The Ukrainian national basketball team was defeated by Italy on the road in the penultimate match of qualification for the 2023 World Cup.
Ainars Bagatskis' wards lost with a score of 75:85.
Italy - Ukraine - 85:75 (23:21, 20:22, 15:14, 27:18).
Issuf Sanon became the most productive player of the Ukrainian national team with 15 points..
Video review of the match.
This match deprived the Ukrainians of even the theoretical chances of getting to the World Cup.
The team won three victories in nine qualifying matches in Group L. To enter the tournament, Ukraine needed victories in the last two games..
The last nominally home match in Riga will be held by the Ukrainian team against the Netherlands on February 26. It will no longer have a tournament value.
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