally successful now all of a sudden everybody’s coming up with buckets bushed on ran out of real estate and ends up being a turnover for Poland well they get timed out and with about five and a half left uh an up and in for Dustin Olu very nearly a travel sovic apologies to Mish some some sort of it adding a couple of syllables there’s already enough in there turned his name into a six syllable word in the meantime turaya with a trip to the charity stripe off the front of the rim cleared out by Poland ball underneath unable to convert is gudinski Bon trying to back in to uh the bucket Asar unable to come up with anything off the rebound except for the fact that he’s fouled and will be sent to the free throw line Poland in the meantime hav’t been tagged for fear team fouls guy of course on six but they have more points to show for it try to make it a four-point game and he does R zinski clears let’s zosi take over and a foul against team Taya will send Dominique ginski to the free throw line once again the tallest fell out there at 2 m and six first down is off the back of the bucket number two is not a whole heck of a lot bettered by D Kaya driving the lane and leaving himself just enough room for the kiss is ismith Asar so nine to four the count and a bit of a surprise at least uh according to the demeric ranks those of you who follow your European basketball know that uh D certainly counted amongst Europe European basketball powerhouses oh triy to get a little bit clever Bashan tried to force the ball in the low post and couldn’t find anybody home that’s going to count big play for team po or didn’t it count I just I thought I saw the official and I thought that was awful late and in fact uh scoreboard stayed on four so team Poland have to earn things the hard way as ginski earns a trip to the charity stripe Banks one home for two for two ball batted away from Bashon Bon will get the ball from the game [Music] official just by the by uh when we talk about experience none of the uh fellas lined up in red today for team turaya have any International experience on the 3X3 stage but they’re uh they’re holding up pretty well against the Polish team that doesn’t also offer much uh experience fact he only fell out there with any International 3×3 experiences Misha Sam samsonovich and he is now watching zosi from the free throw line S Mor cter swings it out to oshar and ashar Nails a deuce ping keeping Pace as need they do three-point game long ball ends up in the hands of oshar and he’s able to convert four-point game four-point lead for Taya Poland once again keeping Tempo keeping Pace basket there from zosi Destin Olu second biggest fell out there at two meters and five hak on Desu will join his teammates in a Timeout as both teams looking to talk it over this one could very well end up down to the wire either team in any particular hurry to get to 21 so this may run fulltime back to game action B cter takes it himself and just doesn’t quite get it to fall Kaminsky uh finally getting the ball to fall for Poland and now it’s a two-point game and a 321 buckle up boys and girls because this one’s getting real interesting real quick Poland not even yet in the bonus although turaya will go to the line and you heard the PA announcer took the words right out of my mouth turkey’s about to get to 10 and that’s going to be a two and possession but in the meantime turkey able to convert one of the free throws gets back out to a three-point lead they’re working hard in the paint then flip the ball out on the wing and Poland able to cut the deficit to one now thanks to a two-point shot Kay paying the price for every offensive action oh Shard tries to get the ball over to Bam ping high pressure sit aard [Music] aard block zoski and zosi the Elder Statesman 37 years young over and take a breath at the almost the 230 minute mark a lovely little feed all snaked into the hands of hakan destu and turkey manag to keep that two-point Edge Poland lurking around said it once before and I’ll say it again the sportsmanship has been on display fully today here in the Slovakian Capital inbound Poland samsonovich was zoski back into the ball game trying his luck from behind the arc yeah this one’s going to come down to the wire if you needed a sanitary stop or a snack you’re too late you’re you’re bought in Destin Olu from the charity stripe well neither team showing the hot hand on offense and sometimes that’s what makes him interesting who’s going to get hot at the right moment it’s not team turai at the moment hakan Desu 22-year-old unable to convert either free throw and now a jump ball that will go to the team seen to be on defense zosi will do the honors for team Poland off the check from Boni trying to make use of the screen not really