Men s Basketball Team s European Cup quarterfinals are released: World s second out, Türkiye aims at the final, Germany becomes the big winner

Beijing On September 8, 2025, all the men's basketball team's 16-to-8 European Cup matches were completed, and 8 teams advanced to the quarterfinals, and 8 teams were eliminated. The eight teams were eliminated were: Serbia, France, Italy, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Israel, and Portugal. Among them, the elimination of Serbia and France was surprising. The Serbian men's basketball team ranks second in the world and first in Europe, and is the number one favorite to win this European Cup. Although Bogdan was injured and withdrawn from this competition, they still have Jokic, the world's number one combat power. Unexpectedly, they encountered Finland, which had excellent three-pointers in the 16-to-8 game. With the three-point firepower, Finland eliminated Serbia 92-86, making a big upset.

The French men's basketball team's elimination is also surprising. Although NBA players such as Vinbanyama, Gobert, and Batum did not participate in the competition, they still have active NBA players such as Rissache (NBA No. 1 pick), Yabussele, and Kulibali. In terms of paper strength, they are much better than their opponents who scored 16 and 8. Unexpectedly, France's three-pointers were seriously inaccurate, which led to their suppression throughout the game. In the end, they lost to their opponents 70-80 and missed the quarterfinals. Who are the eight teams that have advanced to

? How will they play next? Who has the most hope of winning the championship? The eight teams that advanced were: Germany, Turkey, Greece, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Georgia, and Poland. These eight teams are divided into two and a half zones, Turkey, Greece, Lithuania and Poland are in one and a half zones, Germany, Slovenia, Finland and Georgia are in the other half zones, and the two and a half zones each decide to have a final seat. The final schedule of Türkiye's semi-district is: Türkiye vs Poland, Greece vs Lithuania; then the winners of these two groups of duels will fight again to compete for a final place. Turkey is the most promising team in this semi-district to advance to the finals, because their next opponent, Poland, is significantly inferior to them. If they can defeat Poland, they will fight against the winner of Greece vs. Lithuania to compete for a place in the finals. Lithuania has lost its outside core Yokubetis, and its combat power has been greatly reduced. They may not be able to beat Greece, which has the monster Antetokounmpo. So which is stronger, Greece or Türkiye?

Greece's strength lies in Antetokounmpo. In this competition, he averaged 30 points, 9.8 rebounds, 4 assists, 0.8 breaks, and 0.3 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 72.5%. Turkey cannot stop Antetokounmpo, but Turkey's lineup depth is much stronger than Greece. They have good players such as Shinkin, Ottoman, Larkin, Osmani, Bona, and Kokmaz. So far, they have 4 players averaging doubles in the European Cup (there are only 2 players in Greece), and Shinkin averaged 22 points, 10.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 0.7 breaks, and 1 block, with a shooting percentage of 66.7%. Its power is catching up with Antetokounmpo.

Türkiye has good players both inside and outside. Their rebounds are stronger than Greece, and Türkiye averages 38.8 rebounds per game, and 36.5 rebounds stronger than Greece's. In addition, Turkey's three-pointers were very outstanding. In this major competition, it averaged 11.3 three-pointers with a three-point shooting percentage of 45%. Greece's three-pointers were also good, with an average of 10.2 three-pointers and a three-point shooting percentage of 40.7%, but it is still inferior to Türkiye. Türkiye vs Greece, unless Antetokounmpo breaks out, Türkiye will have a higher probability of advancing to the finals. The final schedule of Germany's semi-district is: Germany vs. Slovenia, Finland vs. Georgia, and then the winners of these two groups of duels will fight again to compete for a final place. Germany is undoubtedly the most promising team in this half of the region. Germany has a very outstanding lineup depth. Wagner, Schroeder, Thes, Silva, Banga, Obst and Madoro are very good at personal abilities. Six of them average more than 9 points per game, of which Wagner and Schroeder both averaged more than 20 points per game. Germany has a balanced offense and defense, and its scoring ability is explosive, and it can average 102.3 points per game, far ahead of other teams. Although Slovenia has Doncic who averaged 34 points, 8.3 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 3.2 breaks and 0.7 blocks, except Doncic, their level is not high, and their overall combat power is huge and the gap between them and Germany is very small. The possibility of them winning Germany is very small.

If Germany defeats Slovenia, they will fight against the winner of Finland vs. Georgia. None of these two teams will advance is Germany's opponent. Germany played against Finland in the group stage, and Germany defeated Finland by 30 points. Georgia's combat power should be worse than Finland, and they are even more unlikely to block Germany. It can be said that Germany should be stable to reach the finals.

If Germany and Türkiye meet in the final, who is more likely to win the championship? The answer is Germany. Germany's lineup depth is better than Türkiye, Germany's athletic ability is stronger than Türkiye, and Germany's competition experience is also richer. Shin Jing can become a strong point in facing Germany, but no one can curb Schroeder and Wagner Jr. face Türkiye. In short, if Germany vs Türkiye in the final, Germany will have a much greater chance of winning.

In this competition, the only one who can match Germany is Serbia with the full lineup. Unfortunately, Bogdan's injury prevented Serbia from the top 16. Without Serbia, a strong enemy, Germany has great hope of reaching the European Cup. Germany won the Men's Basketball World Cup in 2023 and won the fourth place in the team's history in the 2024 Olympics. If they win this European Cup, they will be too successful in the past three years and they are expected to become big winners.