Russian team has once again beaten F.Y.R. of Macedonia and won bronze medals

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In the championship, which is held in Lithuania, the sensational Macedonia team in the fight for the bronze medals lost to Russian team and left with no medals. After a hard match, 68:72 (13:17, 17:19, 20:16, 18:20) Russian national team rised their hands in the air.

After the match, the coach of Russian team David Blatt said that he was very happy, he thought that his team deserved that, because they all worked very hard all summer.

The coach of F.Y.R. of Macedonia Marin Dokuzovski wasn't too disappointed about the loss, because both him and his team made their country proud. Of course, they were a little sad, because they were so close of getting those medals.

F.Y.R. of Macedonia: Bo McCalebb 22, Vlado Ilievski 16 (5 trn.), Pero Antič 13.

Russia: Andrej Kirilenko 18 (7 reb.), Sergej Monia (8 reb.), Timofej Mozgov (6 reb.) and Andrej Voroncevič (7 reb.) 10, Semion Antonov and Vitalij Fridzon 7.