Basketball
Croatia – Ukraine. Prediction and announcement for EuroBasket match
The meeting between Croatia and Ukraine will take place on Thursday (September 8th) in Milan. The fight begins at 15:15 Kyiv time. The match will be broadcast live on Xsport TV channel.
With Ainars Bagatskis’ duel with the Croatian national team, EuroBaket will draw a line under his performances in the six C’s in 2022. We can already say that the group tournament was a success for our team. After the third round, Ukraine secured a place in the playoffs, but the match against the Balkans will determine the next tournament group for the Blue-Yellows.
The different options for our compatriots are very wide. Let’s start with the simplest – the victory is guaranteed to leave the last second place in the group for the Ukrainians. But with a possible defeat of the Ainars Bagatskis team from the Croatians, everything will depend on the final difference in the score, because in this case there will be a triple twist between Italy, Croatia and our team in group C (at the same time, Italy still has to win against Great Britain today, but everything is clear before the game). If this hypothetical Ukrainian debacle happens with a score gap of up to seven points, we will still be second with a final margin of eight to sixteen points, the Blue-Yellows will lose third and seventeen points or more. will put us in fourth place.
All of the above is crucial for Ainars Bagatskis’ men in the context of the later tournament path. In the 1/8 finals, our team will duel someone from group D and we want to avoid facing one of the main favorites of the tournament in Serbia’s special team. parallel six. So the main thing is not to lose 17 points or more to the Croats. All other possible opponents in group D (Poland, Finland, Israel or the Czech Republic) can be played successfully. And they will certainly not be stronger than the Italian team we beat in EuroBasket.
The Croatian national team started playing as a separate team from the early 90’s and achieved the greatest success in the Balkans in this time period. “Checkered” won two bronze medals at the 1993 and 1995 European Championships, a prize of the same rank at the 1994 World Championships, and a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. However, after that, the Croats smoothly shifted to the level of the continental middle peasants, alternating between successful and not very large tournaments. And now Croatian basketball is going through tough times. Our current opponents did not qualify for the 2019 World Cup and this summer they disgraced the whole of Europe by failing to even pass the first qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup.
So at the current EuroBasket, the Croatians are eager to fix their tarnished reputation, especially since they gathered their strongest players on the continental forum, including a triple basketball player from the “checkered” NBA.
In general, the Croatian national team’s application to EuroBasket is as follows:
advocates: Jalen Smith (Alba Berlin, Germany), Tony Perkovich (Orleans, France), Krunoslav Simon (Anadolu Efes, Turkey), Bojan Bogdanovic (Utah Jazz, NBA), Lovro Gnidic (Cedevita Olympia), Slovenia), Dominik Mavra (“Split”) ” “)
Striker: Roko Prkacin (Girona, Spain), Mario Hezonya (Real Madrid, Spain), Dario Saric (Phoenix Suns, NBA), Carlo Matkovic (Cedevita Olympia, Slovenia), Ivan Ramlak (Shlensk, Poland)
Centre: Ivica Zubac (Los Angeles Clippers, NBA)
In the current tournament, the Croats have had alternating victories and losses so far. In the opening match of the EuroBasket, our opponents looked very good against one of the main favorites of the Greek national team, but in the end they lost – 85:89, followed by the expected defeat of Great Britain – 86:65, having a lot of trouble with the “checkered” Estonians in the third round, but nevertheless he won a very important victory – 73:70 and in his fourth match Croatia lost to the hosts of the championship on the Milan parquet – 76:81 .
After four games played, Bogdan Bogdanovich is the most productive among our opponents (average 16.3 points per game). He is followed by naturalized American Jalen Smith (12 points + 5.3 assists) and NBA tall man Ivica Zubac (11.8 points + 6.3 rebounds).
If before the start of the European Championship most of the fans and basketball experts predicted that our team would fight for the last place in the playoffs with the Estonian national team, then during the EuroBasket Ukraine proved that it can do more. And today, all fans of Ukrainian basketball have the right to expect the Blue-Yellows to win or at least play a good game against a strong opponent, especially since the result is very important in terms of further prospects for the Ainars team. Bagatskies. It remains to wish once again that our team will please their fans and finish the group tournament on a positive note.
Sport.ua forecast: Victory of the Ukrainian team
Sport.ua will broadcast a text online broadcast of the Croatia v Ukraine match.
