Jusuf Nurkic, the Blazers' player, is making his debut in his first competition with the Bosnian national team and arrives in his best moment. The inside player has already left details during the preparation phase and aspires to be a protagonist in the rankings of best plays of each day. He was key in his team's victory in the last game against Slovenia with his 12 points, four assists and nine rebounds.
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Evan Fournier is a regular in any international tournament with France and a headache for opposing defenses. Fournier always manages to make a difference when it comes to scoring and his 29 years looking aacute; maintain the great moment of form that crosses the French national team after the silver in Tokyo 2020. In the last game he scored 12 points and handed out five assists, in addition to collecting one rebound.
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Right now the group is led by a Germany that is already qualified for the round of 16 with three wins, while Bosnia, Slovenia and France have two wins and one loss, Lithuania and Hungary close the group with no wins;
In 1 hour the match between Bosnia Herzegovina and France will start, both the preview and the minute by minute of the match can be followed here on VAVEL
The French national team arrived at the Eurobasket with five victories in the six games it played. Precisely their only loss was against Bosnia-Herzegovina, while before that they beat Czech Republic in the qualification for the World Cup and are in second place only behind Lithuania. They played four friendlies to prepare for the European tournament and won all of them. They did not start well in the Eurobasket as they lost against Germany in their opening game, but they bounced back with victories against the Lithuanians (73-77) and Hungary (78-84).
The Bosnian national team came to this European tournament after playing two games for the World Cup qualification where they defeated France, but were won by Montenegro. They played two friendlies to prepare for the Eurobasket where they won one game and lost another. In the Eurobasket they have already played three games in which they won against Hungary and also against the reigning champions, Slovenia. While they were defeated by Germany. Right now they are in third place in the group with 5 points, tied with Slovenia and France and with one point less than the German team.
8 clashes between France and Bosnia Herzegovina with a balance in favor of the French who have won seven times, while the Bosnian team has won once. Precisely their victory came in the most recent clash on August 27 where they met in the qualification for the World Cup in a match that had up to two overtimes. In 2015 these two teams already faced each other in the first phase of the Eurobasket where France won 54-81. They also met in this tournament in 2005 again with the French team winning 79-62. They also met in the group stage in 2003 and in 1993 for the first place, all of them with a victory for France.
Bosnia-Herzegovina and France will meet in the fourth game of the Eurobasket group stage. Both teams are drawn in the group with Germany, Slovenia, Lithuania and Hungary.
