Azerbaijan’s Ganja basketball club beat Portugal’s Sporting 69:67 in round four of the FIBA Europe Cup’s Group C, securing its first victory of the tournament.
The match was played at the Ganja Sports Palace. Head coach Murad Dikmen’s side held off Sporting on home court to pick up its first win of the FIBA Europe Cup campaign and strengthen its position in Group C.
Ganja had lost its two previous group games. The team fell 62:80 to Greece’s Kolossos and 63:92 to Turkey’s Esenler Erokspor.
The club’s round-three fixture against Bulgaria’s Rilski Sportist was postponed and has yet to be played.
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