Team Yevgeny Murzin in the decisive match obtained a ticket to the playoffs of the European Championship. The Ukrainian team defeated the Israeli team in the fifth round of the Eurobasket 2017 group stage. This victory allowed the team of Eugene Murzin to go to the playoffs. In the first quarter of the Ukrainians acted in the role of catch-up, not allowing opponents to break away more than five points. However, by the middle of the quarter our team took the game completely under its control and by the end of the first desyatiminutki came forward.

Since then, Ukrainians have not allowed the opponent to show anything and gradually increased the gap, so that at one point the difference in the score was 38 points. Only towards the end of the meeting the Israelis managed to somewhat reduce the gap, but the fight was still completed with a complete rout. Israel - Ukraine 64:88 (16:19, 12:27, 11:25, 25:17) Thus, the Ukrainian team took the final fourth place in the group and reached the playoffs, where in 1/8 finals will play against Slovenia.

Original article: Ukraine defeated Israel and went to the playoffs of the Eurobasket.