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Teams |
Games |
victories |
defeats |
balls |
Difference |
Glasses |
|
1. Greece |
four |
four |
0 |
366:322 |
+44 |
eight |
|
2. Ukraine |
four |
3 |
a |
327:306 |
+21 |
7 |
|
3. Italy |
four |
2 |
2 |
318:307 |
+11 |
6 |
|
4. Croatia |
four |
2 |
2 |
320:305 |
+15 |
6 |
|
5. Estonia |
four |
a |
3 |
299:292 |
+7 |
5 |
|
6. Great Britain |
four |
0 |
four |
265:363 |
-98 |
four |
September 8
Croatia – Ukraine
Estonia – Greece
United Kingdom – Italy
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
Head coach of BC Zaporozhye Dmitry Shchiglinsky He summarized the results of the team’s last matches in 2025 against Krivbass (68:84) and Niko-Basket (78:67).
“Going into the last calendar bubble this year we clearly understood how important this was for us in terms of tournament position. “Krivbass” were right behind us in the table and “Niko-Basket” were playing at home, so both matches promised to be extremely difficult. We were also without our captain Anton Buts, who was injured, which significantly affected the preparations.
We had a bad start to our match against Krivbass, the opponent scored their first long range shots, became confident and kept control of the match for most of the game. We managed to reduce the difference to 4 points in the fourth quarter, but unfortunately we did not have the strength to do more. Krivbass’ last attack with 11:0 gave them an important victory. In the absence of Anton Buts, they had to use rotation and it was not easy for Vyacheslav Kiktev to counter the opponent’s big players.
Our expectations were also the highest for our second match against Niko-Basket. We recently met with this team at the Ukrainian Cup and made a comprehensive analysis. I would like to thank my assistant for her quality work. We analyzed the mistakes in the previous match in detail and focused on playing defense. Even though we made many interventions at the beginning of the match, we could not immediately gain the scoring advantage. The team added more after the first quarter. There were quick breaks, easy points and a more organized attack, and these ultimately brought results. We got the win we needed.
Overall, I am happy with the results of this dough. We maintained our place among the top four teams in the Super League, so I evaluate the performance positively. Playing without one of the starting five players is a serious challenge for our team. I thank the men for their character; “After the defeat in the first match, no one gave up and the next day we played a high-quality game, first of all, as a single team.”
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
7 games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 22-23. Golden State beat Orlando, Boston beat Orlando with a comeback, Detroit beat Portland and other games.
NBO. Regular season. Matches are on December 23.
Cleveland – Charlotte – 139:132 (33:36, 37:27, 34:32, 35:37)
Cleveland: Mitchell (30), Garland (27+10 assists), Wade (14+7 rebounds), Allen (12), Tyson (0) – start; Hunter (27), Bryant (10), Lonzo Ball (6+7 assists), Tomlin (5), Merrill (4), Porter (2), Proctor (2).
Charlotte: LaMelo Ball (23+9 assists), Knippel (20), Miller (20), Bridges (17), Plumlee (5) – start; Mann (13), Green (10), McNealy (7), James (7), Diabate (5+14 rebounds + 6 steals), Connaughton (3), Hall (2).
Boston – Indiana – 103:95 (26:35, 17:26, 31:21, 29:13)
Boston: Brown (31+9 rebounds), White (19), Pritchard (11), Queta (8+8 rebounds), Mynott (2) – starter; Simons (11), Garza (6+9 rebounds), Gauser (6), Gonzalez (6+11 rebounds), Scheierman (3).
Indiana: Siakam (25), Nembhard (20+7 assists), Maturin (16+9 rebounds), Thompson (13), Huff (3) – start; Jackson (9), Furphy (3), Matthews (2), Walker (2), Jones (2), Jackson (0), Wiseman (0), Peter (0).
New Orleans – Dallas – 119:113 (36:34, 21:29, 22:24, 40:26)
New Orleans: Bay (19+7 rebounds), Queen (19+11 rebounds + 6 assists), Fiers (12), Murphy (11), Jones (9) – start; Williamson (24+9 rebounds), Poole (14), Alvarado (6), Matkovic (5), Peavy (0).
Dallas: Davis (35+17 rebounds), Flegg (16+6 assists), Marshall (15+6 assists), Washington (8+8 rebounds), Nembhard (4+8 assists+5 losses) – starter; Thompson (20), Williams (4), Hardy (4), Caleb Martin (4), Gafford (3).
Denver -Utah – 135:112 (40:15, 29:31, 34:38, 32:28)
Denver: J. Murray (27), K. Johnson (20), Watson (20), Jokic (14 + 13 rebounds + 13 assists), Jones (3) – start; Hardaway (21), B. Brown (15), Valanciunas (12+11 rebounds), Pickett (3), Strother (0), Nagy (0), Tyson (0).
