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Finland Stun Serbia to Reach Eurobasket Quarter-Finals
Finland secured a 92-86 victory over Serbia, overcoming Nikola Jokic's 33 points with a strong second-half surge led by Lauri Markkanen and Elias Valtonen's late scoring.
- On Saturday at the EuroBasket 2025 Round of 16, Finland stunned Serbia with a 92-86 victory in Riga.
- Serbia entered as a tournament favorite but missed key player Bogdan Bogdanovic due to injury and lacked readiness from the start.
- Finland executed a strong second half fueled by a rebounding strategy called 'tagging', grabbing 20 offensive rebounds and led by Lauri Markkanen and Elias Valtonen's late scoring.
- Nikola Jokic scored a game-high 33 points with eight rebounds and four assists but could not overcome Finland’s physicality and dominance on the boards.
- Finland's victory ended Serbia’s title hopes for a second straight EuroBasket and confirmed Finland’s back-to-back quarterfinal appearances against the winner of France and Georgia.
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Helsinki Times
einnews.comFinland shocks Europe with historic win over Serbia at EuroBasket
Finland knocked Serbia out of EuroBasket 2025 with a 92–86 win in the Round of 16, ending the title hopes of one of the tournament’s main contenders. The result marked Finland’s first victory over Serbia since 2009. It also confirmed back-to-back quarter-final appearances for the Finnish national team, known as the Susijengi. Lauri Markkanen scored 29 points and collected 7 rebounds, but the decisive shots came from Elias Valtonen, who added 8 o…
After Olympic bronze and World Cup second place, Serbia's golden basketball generation, Nikola Jokić, finally had the title. Then the team broke apart from outsiders Finland. It is already the sensation of the tournament.
The Northerners are proud of their victory in the round of 16 against Serbia, whose coach Svetislav Pešić emphasizes that they did not underestimate their rivals.
The Serbs went into the European Basketball Championship as a pot-avorite – and fail in small Finland. The Serbian press is raging.
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