The Macedonian under-16 basketball team was defeated by Greece 48:78 in the second round of the European Championship A-Division, which is being played in Skopje.

In the first quarter, the Greeks confirmed their role as favorites when they won the opening 10 minutes until 8:25.
The Greeks maintained their high advantage in the second quarter and went to rest with a 20-point advantage (22:42).

The third quarter started with a 1:7 run by Greece, and Macedonia's response was a 6:0 run and that was all the young basketball players did. By the end of the meeting, the Greeks increased their advantage and in the end celebrated with a 30-point difference, 48:78.

Nikola Janicic was the most accurate for Macedonia with nine points, while Philippos Tsahtsiras stood out for the winner with 12 points and 11 rebounds and Eleftherios Liotopoulos and Stylianos Maragkoudakis who gave 11 points each.

In the third and last round of the group stage, tomorrow evening from 18.45:XNUMX, Macedonia will play against Spain in a match that will decide the second place in group D.