Yesterday the Maltese basketball team sealed a 3rd place finish in the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. The Maltese team beat San Marino and Gibraltar to reach 3rd.
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Losses to Ireland and Andorra meant that retaining their 1st place finish was impossible. The hosts Ireland, won the tournament for the first time in the country’s history. They beat everyone in the tournament quite comfortably.
Maltese player Aaron Falzon was selected to be apart of the best starting 5 of the tournament. He had the best scoring stats in the competition. Other Maltese players like Kurt Cassar, Tevin Falzon and Jack Zammit all impressed with Kevin Cassar having one of the best rebounds percentages in the competition.
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