The men s basketball team is in chaos in the European Cup? The biggest favorite to compete for the championship was overturned: the 49th place in the world actually entered the quarterfinals of 16

The group stage of the 2025 Men's Basketball European Cup continues. As the most popular team in the championship, Serbia and Turkey finally lost to their opponents by 5 points and lost the first place in the group. The 48th-ranked British team in the world overcame a surprise overwhelmed Montenegro, the world's 16th-ranked team Montenegro. After Montenegro lost the game in an upset, the three teams of Britain, Sweden and Montenegro formed a chain of situations. In the end, Sweden defeated Montenegro and the United Kingdom with a slight advantage of small points and advanced to the top 16 of the European Cup. It can be said that this time the Men's Basketball Team European Cup was a mess.

In fact, the knockout round of this European Cup has not yet begun, and many strong teams have already failed in the group stage. The defending champion lost in his first group stage, and the French team was also overturned by Israel. Greece, Slovenia, Lithuania and other teams have all lost. As the strongest team in this European Cup, Serbia has always been highly expected. In the first four games of the group stage, they won four consecutive victories and have secured a seat in the top 16 ahead of schedule. However, they had to face Türkiye, which also won four consecutive victories in the group stage, and the two teams competed for the first place in the group.

After the first quarter, the two teams were in good shape and were worthy of being the match between the top European teams. Serbia scored 18 points in the first quarter, while Turkey scored 19 points in a single quarter. In the first quarter, Türkiye led Serbia by 1 point. After entering the second quarter, Serbia gradually found its state, scoring a high score of 31 points in a single quarter, suppressing Türkiye in all aspects on both offense and defense, and the latter scored 27 points in a single quarter. At the end of the first half, Serbia successfully overtook the game and ended the first half with a three-point lead over Türkiye.

The change of sides and the two teams continued to have a tug-of-war. Serbia performed very well on the offensive end, but Turkey was not willing to be outdone. The two teams staged a scoring battle. Turkey scored 28 points in a single quarter and scored a 28-24-minute score. In the third quarter, Türkiye won 4 points in a single quarter. At the end of the first three quarters, Türkiye overtook Serbia by 1 point. Entering the final quarter, the two teams fought in an all-round battle. Although Serbia once overtook the score again, Turkey's performance was still more calm at the critical moment. They finally defeated Serbia 95-90 and successfully won the first place in the group.

In another game, the British team was ranked 48th in the world and Montenegro ranked 16th. The two teams had a very big gap in rankings. In this game, as long as Montenegro successfully wins the British team, they can ensure that they advance to the top 16. But looking at the whole game, Montenegro was completely out of shape and was almost led by the UK. Although Montenegro tried to catch up points in the last quarter, the British team had already seen the dawn of hope for victory, and they were unwilling to give up the victory they had won. In the end, the British team overturned Montenegro 89-83.

, and after Montenegro lost, the final beneficiary was not the British team, but Sweden. Since the three teams have 1 win and 4 losses, they form a top-notch chain of traps, and in the end they can only count small points to decide who can advance to the top 16. In the end, Sweden defeated Britain and Montenegro with its slight advantage and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the European Cup. You know, Sweden ranks 49th in the world, and is even worse than the British team. But in this European Cup, they magically squeezed out Montenegro and entered the knockout round.