In the quarterfinal match, Finnish basketball players defeated Georgia with a score of 93:79 (28:15, 29:25, 14:22, 22:17), which made it into the top eight in Europe for the first time.

The Finnish opponent in the semi-finals will be determined in the match between Germany and Slovenia at 9 p.m.

For the Finnish national team, Mikael Jantunen had 19 points and five rebounds, Lauri Markkanen scored 17 points, won six steals and blocked four shots, Edon Majjuni had 15 points and four assists, Sasu Salinas had 14 points and seven steals, and Miro Little had nine assists.

For the Georgian national team, Aleksandrs Mamukelasvili scored 22 points, adding four rebounds and four assists, Dudas Sanadzers had 19 points and five rebounds, Torniks Shengeliy - 18 points, four rebounds and five assists, and Gog Bitadze - 14 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots.

The Finns made 17 of 31 long-range shots, while the Georgians made ten of 31. The Finnish team also had a significantly better contribution from its reserves in terms of points scored (44/4).

The Finnish basketball players, after several successful long-range shots from the middle of the first quarter, began to break through and quickly built a 15-point lead. In the second half, the Georgians came closer with aggressive play, and at one point the teams were separated by six points.

Less than eight minutes before the end of regulation, Miro Little made a long-range shot and regained a comfortable lead for the Finns, and Goga Bitadze later received an unsportsmanlike warning. He had previously received one technical warning, which ended the game for the Georgian national team leader. Then Mikael Jantunen made two free throws and Olivier Nkamuai made a long-range shot - 81:67.

With just over three minutes left in regulation time and the scoreboard reading 87:74 in favor of the Finnish team, Tornike Shengelia was also sent off, ending the Georgian team's hopes of a comeback.

One of the referees for the match was Gatis Saliņš, who worked alongside judges from France and Panama.

Finland started the championship at home in Tampere with a victory over Sweden, as well as beating Great Britain and Montenegro, but only lost to Lithuania 78:81 and conceded the superiority of world champion Germany. In the round of 16, the Finns provided one of the biggest surprises of the tournament, defeating Serbia 92:86.

Georgia also pulled off a surprise in the round of 16, defeating France 80:70. In the group games in the Cypriot city of Limassol, the Georgians defeated Spain 83:69, lost to Italy and Greece, defeated the home team and lost to the Bosnia and Herzegovina team.

Finland's highest finish at the European Championship so far has been sixth place at home in 1967, while Georgia has not finished higher than 11th place in 2011.

It has already been reported that on Tuesday, Turkey defeated Poland 91:77, while Greece defeated Lithuania 87:76.

The semifinals will be held on Friday, and the medal games on Sunday.

The Latvian national team finished the European Championship in 12th place after losing in the round of 16.

The European Championship final tournament featured 24 teams divided into four groups in Riga, Tampere, Katowice and Limassol. The top four teams from each group qualified for the play-off tournament in Riga, where the medal winners will be determined on Sunday.