National U-20 hoops team reaches Euro finals
Next up in the championship game slated for Sunday night will be the winner of the Greece and France semi-final.
The Israel Basketball National Team will play for the Under-20 Gold medal at the European Championships on Sunday at 9 p.m. in Heraklion, Crete after disposing of Belgium 67-46 in their semi-final matchup on Saturday.
This marks the fourth time in the past seven years that the young blue-and-white have advanced to the title game.
Head Coach Elad Hasin’s squad took the game to the Belgians from the get-go as Ron Zipper and Yuval Levin got Israel off to a quick start just as they did in the team’s quarterfinal win over Germany. Noam Yaacov also continued his fine tournament play to help take the game to 31-25 at halftime.
Danny Wolf, who recorded a 17-point and 18-rebound double-double, then took center stage in the third quarter as he scored points a-plenty to go up 54-33 after 30 minutes to help the blue-and-white cruise to the 21-point victory.