BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 9. The Azerbaijani men's basketball team in 3x3 format took part in the European Cup qualifying tournament in Pristina (Kosovo), Trend reports via Idman.biz.
In the first matches of the group stage, the Azerbaijani team beat Armenia (21:9), Kosovo (14:10) and Cyprus (21:10). Before the final meeting with Albania, which did not take place the day before due to rain, Azerbaijani basketball players guaranteed themselves access to the playoffs. Today the team beat the opponent with a score of 21:13. This victory gave the Azerbaijani team the opportunity to finish the group stage as a leader. In the semi-finals, the team met with Ireland, who beat Albania, and won again (21:12). Having defeated Cyprus in the final (20:18), the team won a ticket to the final stage of the European Cup.
The team included Amil Gamzayev, Jordan Davis, Jabrayil Akperov and Endar Poladkhanli.