Portugal - Israel 10:12 (quarter 1) - voila! sport. Israel has beaten Portugal only once in five meetings that were all held between 2005 and 2007.
Coach Ariel Beit HaLachemi left Nathaniel Artzi out of the squad, while Raz Adam was included for the first time and made his debut. Slovenia jumped over Ukraine with 73:87 thanks to a great performance by Kalman Perplich (30 points, 14 of 15 free throws, 9 assists). Jaka Blajic added 18. Oleksandr Kovilar scored 23 for the loser.