Spain, Finland, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Slovenia and Poland made it to the top eight teams of the current continental championship.
It was the Poles who left the Ukrainian team out of the tournament. A tense confrontation in the 1/8 finals ended in an unfortunate defeat of the team of Ainars Bagatskis - 86:94.
All results of EuroBasket 2022 1/8 finals Turkey - France 86:87 OT Slovenia - Belgium 88:72 Germany - Montenegro 85:79 Spain - Lithuania 102:94 TU Ukraine - Poland 86:94 Finland - Croatia 94:86 Serbia - Italy;
The current European basketball champions are the Slovenians, who defeated Serbia in the 2017 final.. It was Slovenia that then knocked out the Ukrainian team from the tournament at the 1/8 final stage.
The European Basketball Championship will last until September 18, 2022. Matches will be played in the Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy and Germany.