The basketball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina started the qualification for the World Cup with a defeat. In the first round of qualification in Istanbul, coach Darija Gjergja’s team lost to the Turkish national team 93:71 (29:20, 17:25, 21:13, 26:13).
The current vice-champion of Europe justified it the role of favorite and in the end registered a convincing victory. But, even though the result doesn’t show it, Turkey is had to suffer in order to overcome the weakened BiH selection that arrived in Istanbul with only 11 players, without several standard team members.
BiH provided good resistance and she dealt equally with the favored opponent for more than 30 minutes, and in the second quarter she was a better opponent when she caught up and went to the break with a minimal minus of only one point.
However, in the last section, she came to the fore individual quality the domestic team, which broke the resistance of BiH with several connected three-pointers. teams. On the other hand, BH’s shot stopped completely. basketball player, so defeat was inevitable.
He led the winning team Tarik Biberovic with 20 points, while Sehmus Haser scored two less.
In the ranks of BH national teams stood out Amar Alibegović with 18 Emir Sulejmanović with 12 te Ajdin Penava and Xavier Castaneda with 11 points each.
The BiH national team will play its next game in three days, when it will host the national team in Sarajevo of Serbia which tonight, after the turnaround in Belgrade, defeated Switzerland with 90:86.
(Female | Photo: FIBA)
