Swiss scrape a victory as Irish face Romania in next round

Switzerland 59 Ireland 57

The visitors started slowly and trailed by four points, at the end of the first quarter (11-15).

However Greg Gurr’s side improved on the restart with Chris Bracey pulling the sides level (20-20) for the first time six minutes from the interval. Ireland went ahead thanks to two points by Pat Burke before Switzerland resumed their composure to lead 32-29 at the interval.