On Wednesday evening, our men’s national team hosted Ireland for the second game in the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 PreQualifiers. In front of a sold out crowd of 1413 spectators at the Coque in Kirchberg, Luxembourg lost 76:96.
Ireland led the game 40:37 at the break and were able to extend the lead to 11 points after three quarters. The guests were able to react strong after Luxembourg cut the deficit to 3 points with a run in the middle of the third quarter. In the final period of the game, Ireland had the decisive run to secure the victory.
Alex Laurent (16 points), Bob Melcher (15), Thomas Grün (11) and Philippe Gutenkauf (10) scored in double digits for team Luxembourg.
game stats –> game stats Luxembourg – Ireland
The fans from Ireland supported their team with a lot of passion.
The program of the PreQualifiers:
Saturday, July 22nd:
Croatia – Luxembourg 98:62 (game report, stats and video-highlights –> Luxembourg loses 62:98 in Croatia )
Wednesday, July 26th (COQUE / KIRCHBERG)
Luxembourg – Ireland 76:96
Wednesday, August 2nd (COQUE / KIRCHBERG)
20:15 Luxembourg – Croatia
Saturday, August 5th
20:30 Ireland – Luxembourg
Results of all games in our group so far:
Croatia – Ireland 89:49
Croatia – Luxembourg 98:62
Luxembourg – Ireland 76:96
In this third round of the qualifiers, 12 teams are separated into 4 groups, only the group winner will qualify for FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers. Here is the overview of all teams and the four groups:
