By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Georgia recorded its second victory in the first phase at the FIBA World Cup and earned a place in the next round with a 2-1 record.
The team from the Caucasus, as expected, easily justified its role against Venezuela, winning 70-59 and leaving the South Americans without a victory in the championship.
In addition to Georgia from Group F, Slovenia also has already qualified before even playing against Cape Verde this afternoon in the question to complete the group with a perfect record.
Georgia and Slovenia will play against Germany and Australia in the second group phase. It is clear that the Georgians are the biggest outsiders here, but they will try to upset the favorites with two victories. Everything else leaves them out of contention for the quarter-finals…
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Although Venezuela made a solid impression against Slovenia and Cape Verde in the first two games, they had no chance against Georgia. Everything was decided after the second quarter in which the steam from South America scored only four points! Georgia led almost by 20 points (42-23) at halftime.
The team of the Greek coach Ilias Zouros took advantage of the big advantage under the basket, and the Venezuelans were betrayed by their strongest weapon – the three-point shot.
Georgia dominated the paint with Toko Shengelia and Goga Bitadza being an insolvable problem for their rivals. The team captain scored 25 points, shooting 8/12 for two points, while Bitadze stopped at 11 points. As for Venezuela, Colmenares with 16 and Materan with 12 points scored in double figures.
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