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National basketball team ranks last at tournament in Tbilisi


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The men’s basketball team of Moldova suffered three defeats at the international tournament “Mayor’s Cup” held in Tbilisi. After being beaten by Georgia 56-108 and by Belarus 38-60, the team trained by Vladimir Poleah lost to the UK 43-92, IPN reports.

The largest number of points for Moldova in the last match was scored by Anton Rulevschi – 18. Among other scorers were Cojuhari (6), Melnic (5), Prishepnyi (4), Coputerco (3), Oprea (3), Raducan (2), and Popov (2).

“We played well only in the first half, until we had strength. The tiredness had a say and we lost the third match as well. All the opponents in this tournament were better than we,” Moldova coach Vladimir Poleah told a news conference.

The men’s basketball team of Moldova took part in a competition of such a scale for the first time.