Basketball team of Ukraine suffered the first defeat in qualifying for World Cup 2019.

So, the team of Eugene Murzin in Kiev lost to Turkey - 60:67 (12:16, 16:11, 15:15, 17:25) Ukraine several times during the meeting was in the lead. However, the decisive was the last quarter, which began almost at the same time - 43:44. Twice Ukrainians managed to level the situation, but they could not get ahead. The ending of the match was left for the guests who managed to score a 7-point advantage.

The most effective in the "blue-yellow" was Sergei Gladyr, who scored 20 points.

Recall that in the opening match of the selection at the 2014 World Cup Ukraine beat the Swedes.