33rd European Basketball Championship Qualifying Groups

ANKARA, Jan 27 (A.A) - First phase of the 33rd European Basketball Championship qualifying group matches ended.
Lithuania, Greece, Croatia, France and Italy led their groups at the end of the first phase.
The second phase qualifying group matches will take place between November 20, 2002 and January 25, 2003.
The results of fifth matches in qualifying groups and standings are as follows:

-GROUP A-

Lithuania 100 Turkey 62
Bulgaria 109 Ukraine 86
Switzerland 81 Netherlands 64

P W L A F Pts
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1-Lithuania 5 4 1 475 358 9
2-Turkey 5 4 1 385 372 9
3-Bulgaria 5 3 2 453 439 8
4-Ukraine 5 3 2 395 401 8
5-Switzerland 5 1 4 326 384 6
6-Netherlands 5 0 5 359 439 5

-GROUP B-

Denmark 60 Belgium 73
Romania 56 Israel 72
Greece 86 Spain 73

1-Greece 5 5 0 443 318 10
2-Spain 5 4 1 425 341 9
3-Israel 5 3 2 383 365 8
4-Romania 5 2 3 318 398 7
5-Belgium 5 1 4 323 375 6
6-Denmark 5 0 5 342 437 5

-GROUP C-

Greek Cypriot side 63 Macedonia 93
Ireland 59 Bosnia-Herzegovina 74
Croatia 71 Germany 78

1-Croatia 5 4 1 425 352 9
2-Germany 5 4 1 409 369 9
3-Bosnia-Herzegovina 5 3 2 407 384 8
4-Macedonia 5 2 3 408 401 7
5-Ireland 5 2 3 361 372 7
6-Greek Cypriot side 5 0 5 307 439 5

-GROUP D-

Latvia 81 France 87
Belarus 78 Poland 67
Hungary 94 Estonia 71

1-France 5 4 1 390 354 9
2-Hungary 5 3 2 424 398 8
3-Latvia 5 3 2 459 436 8
4-Estonia 5 2 3 402 405 7
5-Poland 5 2 3 425 443 7
6-Belarus 5 1 4 356 420 6

-GROUP E-

Portugal 74 Britain 70
Italy 86 Russia 66
Czech Republic 71 Slovenia 70

1-Italy 5 4 1 433 353 9
2-Russia 5 4 1 433 355 9
3-Slovenia 5 2 3 364 375 7
4-Czech Republic 5 2 3 386 412 7
5-Britain 5 2 3 344 397 7
6-Portugal 5 1 4 346 414 6