Ireland beat Switzerland 88-80 in their opening game of the men's European basketball championship preliminary round in Helsinki yesterday, but were then pipped 57-56 by Cyprus.
Ireland have still to play Norway, Luxembourg, Austria and Finland in their group, with two nations going through to the next round.
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