Men's Basketball FIBA EuroBasket 2025

[rafalgorka 1,808]

I’m hoping today’s POL vs ISR will go on without any ant-Israeli actions in the stands… would be awful if anything happens

[George_D 1,473]

Bogdanovic will miss the rest of the tournament 

[AmericanHero40 238]

 !!!!!!!!!!!   

Edited August 31 by Sindo

[copravolley 498]

Pozzecco it`s a clown

[George_D 1,473]

[Henry_Leon 1,587]

  67 -63   

 

Italy won and are qualified, this is the only good thing of the match .....

[copravolley 498]

34 minutes ago, Henry_Leon said:

  67 -63   

 

Italy won and are qualified, this is the only good thing of the match .....

Unfortunately, France is still realistic options for us in the Round of 16 and that would be a nightmare for us... Slovenia with Doncic will also be dangerous, but of course, they're in a much weaker team actually, than France. We have to root for Spain vs Greece and beat Cyprus ourselves: then we will be at first place in the group and probably will play vs Israel in the Round of 16. It's definitely better to play Israel than France...

Edited September 2 by copravolley

[copravolley 498]

In my opinion, even reaching the quarterfinals won't be a great success. In the last four editions, we finished in the 5th-8th place. Another defeat in the quarterfinals will only confirm our solid performance, but nothing more. Our last European Championship medal was in 2003: bronze. It would be a dream to finally win a medal, but the competition is big and we're at a stage where, on paper, we don't have a medal-level team. The women's NT team managed to win a medal at the European Championships this summer after a 30-year waiting (1995-2025), so the men still have a few more editions to do the same.

 

Looking at our youth results and our current young roster+ Donte, we can definitely be among the top teams in Europe in a few years. Our young players need to play extensively in Italy and then travel to the NBA or the EuroLeague clubs: Milano, Bologna, or some other European clubs. Another problem for us is that we've never had a truly superstar in the NBA, because Gallinari, Belinelli, or Bargnani were by no means at the level of Nowitzki, Giannis, Jokic, or Doncic. Donte diVincenzo won't be a star either: he's more of a solid NBA player, that`s all . I was very disappointed with Banchero, as I was hoping he'd play for us, but judging by his behavior, he probably wouldn't have been motivated to play for Italy, enough even if the USA hadn't called him up.

Edited September 2 by copravolley

[George_D 1,473]

 wins  (89-83) and sends  in Round of 16

[Monzanator 4,768]

No surprise last night as beat for the 13th time in a row.

 

My sister & her husband attended the game. Also present were some Polish football NT players since we play Finland in World Cup quals on the weekend in nearby Chorzów.