EuroBasket 2022. Ukraine v Poland: predictions, favorites and broadcast

September 11. 13.00 Berlin. Arena Berlin.
Broadcast – XSport TV channel, XSPORT YouTube channel

The Ukrainian national team will play in the EuroBasket playoffs. Bagatskis’ team advanced to the 1/8 finals from second place in the group behind Greece with the outstanding Giannis. And this result is already a clear victory for the Ukrainians. After the disastrous qualifying matches for the World Cup for us, there was little hope that Ukraine would be reborn and show its game at the European Championships. But in the end, the Ukrainians paid the price: they won forced victories against foreigners (although we were obviously lucky in our match against Estonia) and surprised Italy in front of the home stands. Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk became Ukraine’s MVP at this stage of the tournament. Svyat, who finally started to do the job expected of him, started to collect an average of 20 points per game (excluding Croatia) and a total of 90 points in the group. Len got used to European basketball and of course Sanon gave a predictable result. In general, the Ukrainian team was included in this group, and in each match there were sections that we can be proud of.

Of course, we can say that the Croatians themselves do not want to take the second place in the group, anticipating the quarter-finals against Slovenia and considering Doncic’s records, but after rejecting these conspiracy theories, you should be happy with the result. from our men. Moreover, they had the opportunity to compete with Poland, one of the most balanced and predictable teams of the tournament, in the 1/8 final.

Parimatch Ukraine, partner of the Ukrainian national basketball team and the first legal bookmaker, predicts that we will enter the quarterfinals of the EuroBasket. The coefficient that the Ukrainians will win in the regular time is 1.70, the success of the Poles is 2.46. It is unlikely that regular time will end in a draw, the chances of such an outcome are 12.50 to 1. But even if the match goes to overtime, Ukraine should take it on their own, a chance for the “yellow-blue” to win. In overtime, it’s 2.35 vs 1.63 for the success of the opponents.

Ukraine and Poland met in a training camp in Istanbul in July. Then, in the friendly tournament, the Ukrainians beat the Poles with +29 points. In the August window, the Poles played in the qualifiers for the next Euro as they failed to advance to the second stage of the World Cup selection, losing -3 points to the Croats in a very tense duel. Already at the EuroBasket itself, the Poles first defeated the Czechs, then devastatingly lost to the Finns, and then again confidently won against Israel. The match against the Netherlands also took place on swings, which the Poles almost miraculously pulled out. In fact, the Polish national team is quite a strong team, it has good defense, but it is not always stable. And obviously the Poles are a team that Ukraine is ready and can beat.

Everything is in the hands of Ainars Bagatskis’ men now. Ukraine has a chance to enter the top 8 teams in Europe. Get sick and recharge on your own with Parimatch Ukraine!