After Slovenia Luka DoncicGreece did the job on Thursday evening by beating Egypt (93-71) to secure its place in the semi-final of the Piraeus OQT, at home. Despite the absence of Giannis Antetokounmpoleft to rest, Vassilis Spanoulis' selection mastered its subject, taking off in the third quarter with a metronomic Nick Calathes to feed the Mitoglou-Charalampopoulos-Papanikolaou-Papagiannis quartet.
The semi-finals, which will be played this Saturday, are now complete, and the meeting between Slovenia and Greece is bound to be a mega clash between two NBA superstars, Luka Doncic on one side, and Giannis Antetokounmpo on the other. In the final, the winner of the clash between Slovenia and Greece will face the winner of the match between Croatia and the Dominican Republic.
The Bahamas are still here
In the other three qualifying tournaments, we will remember the qualification of Lebanon, in Valencia, to challenge the Bahamas of Deandre Ayton, Eric Gordon and Buddy Hield. In the other semi-final, Spain, in front of its home crowd, will face Finland.
In Riga, Cameroon is still dreaming of the Olympic Games and will challenge Latvia, pushed by its public. In the other semi-final, Brazil will face the Philippines. Finally, in San Juan, Domantas Sabonis' Lithuania will face Italy, while Mexico will have to challenge Puerto Rico. The finals will then take place on Sunday.
