The 3×3 male Swiss team has been on money in the 3X3 World Cup in Oulan-Bator. Natan Jurkovitz and his teammates, beaten 21-17 by Spain in the final, thus won the first medal in the history of Swiss basketball.
Impressive both in the quarterfinals on Saturday against Latvia (21-15) in the semi-finals against Serbian favorites (21-11), the Swiss training did not testify to the same physical intensity in the final. She had already bowed during the 1st day of the group stage against the Spanish (21-12).
The Friborg brothers Natan and Thomas Jurkovitz, the Vaudois Jonathan Dubas and the Bernese Jonathan Kazadi did not have to be ashamed of this defeat, who will not tarnish their fabulous week. They could not face the address of the Spaniards – notably aligned the player of Team Lausanne Carlos Martinez in distance shooting. Spain returned 7 shots to 2 points in the final.
Superb course
This historic medal was won over after a remarkable course. Despite its recurrent lack of address at 2 points (3/9 in the final), Switzerland beat the Netherlands this week, who aligned 3 crowned Olympic champions in 2024, Latvia, which was based on 2 men titled at the 2021 Olympic Games, and Serbia, which was playing with 3 double reigning world champions.
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