Slaughter in the Romanian group from the precalifications for the World Championship »as the Tricolor Program looks like
Article by David Istrate – published on Saturday, 09 August 2025 21:14 / Updated on Saturday, 09 August 2025 21:37
After the unexpected defeat with Romania, Hungary was revealed in front of its fans and made a show in confrontation with North Macedonia, winning 96-58, in a match in Group E Pravalifications for the 2027 World Basketball Championship.
Romania started with the second phase of precalifications for the World Championship, obtaining two victories with North Macedonia (80-72) and with Hungary (76-64). Due to these results, the tricolors are in a good qualification position in the preliminaries of the most important tournament of 2027.
Hungary, victory at 38 points in front of Northern Macedonia
On Saturday, August 9, in Szolnok, the first meeting was held between the two national ones defeated by Romania. After a first -balanced quarter, Hungary began to dominate North Macedonia, taking advantage of an excellent day at 3 -point throwing.
Jacob Wiley, the naturalized American of the guests, failed to play as well as he did against Romania, and the Hungarians were getting more and more. Finally, although he drove even to 41 points, Hungary imposed with 96-58, showing that it is determined not to lose the head of group E.
The winner's leaders were Marcell Pongo (15 points, 4 decisive passes), Gergo Meleg (13 points), Gyorgy Goloman (11 points, 11 recovery) and Zoltan Perl (10 points).
On the other side, Jacob Wiley (15 points), Andrej Magdevski (11 points) and Teodor Simikj (10 points, 5 recovery) were noted.
As a result of this result, Romania stays in the first place, with 4 pointsHungary is in second place, with 2 points, and North Macedonia occupies the last position, without any point.
Romania's program in the second half of the second phase of precalifications
On Wednesday, August 13, starting at 7:00 pm, Oradea Arena will host the return between Romania and Northern Macedonia. In the event of a success, the tricolors are sure of the qualification in the preliminaries of the World Championship of 2027.
After the duel with Northern Macedonia, Mihai Silvășan's students will go to Hungary, to Szolnok, where on Saturday, August 16, at 7:00 pm, they will play against the Hungarians.
In the preliminaries, The first ranked in Group E will be distributed in Group B, along with Greece, Portugal and Montenegro, and the second ranking in Group E will play in Group G, along with France, Finland and Belgium.
