{"id":33942,"date":"2025-07-31T02:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/33942\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T02:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:48:10","slug":"latvia-shock-lithuania-lastring-has-block-party-as-last-eight-is-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/33942\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia shock Lithuania, Lastring has block party as last eight is set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BELGRADE (Serbia) &#8211; The FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2025 Quarter-Finals are set with one major surprise after Latvia took down Lithuania while France survived a surprise fight and hosts Serbia were among the blowout winners.<\/p>\n<p>The champions from the last seven U18 EuroBaskets are still alive including six-time winners Serbia, five-time champs Spain and a France team looking for title number five.<\/p>\n<p>Stay up to date with the tournament and check out the <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latest results<\/a>, <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/standings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">group standings<\/a> and <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.fiba.basketball\/image\/upload\/documents-events-europe-youth-eurobasket-competition-system-16-teams---1-city.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">competition system<\/a> for all the information you need.<\/p>\n<p>Key Storylines<\/p>\n<p>Latvia shock neighbors Lithuania, who haven&#8217;t reached podium since 2017;<\/p>\n<p>France survive Bulgaria fight to make last eight;<\/p>\n<p>Grujicic (19-11-9) just misses triple-double, Lastring 7 blocks for Germany; <\/p>\n<p>Italy, Serbia, Slovenia and Spain all register 30+ point wins.<\/p>\n<p>Top Performers<img alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The top man for the Round of 16 is Germany&#8217;s <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/teams\/germany\/339359-fynn-lastring\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fynn Lastring<\/a>, who had a superb game in an <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125828-GER-SWE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">89-62<\/a> victory over Sweden. The big man scored 20 points, including knocking down 4 three-pointers while totalling 9 rebounds and 4 assists in tallying an efficiency of 33 for the reigning champions. <\/p>\n<p>Right behind him is <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/teams\/italy\/318699-diego-garavaglia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Diego Garavaglia<\/a> who did some of everything for Italy in a <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125827-ITA-AUT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">101-57<\/a> blowout of Austria. The forward scored 16 points but also had 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. All that produced an efficiency of 31. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/teams\/israel\/346132-yonatan-keller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yonatan Keller<\/a> had a big game against T\u00fcrkiye in the Round of 16 as he collected 30 points with 4 three-pointers, 1 rebound, 6 assists and 2 steals for an efficiency. But it was not enough for a win as Israel lost <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125829-TUR-ISR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">78-67<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/teams\/slovenia\/323001-mark-morano-mahmutovic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mark Morano Mahmutovic<\/a> makes this list again as the Slovenian ace poured in 24 points including 5 three-pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. His efficiency of 27 helped Slovenia to a comfortable <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125833-SLO-GRE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">103-72<\/a> victory over Greece. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/teams\/latvia\/395904-valdis-valters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Valdis Valters<\/a> played a massive role in Latvia shocking neighbors Lithuania <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125831-LTU-LAT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">101-94<\/a> as the guard led the way with 26 points. Valters also grabbed 2 rebounds, dished out 5 assists and swiped 1 steal for an effiency of 26.. <\/p>\n<p>Results of the Day Round of 16<\/p>\n<p>France <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125830-FRA-BUL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">76-72<\/a> Bulgaria<br \/>\nSpain <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125834-ESP-MKD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">92-38<\/a> North Macedonia<br \/>\nT\u00fcrkiye <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125829-TUR-ISR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">78-67<\/a> Israel<br \/>\nSlovenia <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125833-SLO-GRE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">103-72<\/a> Greece<br \/>\nLithuania <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125831-LTU-LAT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">94-101<\/a> Latvia<br \/>\nSerbia <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125832-SRB-BEL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">106-36<\/a> Belgium<br \/>\nItaly <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125827-ITA-AUT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">101-57<\/a> Austria<br \/>\nGermany <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125828-GER-SWE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">89-62<\/a> Sweden<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0;object-fit:cover\"\/>Quarter-Finals<\/p>\n<p>Italy vs Serbia<br \/>\nT\u00fcrkiye vs Spain<br \/>\nGermany vs Latvia<br \/>\nFrance vs Slovenia<\/p>\n<p>Classification 9-16<\/p>\n<p>Austria vs Belgium<br \/>\nIsrael vs North Macedonia<br \/>\nSweden vs Lithuania<br \/>\nBulgaria vs Greece<\/p>\n<p>FIBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BELGRADE (Serbia) &#8211; The FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2025 Quarter-Finals are set with one major surprise after Latvia took&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-33942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}