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Eurobasket 2009 - Progress Update
Eurobasket is now well underway, with 6 places up for grabs in the 2010 World Chanmpionships in Turkey.
Here is a brief breakdown how things have unfolded so far...
Group A
Greeece 2/0
Croatia 1/1
Macedonia 1/1
Israel 0/2
Greece defeated Croatia 76-68 in their second game to assure themselves of first place in Group A. Croatia face Macedonia in their final round-robin game that will determine who finishes second. Macedonia should still get through to the next round. No surprises here so far.
Group B
France 2/0
Russia 1/1
Germany 1/1
Lativia 0/2
France has proven a revelation after only just scraping into one of the final places for Eurobasket. France accounted for a Germany side missing Nowitzki and Kaman and then took care of Latvia. However Germany threw a spanner in the works by upsetting Group B favourite Russia. Germany has to account for Latvia to progress.
Group C
Slovenia 2/0
Spain 1/1
Serbia 1/1
Great Britain 0/2
Slovenia accounted for GB and Serbia to book a place in the next round, whilst an upset loss to Serbia means that Spain needs to defeat Slovenia in the last round-robin and Serbia to defeat GB in order to progress.
Group D
Turkey 2/0
Poland 2/0
Lithuania 0/2
Bulgaria 0/2
Lithuania lost to both Turkey and Poland, meaning they have to beat Bulgaria to get trhough to the next round. Poland are exceeding all expectations and could finish top of the group if they can overcome the Turks.
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You can watch every game live on FIBA TV. Full replays and highlight packages are also available.