The Lithuanian 3×3 national team, which defeated the French, is in the Olympic selection final

The Lithuanian 3×3 national team won the semi-final of the Olympic selection, but it was not easy 21:15 broke the men of France.

In the match that started with no result, the teams struggled to collect the first points – 1:1. The Lithuanians started to pull away little by little and after a layup by Darius Tarvydas they led 4:1. The French began to chase (5:6), and finally equalized the result – 8:8. D.Tarvydas collected important points again (10:8), but Alex Vialaret responded with a long shot – 10:10.

With 4 minutes remaining, the French scored the result (11:10), but not for long, as Evaldas Dziaugys shot from a distance – 13:12. Aurelijus Pukelis also added an important long throw (15:13), and the Lithuanians were slowly getting closer to victory – 17:14.

With 2 minutes left, Š.Vingelis added one penalty out of two (18:14), and soon he added a long shot – 20:14. The last minute was ticking and Lithuania’s victory was guaranteed by Š.Vingelis – 21:15.

E.Dziaugys and Š.Vingelis scored 7 points each for Lithuania, D.Tarvydas 4, A.Pukelis 3.

Hugo Suhard added 6 for the French, Jules Rambaut added 5, Lakaou Konate and A.Vialaret added 2 each.

The first semi-final was won by the Netherlands, who 21:11 dealt with Mongolia. The final will take place at 1:45 p.m., follow it with krepsinis.net.

Only the winners of the tournament will go to the Paris Games.

Even if this selection did not take place, the Lithuanians would still have a backup option – an additional selection will be held in Debrecen on May 16-19, where 16 national teams will compete for the three remaining tickets.

Only eight of the world’s best national teams will compete in the Olympics, Serbia, defending champion Latvia, China and the United States of America (USA) have secured their places.

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