Czechs did not spoil the debut of Sergey Elevich

The Russian team on Wednesday won the Czech team with a score of 103: 89 as part of the qualifying tournament for the European Basketball Championship 2003. According to RIA Novosti, the local Sports Palace was filled to capacity, but this did not help the owners cope with the team of Sergei Elevich , who held his first official match as the head coach of the national team.

However, the beginning of the match was not too successful for the Russians (the first quarter remained with the Czechs - 23:15), besides, the Armenian Viktor Gryapa, who was released in the starting five, was not very confident. Elevich’s wards recouped only to a large break, after which they sharply inflated the pace and added in defense.

As Sergey Elevich said after the game, the players performed the installation of the coaching staff, played well, with great desire and dedication. Especially the mentor of the Russian team noted the centr Alexei Savrasenko (20 points), who, in his opinion, successfully coped with his rivals. The playing Vasily Karasev scored 20 points, and forward Alexander Petrenko - 17.

Thus, the Russian team won the fifth victory in six qualifying matches. This year, she will still have on -site fights with Portugal (November 23) and Slovenia (November 27).

The Russian women's team also won its qualifying match from the Slovenia team - 75:55. This was the first meeting for the Russians in the rank of vice-champs of the world. The most effective in the team of Vadim Kapranov was Oksana Rakhmatulina (14 points).