Lithuania advanced to the second round of the European basketball championship in Slovenia despite losing 78-72 to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday, while Germany knocked out Israel.
Bosnia needed to win by 10 to squeeze out Lithuania and led 72-58 after Mirza Teletovic knocked down a three-pointer with 5:22 left in the game. Teletovic finished with 31 points but Lithuania cut the deficit and went through. Linas Kleiza had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Lithuania.
Croatia advanced by beating the Czech Republic 70-53.
Germany, already eliminated, prevented Israel advancing by winning 80-76. That outcome sent Belgium through.
Earlier, Ukraine and Latvia advanced to round two.
The Ukrainians beat Britain 87-68, getting 11 points each from Ihor Zaytsev and Kyryl Natyazhko. Latvia, with 15 points from Kristaps Janicenoks, defeated Macedonia 76-77 and eliminated the 2011 semi-finalists.
On the final day of group play, defending champions Spain won their fourth in five by beating Georgia 83-59 to reach the second round. Ricky Rubio led Spain with 16 points.
Finland beat Greece 86-77 in a match between two already qualified teams. Petteri Koponen scored 29 for Finland, while Nikos Zisis had 19 for Greece.
Italy will finish on top of Group D, with Finland second and Greece third.
Ukraine dominated from the start for their fourth win from five games.
"They (Britain) had a chance to advance depending on what happened but we also wanted to advance, and it was important to our players to advance by winning," Ukraine coach Mike Fratello said. "Now we'll move on and try to keep going."
Spain trailed by one with just over three minutes left in the second quarter when Rudy Fernandez made a three-point play to put his team ahead by two. Spain then went on a 15-2 run to put the game away.
Latvia outscored Macedonia 27-16 in the first quarter after starting the game with a 12-0 run.
