Tophavorit Serbia was completely surprisingly excreted in the round of 16 at the European Basketball European Championship. The team of the former national coach Svetislav Pesic lost in Riga against Finland with 86:92 (48:44) and thus missed the quarter -finals.
The vice world champion started the tournament as a great gold candidate. But also 33 points from NBA superstar Nikola Jokic could not prevent this from against strong Finns. Lauri Markkanen shone at the co-host of the European Championship with 29 points.
Serbia would have been a possible opponent of Germany in the semi -finals. The German team had previously won its round of 16 against Portugal with 85:58. The world champion now has to deal with Italy or Slovenia in the quarterfinals.
Latvia also left
That also came for final round hosts Latvia. The Latvians had to give up Lithuania with 79:88. In the quarter -finals there is also Turkey, which was very trouble at 85:79 against Sweden.