able to sovich hindered before he can ever really get started Deuce put up uh but unfortunately an air ball for ismet osar 25-year-old coming up empty a point where every bucket counts two minutes left to go Poland now in possession zosi give and go but no go lots of give and no go and a rejection s with the putb backer osar runs out of options gives it off to Bora sitter and he’s got plenty of options quick uh up and in for Kaminski cther rejected but fouled by shlav zoski I read that one incorrectly I thought uh zosi was written up for a foul but in fact he will be treated to a one try trip to the charity strike it’s a three-point game now with a minute and 23 remaining turkey well over the 10 foul marks so any fouls will be two shots and any personal fouls in any case will be two shots and possession for Poland an advantage but uh yeah they’re going to have to make it happen for themselves they are inbounding here Shamus zosi explanation being given to to set there not sure what the delay is about we’re not an official timeout I don’t believe well there’s enough water being drunk and towels being run about to make me think we were in a time out doesn’t matter doesn’t matter it’s the silence before the storm 123 left to go this one’s going to be a nailbiter pulling now with a chance to tire at least cut the deficit to one sure they’d like to have a productive possession here zosi the inbound when we get things started B sit will get up in his face forces the ball down into the low post and boy working for everything he can muster is Kaminsky and he muscles one in big important basket for team Poland and we are tied boys and girls at a rejection by Kaminsky he stands two meters tall and there is spotting him about 10 cm balls out bounds though and turaya will inbound a guarded very closely by shimosa zosi and turaya lose possession Poland takes over chance to go ahead at the one minute Mark oh my goodness daring and yet effective Kaminsky rounds off to behind the backer from zosi and Poland take a one-point lead Desu unable to convert and now turkey find themselves on the short end what I sit there pleading his case on deaf ears it’s going to be a one shot foul down to a charge AR violation zosi this is a very very big free throw just a little bit over a half a minute left to go this is not the time to leave opportunity on the uh the floor manages to convert one out of two and secure pull in a two-point lead and possession two-pointer no good Kaminsky unable to come up with the rebound most importantly for the moment is turaya with possession ban from distance Oar big two-pointer tie game buckle your seat belts 10 seconds remaining turnover clearance fake Drive shot no good rebound nothing doing we’re going to overtime my goodness first one of the day and to be honest deservedly so not so much for the offensive prowess as neither team really putting on an offensive clinic but it was just too close for one of these ball clubs to walk away with it and after the first 10 minutes so we’ll send it into OT and of course 3×3 OT is the Valley of Death to be sure anything can happen at OT but yeah unfortunately Tura really had a good chance they had a good look at it they had at least two chances to put things away in the first 10 minutes and that was the absolute uh Beauty really a cheeky move Poland will open up driving dealing nothing doing from the wing now from the top of the arc backing up with oshar dishes nothing doing airball from hakan Desu now zoski directing traffic Kaminsky checking into the ball game zosi kickball will reset the shot clock and keep team Poland in possession zosi pulls up nothing rebound and the ball Falls for Kaminski bucket and we’re tied back up driving is Sam sovich only Dura foul and I believe it’s going to be an offensive foul sovic had established team Poland getting a uh coaching box warning getting heated up here folks temperature rising beautiful day here Bros laava ball dished underneath double coverage kicks it out driving the lane and scoring is Kaminsky and first L of frustration that we’ve seen and rightfully so it was going to be a tough loss for anybody Gregor Kaminski puts an end to the overtime and team Poland who trailed through much of the affair finally able to write the ship and uh finish the score line as we would have expected by the rankings but all credit to team turaya they’re going to be a fun team to watch as the action progresses here in this Europe Cup qualifier but for now it’s Poland pulling out a 198 win against turaya next up uh two debutants uh for today on the men’s side from once again from pool be Germany meeting up with Estonia and we’re already running just a little bit behind schedule so we’ll get that one started just as quickly as possible it was ismet