Shocking! Serbia, the No. 1 player in the power rankings, failed to make it to the round of 16! Jokic's 33 points were useless. Shock defeat to the dark horse Finland
Sep 07, 2025
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Serbia lost 86–92 to Finland in the round of 16 of the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket in Riga, Latvia on the 7th (Korea time).
Serbia was a team that all experts rated as the number one favorite.
When announcing the power ranking, the website of the EuroBasket tournament pointed to Serbia, ranked first, and Germany, ranked second.
Serbia was dominated by powerful cores such as NBA's best big man Nikola Jokic and Bogdan Bogdanovic. In addition, it was a team that showed equal performance to the Dream Team USA in the semifinals of the Paris Olympics last year.
However, the team's best shooter, Bogdan Bogdanovic, was injured and left the group.
However, Finland expected to press enough.
However, Finland's fighting spirit was powerful. Serbia's Jokic struggled with 33 points, but Finland's ace Lowry Makanen scored 29. In addition, Elias Waltonen showed strong clutch ability at the end of the game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
