Slovenia and Hungary emerge winners
Slovenia and Hungary emerged winners in the Men’s and Women’s segments of the Leg four of the International Basketball Federation 3×3 Basketball Nations League Tournament 2017 worked off for the second day at the Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Outdoor courts in Ratmalana yesterday.
Leg five of the tournament will be played today at the same venue to bring down curtain of the the 2017 edition which was participated by Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovenia, Jordan and host Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka fielded four teams with two each in both Men’s and Women’s events but managed to win only one game in the Women’s segment preliminary round with a close 15-14 win over Jordan found a berth in the semi-finals.
Slovenia with two wins against Sri Lanka ‘A’ and Netherlands qualified for the Men’s semi final while Hungary with a win over Sri Lanka ‘B’ entered the Women’s semi-finals.
Results:
Preliminary Round – Men’s
Slovania 22 beat Sri Lanka ‘A 7′, Hungary 19 beat Sri Lanka ‘B’ 15, Netherlands 22 beat Sri Lanka ‘A’ 10, Czech Republic 13 beat Sri Lanka ‘B’ 11, Slovenia 21 beat Netherlands 16, Czech Republic 21 beat Hungary 14
Women’s – Jordan 13 beat Czech Republic 11, Netherlands 22 beat Sri Lanka ‘B’ 4, Sri Lanka ‘A’ 15 beat Jordan 14, Hungary 21 beat Sri Lanka ‘B’ 4, Czech Republic 18 beat Sri Lanka ‘A’ 17, Netherlands 14 beat Hungary 12
Semi finals – Men’s
(1) Slovenia 22 beat Hungary 8; (2) Czech Republic 15 beat Netherlands 12
Final: Slovenia 21 beat Czech Republic 14
Semi finals – Women’s
(1) Hungary 21 beat Sri Lanka 13 (2) Netherlands 19 beat Czech Republic 13
Final: Hungary beat Netherlands 12