osar leading all scores with nine ginski was uh tied with samsonovich and zosi with five each in the winning effort Kaminsky tossed in four so we’ll warm up uh the Germans and the estonians just as quickly as we can as we want to try to keep on schedule but of course the last game had a lot of stoppages and ran just a little bit long Germany will be the home team they’ll wear white here for this til the mansha well we’ll see if uh the basketball the 3X3 basketball mansha can be as successful as the 11 man Mana who absolutely dusted off Scotland last night as we get a look at Team Estonia you I going have a bit of difficulty because I see my jersey numbers for the men are just as uh off kilter as they were for the ladies but we’ll get it sorted out Germans running true to number uh you just saw Denzel aiman very young Squad the Germans but boy can they play basketball they’re they’re fun to watch aiman 19 geesman is 19 bami is also 19 miles osai is the elder Statesman at 22 years young the Estonian Club is also a younger outfit that is assuming that I’m going to have at least the same players that I have on my roster just have to sort the numbers out for you as this one plays out a Serbian and Slovakian crew bovich and pich will handle the officiating responsibilities as we get this pool B matchup underway Estonia the seven seed number 71 in the world and team Germany comes in as the number two seed and last time FBA came out with their ranking they put him at number 13 Kami to aiman and this is Gman Gman Wheels deals but can’t seal the the deal but we’ll head to the free throw line two nothing in the early going a foul rung up against Estonia they’ve already picked up two to match their point total now the first bucket of the matchup for team Germany was courtesy osai Geeson couldn’t quite get that one off the glass spe stonia tried to touch one off the glass once again sorry about the names don’t have a uh a lineup that corresponds Gman gets things started oai a little bit too high off the glass time out yet once again aiman Nails a deuce and we’re tied up at three stonia tripped up ball thrown up and causes a turnover and this could be easy bucket for team Germany although in the end geeseman had to work uh reasonably hard for it stoni trying to hasten things up Carl lips as I start to be able to correct my roster thanks to my assistant lips again now Jey back on offense and oai no parone that was uh bami and now they’re just trading buckets things are picking up really quickly Pace wise here Germany and Estonia knotted at five once again bami CD bami the 19yearold yeah we’ve kind of waiting for one of these matches so far those two teams really able to score quickly and steadily see if this can p can keep up aiman can’t convert the dece [Music] so roster finally complete and that’s Yan padet pick it off the instant replay from the TV screen more than one way to more than one road road leads to uh Rome so the TV timeout a chance to catch up on the highlights so at the line y padet drains it and we are knotted at half a dozen a piece Gman to inbound Gman drive it all the way to the hoop oh just leaves a little bit short gets his own rebound kisses it off the glass and another point for ran Sha El May with that ends up uh relinquishing the responsibility and uh basket good for Estonia they take a onepoint lead at the 539 mark [Music] ball checked that and Bou away from the ball Denzel G on will get things started for team Germany five and a half minutes left to go in the timed period we saw our first overtime in the last matchup aiman driving oh wonderful yeah he really put a lot of good work in there to get himself backed up into the basket finished off very nicely to aiman tied up at 8 five fouls a piece Bo you couldn’t want it any closer than this and compared to our last match up between Po and Tay also a lot of good offense on display elme pulls up drains a deuce Henrik elme Alexander Oliver Car lips leaves for elme Oliver getting roughed up ston out to that two-point lead drop back to try their luck behind the arc nothing doing Germany are going to look to put their foot down on the accelerator here certain they have a lot more trouble uh 3×3 against uh Estonia than the football mof had against Scotland last night deficit to one point Estonia leading 109 driving and converting is elme Gman finishes in atically I work hard enough for it did the Yan put that ball left for osai osai backs up to make it a two-pointer my apologies of course that’s uh that is Bama CD Bama backed up behind the arc try to drop a two-pointer well Estonia still with a two-point lead and now that clock has trickled down to three and a half minutes Estonia in the bonus Germany waiting for another Estonian foul [Music] HRI elme from the