Vienna – Austria’s national basketball team lost its third group game in the World Cup qualification without NBA legionnaire Jakob Pöltl. The weakened ÖBV selection had to admit defeat to the Netherlands 71:79 (34:40) on Friday in front of 1,950 spectators in the Sport Arena Vienna in a game that was open until the final minute. In order to be able to intervene in the promotion race in Group F, a win in the second leg in The Hague on Sunday is probably necessary.
