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Georgia won 90-91 against Portugal Sunday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s national basketball team Sunday evening won against Portugal in a qualification match for FIBA EuroBasket 2015 played at Arena Dolce Vita in Ovar.

Georgia won 90-91, which was quite surprising as the team was losing the game almost before the fourth quarter. Zaza Pachulia scored the most and added 25 points during the match while Tornike Shengelia contributed 20 points.

The return match against Portugal will be played on August 24 in Tbilisi.

So far the Georgian team has won 73-62 against the Czech Republic on August 10 and lost 74-73 against Hungary on August 13.

The team will play against Hungary again on August 24 and against the Czech Republic on August 20.