charity strike misses the first end of a two-point trip manag to salvage one of those points three-point Advantage for Estonia gizon osai and back to gizan from distance Fabian gizman the 19yearold miles osai getting tangled up aiman we’ll get things started again for team Germany pick and roll works out very nicely thank you very much Fabian gizman biggest fell on the German side at 2 meters five and uh since Estonia doesn’t have anybody breaking the two meter Mark he’s certainly the talls fell out there on the 3X3 floor we’re back to a one-point ball game under three minutes Carl lips trying to beat the clock aiman for two no sir gets underneath and tries for one osai aiman aiman oh my goodness that’s four tries in one offensive possession Denzel aguman will be sick about it but there’s just way too much uh going on at the moment to even think about that laid up and in by Estonia aiman tries once again for two misses everything Germany needs to be careful need to really work for shot selection there’s no rush and we’ve got a timeout [Music] Estonia looking to extend the lead at the two-minute Mark nope at least not on the first try stay in possession Alexander Oliver hint try to go the distance but uh the exit was blocked by one Fabian gesom Gman to inbound sets up a screen the ball back pumps one up from Deep And just before the buzzer JY still staring that two-point deficit right in the face quite the upset for Estonia should they be able to pull this one off off the wonderful pick and go version by Carl lips and it’s a three-point ball game 22 remaining aimon driving but he carried the ball so a turnover unforced error if you will and Carl lips will inbound off the uh check lips from distance no sir a brings the ball back no particular hurry from really either team gmon trying to uh create something out of nothing and ends up with nothing El May ran out of territory and Germany calls a timeout talk things over [Music] the ball in low geesman now kick it back out they end up with uh probably not the shot they would have wanted by Kama unable to come up with anything Estonia in a slightly better position because they’re up three also did not come up with a good shot at the buzzer Germany’s chances dwindling even further Estonia now really in the driver’s seat probably able to run out most of the clock good heads up move by Estonia to let more air out of the ball and they are going to escape with a upset win against team Germany so team Estonia spotting team Germany quite a bit on the world rankings coming in today at number 71 upside a top 20 side and Germany looking a little bit lackluster in their first outing today well we’re going to see uh the women next a pool a matchup one team we’ve seen already Lithuania who held off homeside Slovakia in their debut game earlier today and they will play against Switzerland who we have not seen yet so a debut for the uh Swiss misses we’re just running about 5 minutes behind schedule so very very relaxed and very much on time hope you’re enjoying the the action once again if you feel like opening up a second device and checking out things from the uh the other Europe Cup qualifier going on in Bucharest feel free don’t don’t switch over it’s no better but um you might want to be able to watch double the action double the fun as it were I’m here till 4 o’clock and uh my colleague Craig will take over for the evening session we’ll divide that up again in uh tomorrow for the finals as we get another look at [Music] Lithuania te [Music] number [Music] number ladies gentlemen team so the introductions out of the way for team Lithuania and uh Team Switzerland Hungary and Serbia the providers of our officiating crew Lithuania wearing white and playing as the home side switzland and red and playing as the away team Lithuania winning the coin toss if I saw that correctly Lithuania off to a quick start indeed not to skada no big surprise that she would opening the score open the scoring as she was the leading scorer in the earlier Victory against Slovakia well they tried to make it a little bit too easy and I think they got lack in days ago on that one did Lithuania coming up short once again Lithuania back in possession and it’s lauka well he got off to a quick start but uh missed opportunities and Lithuania only have a point to show for their efforts Switzerland get themselves up on the scoreboard I kind of ran out of territory was uh Nat SK and ended up uh getting rung up for a traveling Nadia Constantine puts one up just before the buzzer can’t get it to fall still noted at one lovely F and a lovely finish from lauka clearance and nobody home lauka was uh the idea not just skate to trying to rush the situation a little bit if he that elar to get things started she faked pretty