MUNICH (Germany) – Three teams remain unbeaten as the second window of the FIBA EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers began on Friday night.<\/p>\n
The action will conclude on Monday with four more games taking place.<\/p>\n
Norway stun Bulgaria at home<\/p>\n
Norway bagged their second win in Group B by beating the highest-ranked side in the Pre-Qualifiers, Bulgaria 76-67<\/a> to move to 2-0.<\/p>\n A strong start for the Norwegians ultimately proved the fatal blow to Bulgaria, who rallied late on, but couldn’t overcome a well-organised Norwegian side – ranked 26 places below them. Chris-Ebou-Edow had 27 points and 8 rebounds for the victors. <\/p>\n Dimitar Dimitrov led Bulgaria with 12 as they fall to their first loss, and will look to bounce back in Armenia next.<\/p>\n North Macedonia overcome Luxembourg; Azerbaijan squeak past Ireland North Macedonia used a strong first half to get the better of a stubborn Luxembourg 79-70<\/a> in Skopje and move to 3-0 in Group A.<\/p>\n Andrej Jakimovski led the North Macedonians with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists as his side took a commanding 44-32 lead at the half, only to be slowly pegged back by Luxembourg, who refused to go away. Ben Kovac had a double-double of 20 points and 11 boards to lead the visitors.<\/p>\n Azerbaijan snuck away from Dublin with a 76-75<\/a> success over Ireland to collect their first win of the Pre-Qualifiers. <\/p>\n Kamran Mammadov made the game safe from the foul line, despite a late onslaught from Ireland, who remain winless in Group A. Wesley Van Beck led the winners with 20 points, while Sean Flood had 18 for the Irish.<\/p>\n Slovakia power past Kosovo on the road<\/p>\n
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