Utah: Markkanen (27+8 rebounds), George (20+8 rebounds + 7 assists), Nurkic (17+14 rebounds + 6 assists), Bailey (10), Mikhailyuk (6) – start; Sensabaugh (14), Clayton (6), Filippovski (5), Hendricks (5), Collier (2+9 assists), Williams (0).
Oklahoma -Memphis – 119:103 (31:28, 36:26, 17:19, 35:30)
Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (31+10 rebounds + 8 assists + 5 turnovers), Jaylen Williams (24), Dort (13), Carlson (11), Wallace (8) – starter; Mitchell (16+9 rebounds), K. Williams (11), Joe (5), Barnhizer (0), Youngblood (0).
Memphis: Coward (16+8 rebounds + 6 assists), Spencer (14+8 assists), Wells (12+5 losses), Jaren Jackson (11), Landale (11+10 rebounds) – start; Caldwell-Pope (16), Aldama (9+7 rebounds), Prosper (8), Jackson (6), Koloko (0).
Golden State – Orlando – 120:97 (26:30, 32:27, 31:26, 31:14)
Golden State: Curry (26+6 assists), Butler (21), Moody (20), Dr. Green (9+7 rebounds), Post (8+12 rebounds) – start; Podzemskie (16), Payton (7), Melton (4), Jackson-Davis (4), Hield (3), Spencer (2), Santos (0), Richard (0).
Orlando’s: Banchero (21 + 12 rebounds + 7 assists), Bane (20), Black (19), Carter (9), Jones (7) – start; Richardson (11), Penda (5), Bitadze (2), Howard (2), Isaac (1), Kane (0).
Portland – of Detroit – 102:110 (26:30, 25:31, 27:34, 24:15)
Portland: Sharpe (25+5 tackles + 8 tackles for loss), Avdija (18+8 rebounds + 9 assists), Clingan (17+10 rebounds), Kamara (8), Murray (5) – start; Sissoko (16), R. Williams (8), Love (5), Rith (0), Rooper (0).
of Detroit: Durent (26+10 rebounds), Thompson (18+12 rebounds), D. Robinson (15), Cunningham (14+9 assists + 5 losses), Harris (12) – start; Ivey (11), Green (6), Jenkins (5), Stewart (3), LeVert (0), Rod (0).
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
Version Forbes announced its annual ranking of the world’s most expensive sports teams.
NFL franchise Dallas Cowboys, estimated to be worth $13 billion, has led the pack for the ninth year in a row.
While NBA Golden State Warriors ranked second with a valuation of $11 billion, another representative of American football, Los Angeles Rams (10.5 billion), was in the top three.
The top 10, as last year, includes only American teams from the NFL and NBA. There are seven NFL clubs in the top 10 overall, which Forbes analysts attribute to the league’s large-scale television contracts.
Among football clubs, Real Madrid remains the most expensive – the Spanish giant ranked only 20th with a value of $6.75 billion.
Also in the top 50 are Manchester United (24th, 6.6 billion), Barcelona (42nd, 5.65 billion) and Liverpool (48th, 5.4 billion). In total, only four football clubs are represented in the top 50 rankings.
Formula 1 representatives also returned to the list – Ferrari (26th place) and Mercedes (34th).
The 20 most valuable sports teams in the world according to Forbes
- 1. Dallas Cowboys (American football) – $13 billion
- 2. Golden State Warriors (basketball) – $11 billion
- 3. Los Angeles Rams (American football) – $10.5 billion
- 4. New York Giants (American football) – $10.1 billion
- 5. Los Angeles Lakers (basketball) – $10 billion
- 6. New York Knicks (basketball) – $9.75 billion
- 7. New England Patriots (American football) – $9 billion
- 8. San Francisco 49ers (American football) – $8.6 billion
- 9. Philadelphia Eagles (American football) – $8.3 billion
- 10. Chicago Bears (American football) – $8.2 billion
- 11. New York Yankees (baseball) – $8.2 billion
- 12. New York Jets (American football) – $8.1 billion
- 13. Las Vegas Raiders (American football) – $7.7 billion
- 14. Washington Commanders (American football) – $7.6 billion
- 15. Los Angeles Clippers (basketball) – $7.5 billion
- 16. Miami Dolphins (American football) – $7.5 billion
- 17. Houston Texans (American football) – $7.4 billion
- 18. Denver Broncos (American football) – $6.8 billion
- 19. Los Angeles Dodgers (baseball) – $6.8 billion
- 20. Real Madrid (soccer) – $6.75 billion
Source: Sport UA
I am a sports journalist who has written for various websites and magazines. I currently work as an author at Sportish, a news website that covers sports news. My main focus is writing about soccer, rugby and other sports in the world.
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