European Cup is full of upsets: Last championship and runner-up Spain France + Jokic lead Serbia out

On September 7, September 7, the 2025 Men's Basketball European Cup was "unpopular". After defending champion Spanish Men's Basketball Team stopped in the group stage, the last runner-up French Men's Basketball Team lost 70-80 to the Georgian Men's Basketball Team, who entered the quarterfinals for the first time, after defending champion Spanish Men's Basketball Team, was discontinued by the last runner-up in the 1/8 finals. In addition, Jokic's Serbian men's basketball team lost 86-92 to the Finnish men's basketball team, and was discontinued to the semi-finals for two consecutive times.

As the last championship and runner-up team, the defending champion Spanish men's basketball team is extremely tragic. They only had 2 wins and 3 losses in the group stage, ranking fifth in Group C, missed the knockout stage, and finally ranked only 17th.

As for the French men's basketball team, although they lacked the two core cores of Wenbanyama and Gobert, they still ranked first in Group D in 4 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, showing a good lineup thickness.

Unexpectedly, in the 1/8 final, the French men's basketball team is in a backward mode nearly 32 minutes, and eventually lost 10 points. Unfortunately, they lost to the Georgian men's basketball team 70-80 and missed the quarterfinals, making it the second time that the Georgian men's basketball team has participated in the European Cup knockout round in the history of the Georgian men's basketball team, and now they have advanced to the European Cup quarterfinals for the first time in the history of the team.

When the last championship runner-up Spanish men's basketball team was eliminated together, the Serbian men's basketball team, which is considered a favorite to win the championship, was also eliminated early. The Serbian men's basketball team lost to the dark horse Finnish men's basketball team 86-92 in the 1/8 final. Jokic scored 33 points and 8 rebounds in the game, which could not stop Markanen from scoring 29 points to lead the team to advance.

There is no doubt that this year's Men's Basketball European Cup is full of suspense, especially when there are constant upsets, it is still unknown which team will be able to win the championship.

(Text/Zuiwofusheng)