well jao back to alanja amanar driving down to the low post and boy she managed to flip that one up and in was almost a magical shot really so lauka takes a seat on the substitution andar throws one up from just inside the ark and she’ll be subbed out for Nadia Constantine solska gets one underneath and up and in from petrata so 3-2 the count Lithuania out to the lead but Switzerland hanging tough as Avita Yad comes in replacing Gloria Loza solsa backs up behind the arc but can’t uh manage to come up with uh much of anything little on a bit of rim Constantine Elman drives throws one up and gets it to fall better lucky than good sometimes and once again lauka able to convert underneath 1 M 92 gidra labina got a TV timeout [Music] here along the banks of the danu at the UDA shopping center absolutely beautiful day for basketball can’t say it enough lukina puts one up and in Lithuania two point lead yanj pulls up just before the buzzer she beat the buzzer but she couldn’t get it to fall wa in out Alina underneath now she reached some out position from lza lza now driving against laoka throws it up can’t get it to [Music] fall that’s just G def fouled neither team in the bonus situation so far andard takes the ball still behind the ark Constantine pardon that was jao IIA jao with the fourth Swiss Point lovely stroke and gets the ball to fall shot go once again oh that was a wonderful move and she rounded it off very nicely indeed a couple of really nice drives from both clubs aard gets tripped up dispossessed yeah that’s sometimes how fast it goes Pita manages to put the 10th Lithuanian point in a am takes a seat game play continues and uh running pretty much unhindered was Sola cone’s pass broken up and intercepted the turnaround will not fall for Petron lania is still in control of the ball in control of the ball game and uh insult the injury gab Al sska gets the 12 point to fall at four and a half Lithuania with a dozen Switzerland five and the lithuanians once again very much in control of the ball game shades of what they were able to do against Slovakia earlier in the afternoon jao leaves it just a little bit short ball quickly whipped into the low post but uh lauka runs it back out I don’t know how you would get a better day weatherwise temperature- wise up now in the mid 70s up to 24 for those of you cting your tempts in set great which I’m sure is a fair bit of you back to Constantine Constantine didn’t keep an eye on the play clock on the shot clock and ran out of time looking to thread the ball into Alia jako Sola whoa Constantine ball rushing uh her opposite number sure that wasn’t the intention [Music] there have been some very pretty moments especially for the lithuanians on offense so far in the ball game Rina sizing up opportunities s says get off me wonderful give and go lauina rounds It Off enthusiastically alard finds the going tough once uh Nida got involved so Nadia Constantine takes a spot out the bench Loa Checks In and lauka doing what she does that score buckets 14 to5 Switzerland really needs to get things started jako is not going to be the one to start the Swiss rally and we’ll get another substitution as Constantine comes back in for aita Amad from it’s also not going to be the answer n Constantine says give me the ball oh wonderful gets the ball to Gloria Loza and she connects it’s exactly the kind of stuff the Swiss need now jaob the te two tries and they couldn’t get anything to fall Lithuania now clears and waits to set up the offense just a little bit but they’re going to have to hurry four minutes left on the shot clock wheeling and dealing but not seiling was Gabriela 15- six is the way the scoreboard reads here in Bratislava two and a half minutes remaining Lithuania very much in control in this pool a matchup coming up Bulgaria Ukraine Bulgaria with the maybe the big surprise for the men so far today as Lithuania makes it a 16 to six ofair I me jard misses everything and it’s really kind of down to Lithuania to put this thing to rest Nadia Constantine is not finished by any stretch of the imagination makes an eight point deficit ball goes out of bounds Losa replaces Constantine and shooting from the free throw line is Camille Nat takes uh full advantage of her trip to the charity strike Switzerland very much with their backs against the wall Loa down deep gets the one-pointer to Fallon try to put pressure on the clearance lauina denies Ilia jako any kind of breathing space down low time well and truly running low for the Swiss Loa has to throw one up quickly to beat the shot clock check by Maria Constantin bokina once again the give and Go laoka Cannot convert Loa def looks again back to Loa but she runs into some difficult uh Waters Camille nanita shutting down the lane to the basket