Sabah men's basketball club has started to compete in the FIBA European Cup.
Idman.biz reports that the Azerbaijani club played their first match in the group stage today.
The Baku club faced the local Spirou in Belgium. The Azerbaijani champion started the game well and finished the 1st period better. The home team played better in the next period and won the big break. Although our representative took the lead in the last period, he could not maintain his advantage. Spirou won by 1 point.
In the other match of Group G, Greek club Maroussi Basketball Club defeated Norrkoping Dolphins (Sweden).
FIBA Europe Cup
Group stage, Group G
I round, October 9
22:30. Spirou (Belgium) - Sabah (Azerbaijan) - 82:81 (24:26, 25:16, 18:20, 15:19)
Referees: Carsten Straube (Germany), Hrvoje Cavar (BIH), Iain Macdonald (Great Britain)
Charleroi Dome
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