Men s Basketball Team s European Cup revealed a big upset! The fourth place in the world was overturned by the 39th: France lost the first place in the group

The 2025 Men's Basketball European Cup has been exposed to be unpopular again. As a world-class team, the French team actually capsized when facing Israel. While the French team remained ahead in the first three quarters, the final quarter suddenly became silent and was hit by Israel with a 27-13 attack wave, and finally lost to the opponent 69-82, which was tragically upset by Israel. After losing this game, the French team's record was also caught up by Israel, with both sides' record 2 wins and 1 loss. However, with its advantage in the confrontation record, Israel successfully squeezed out the French team and took the first place in the group.

As we all know, the French team is a world-class strong team, and they even have the capital to challenge the American Dream Team. In the FIBA ​​ranking, they rank 4th in the world and 3rd in Europe. They are a super strong team, which is also one of the popular teams in this European Cup championship. In the first two games of the group stage, the French team was unstoppable, defeating Belgium and Slovenia successively, achieving two consecutive victories, firmly ranking first in the group. In terms of strength alone, France is indeed stronger than Belgium and Slovenia, and is also the most powerful contender in the group.

In contrast, Israel is not actually a strong team. In the ranking of FIBA, they rank 39th in the world and European teams 18th, and belong to the mid-range team. It is basically difficult to see Israel in the World Cup and Olympics. In the past two games, Israel defeated Iceland for the first time in the group stage and successfully got a good start. However, in the last game, they lost to Poland and won 1 win and 1 loss in the first two games. The outside world is not optimistic about their prospects for this team. After the first quarter, the French team still showed the style that a strong team should have, stabilizing Israel on both ends of offense and defense. In the first quarter, the French team scored 22 points in a single quarter, while Israel scored 17 points in a single quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the French team led Israel by 5 points. After entering the second quarter, France's offense was limited and they missed layups. In the entire second quarter, they only contributed 14 points in a single quarter, while Israel took the opportunity to seize the opportunity and scored 19 points in a single quarter. At the end of the first half, the two sides tied 36-36.

The change of sides and the French team re-adjusted, they gradually regained their touch in the third quarter. In the whole third quarter, the French team scored 20 points in a single quarter. However, on the Israel side, they were in very good shape, and scored 19 points in a single quarter. At the end of the first three quarters, France still held a 1-point lead. Entering the fierce competition stage of the final quarter, the French team suddenly cut off power in the fourth quarter, and the offensive end was silent one after another. In the entire fourth quarter, they scored only 13 points in a single quarter. On the contrary, Israel saw the dawn of hope that overturned the opponent's surprise, Israel became more and more brave and scored 27 points in a single quarter. With the big explosion in the last quarter, Israel finally overturned the French team 82-69.

defeated France in an upset, and Israel's record turned into 2 wins and 1 loss, which was tied with France. However, with the advantage of the confrontation, Israel temporarily rushed to the top spot in the group. You should know that among the teams in the same group, in addition to the French team, there are also strong teams such as Slovenia and Belgium. However, Israel has beaten these teams and become the first in Group D. It seems that European teams really have no weak teams. Even if they are as strong as the French team, they will have their gutters that are overturned.