ball check Lithuania to inbound uh just a little bit over a minute left to go miscommunication I think that’s needed well and truly thought silco is on her way to the basket Constantine tries to throw up a two-pointer definitely what’s necessary at the moment for the Swiss but he can’t get it to go Kina gives the ball back to nanita nanita a just throwing up two pointers now but can’t get anything to fall no this one is going to go into the books for Lithuania we’ll see if uh what the final counts to be but they’re just too much too often and the Swiss unable to really get things done offensively that was a lovely combo Camille nusa could not uh finish it off but she’ll go to the free throw line and try to do some good business there piece of debris Tracked Down by the Hungarian official not just ska the Elder stateswoman on team Lithuania 34 times around the Sun for Camille less than 10 seconds to go abokina ran out of real estate but lithu will 21 out before the game uh clock has expired with five seconds left to go Lithuania tall 21 and that will and truly put an end to things so another big win for Lithuania they’re starting to emerge as one of the teams to beat here in the tournament and certainly the dominant Force at this moment in pool a 219 the final score between Lithuania and Switzerland coming up the men back out on the court as Bulgaria surprise winner of the first match up the afternoon against the men of Switzerland will take it up against another team that put up uh pretty good performance earlier against Slovakia and that’s team Ukraine so stay tuned we’ll be right back here on the Main Court with action from Men’s pool a e okay okay okay sotr now GG UK number number [Music] UK Max [Music] number UK number y Romania and Slovakia providing the the officiating crew for this matchup between Bulgaria and Ukraine another match up in pool a both teams having won their earlier fixtures Ukraine to open things up Balaban throws one up from distance uh he’s Floy so foul by lupv and yevan Balaban will head to the line all cleared out by minf mchv will take it right back in O A little uh dip behind and he slings it back out to boof who drops it for a two-pointer baban with his second points of the ball game boof also uh showing his willingness to get himself on the score sheet a bit of a space ball drifts out of bounds bardia jumping back into lead 43 Quick One release but uh nothing do for Tito crinian running a little bit of uh switch up on the numbers earlier finally got that back corrected they changed all their numbers around make my job a little tougher till now it’s been pretty easy pretty enjoy a couple of teams that didn’t get their jersey numbers submitted correctly hopefully by the time the finals roll around we’ll know who’s who but most of them have been uh accurate and uh correct this by the way will take us into the break between the blocks and my colleague Craig will take over after this particular game in fact be the women from pool B Estonia against uh toaya and Craig will take you through the evening session all the way till uh just past 7:30 local time four-point lead now for Bulgaria and uh once again the bulgarians continue to surprise rebound clearance Zak GV for Ukraine was minev as the bulgarians enjoying a five-point lead at the moment Yin balabu who originally I had credited to wearing number five but I believe is wearing number eight difficult to keep track of these guys they not going to wear the same shirts they reported minev to buyanov 10 to four now for Bulgaria Ukraine looking to cut into that deficit and with a little pass through tiof brings the deficit back to five Balaban deficit cut to two points we got a ball game all of a sudden just under seven minutes left to go Bulgaria provides an answer as does Ukraine game on both teams uh hitting real nice at the moment and we’ll get a TV time out just to cool things off a little bit e [Music] bu off Bo had to work hard for that one to come up empty two-point ball game Bulgaria two fouls away from giving up the bonus situation for the rest uh good tough battle going on walk picked possession will stay with Bulgaria minev it all the way down to the low post and Ukraine could not come up with any points [Music] yeah he called that one he is a banker thrown up from distance will not fall boy off well things are cold real quick coming out of that timeout almost 14-1 though at the 536 Mark let’s see just which direction it goes tto gets things inbounded Deuce thrown up by Ukraine and converted off missed all Maxim Zak tried to force things by working the ball inside onto the basket DBL out of bounds Ukraine will get the ball off the whistle CV back to [Music] Balaban yeah the shot clock had expired onepoint match less than five