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Czechs stun Croatia as other favorites go through

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Czech Republic's David Jelinek (12), Jiri Welsch (9), Petr Benda (4) and Tomas Satoransky (8) celebrate …

LILLE, France (Reuters) - The Czech Republic pulled off the biggest upset of the European basketball championship after mauling Croatia 80-59 to reach the quarter-finals of the 24-nation tournament on Sunday.

Their reward will be a last-eight meeting with rampant Serbia, who secured their own berth with a sixth straight win after beating Finland 94-81.

Italy, 82-52 winners over Israel, take on Lithuania who ground out a dramatic 85-81 victory against fellow former Soviets Georgia.