U20. In Euro's quaterfinal

Russian U20 team beat Slovenia – 88:69 and lost to Italy – 70:88 and qualified for quarterfinal where it will play with Turkey on July 20. Slovenia led throughout the opening quarter but Russia levelled the scores at 18 at the end of the period and pulled away somewhat in the second frame to hold a 44-37 cushion at the interval.
Slovenia reduced the gap to five points shortly after the start of the third quarter but at that point Russia decided it was time to go on shooting practice and leave their rivals behind.

Russia were so effective in finding the open man on almost every single possession that they had hit 17 of their 25 shots from two-point range (68%) and drilled 11 of 17 attempts from beyond the arc (58%) when their lead reached the 20-point mark, 76-56, with less than seven minutes left to play in the encounter.

Kirill Sokolov played 17 minutes and made 2 assists. Artem Popov played 4 minutes.

Moments of the game Slovenia - Russia

In the game Italy – Russia not for the first time in this tournament, the Azzurri turned their size handicap into an advantage and made the most of their mobility and speed.

They employed zone defence to limit Russia's play inside and whenever they had the ball they pushed forward to score in transition or on very fast possessions of only a few seconds.

Italy took their first double-digit advantage already midway through the opening quarter and reached the half-time interval leading 45-35 in comfort.

Their three-point shooting percentage dropped in the third quarter but their two mobile big men continued to execute the game plan to perfection: Rather than posting up, they stretched the floor and then either took the long-range shot option or took the lane and drove to the rim.

Kirill Sokolov played 17 minutes and made 4 rebounds, 2 assistants and steal. Artem Popv played 7 minutes and made 2 rebounds and assist.

Moments of the game Italy - Russia