minutes to go step back jumper won’t fall for minf however the one-point variation works out very nicely and Bulgaria has a two-point lead and now a three-point lead two quick buckets for minev and Bulgaria right back in the driver’s seat Balaban drops a deuce do not count the Ukraine out boy that was about as close to traveling without a whistle being blown as I’ve ever seen Bulgaria cannot buy a basket Ukraine clears dumps it underneath and we got a tie ball game boys and girls at just under four minutes to go it’s all knotted up so once again as I said earlier if you needed to get yourself to the bathroom or to the refrigerator you’re too late you’re stuck here for the next uh oh say five minutes that’s okay you can make it we’ll have a little bit of a break after that before Craig comes online and takes over the night shift one thing’s for sure he’s going to see some good basketball as are you and one other thing is if you’re uh haven’t already done so make sure you get uh yourself set up to follow feba 3×3 on all their platforms Facebook YouTube Instagram Tik Tock and X they’re they’re everywhere but of course the most formidable presence and that’s really one of the beauties of 3×3 and certainly my uh pleasure and privilege to be a tiny tiny part of it is their presence on YouTube all the fixtures being presented uh live and free on YouTube and boy there’s a lot of 3×3 you can watch lots of tournaments as the Ukraine trying to tie things up and they do is both these clubs trying to punch their ticket for the EUR Cup qualifier and that of course is going to be on YouTube live and direct from the Austrian Capital Vienna it’s going to be August 22nd to 25th boov got himself established and gets Bulgaria back into the lead if maybe only for a few seconds from the top of the arc before the buzzer Ukraine unable he could have taken a lead on that one may very well get to 21 one of these teams before we’ve run that clock down all the way certainly not going to venture a guess as to who boov got tangled up and almost lost possession and comes through and manages to finish things off himself so hard work from from boodan boof rather jori boof boy he has really worked his tail off in this game he is the senior Statesman for that Bulgarian team 31 times around the Sun for him Balaban getting a little vocal a lot at stake this going to be a close one this one’s going to come right down to the wire once again seen an incredibly high level of sportsmanship from the time we tipped off just afternoon time till now hats off to all the participants men and women and the officials been well afficiated basketball Yen Balaban trying to break the tie and he does so Ukraine is a point away this could end it this could tie it and now Ukraine with a chance to seal it a violation and badia will’ll try to end it with one stroke Ukraine will try to do the same and they do now they got one more than they needed and it was uh Yaki dto who put an end of things for team Ukraine well I’ll tell you what that was about the best one we’ve seen so far it was a good one and hats off to Bugatti who played some really good basketball today but Ukraine Just a Touch better on that one and that’s the second good performance we’ve seen from the ukrainians that promises more of the same and we will see uh both those teams uh tomorrow as they are now finished for this afternoon and for this session so leading all scores with tto with 12 boof who certainly had a work rate rivaled by few uh pumped in nine for Bulgaria in the losing cause and it was a really good way to finish off my uh time behind the microphone today it’s been a pleasure and a privilege we will go into a short break of course we’ll stay here with the pictures give you a chance to go out and uh get something out of the fridge if you’d like to and tuck in for the evening session and that’ll be handled by my colleague Craig believe in very capable hands for now I’m John monen it’s been an absolute pleasure to bring this first couple of blocks of the Eur Europe Cup qualifier from Bratislava we sign off for the moment from the Euro eurovia shopping center along the banks of the danu and stay tuned for more 3×3 action here on the FEA YouTube channel for
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Schedule:
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:30 Switzerland vs Bulgaria | Men Pool A
00:34:47 Lithuania vs Slovakia | Women Pool A
01:01:29 Slovakia vs Ukraine | Men Pool A
01:22:45 Ukraine vs Türkiye | Women Pool B
01:56:11 Poland vs Estonia | Women Pool B
02:21:39 Poland vs Türkiye | Men Pool B
02:54:48 Germany vs Estonia | Men Pool B
03:18:42 Lithuania vs Switzerland | Women Pool A
03:41:34 Bulgaria vs Ukraine | Men Pool A
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