National Cups: MZT Skopje Aerodrom advance to semi-finals
(Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
MZT Skopje Aerodrom prevailed over Gostivar by 87:85 to reach the semi-finals of the 2022 North Macedonia National Cup.
MZT did not have an easy task at the start of the competition as Gostivar really made them a lot of troubles. At the very end of the match, Gostivar even had a chance to stun MZT Skopje Aerodrom as Renato Dimitrieski had a 3-point shot in the final seconds of the 4th quarter. However, Dimitrieski missed that 3-pointer and MZT Skopje Aerodrom advanced to the next round.
The 2nd NLB ABA League 2 team in this competition Pelister-Bitola suffered an early elimination as they were defeated by TFT.
MZT Skopje Aerodrom will face Feniks 2010 in the semi-final stage, while in the other semi-final game TFT will play against Naviko Akademija FMP .
North Macedonia National Cup Quarter-Finals, Friday, 18 February:
Pelister-Bitola – TFT SKOPJE 93:105 (21:32, 26:24, 21:28, 25:21)
Malešević 29, Kesar 24 | Kostovski 22, Horton 19.
MZT SKOPJE AERODROM - Gostivar 87:85 (24:24, 24:23, 20:24, 19:14)
Mekić 19, Rikić 18 | Worku 27, Efremovski 20.
Rabotnički - FENIKS 2010 49:74 (13:11, 15:19, 11:23, 10:21)
Markovski 13, Danilovski 11 | Mitrevski 18, Morgan 14.
NAVIKO AKADEMIJA FMP – Euro Nikel 2005 91:88 (26:21, 23:24, 22:18, 20:25)
Ivey 23, Bakoč 20 | Nikolovski 17, Dubinski 15.
Semi-finals, Saturday, 19 February:
TFT - Naviko Akademija FMP (17:00)
MZT Skopje Aerodrom – Feniks 2010 (19:30)
Final, Sunday 20 February:
TFT/Naviko Akademija FMP - MZT Skopje Aerodrom/Feniks 2010 (19:30)