World Cup Day 1 Recap: The day of the blowouts

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

46, 46, 39, 26. These were the margins in four out of the eight games that took place in Day 1 of the FIBA World Cup, Friday (31/8).

Serbia launched the tournament by making a display of strength over Angola. Italy took the torch from the “Orlovi” against the Philippines while Argentina and Spain showed their superior quality vs. South Korea and Tunisia respectively.

There was much excitement in store as well, with Puerto Rico coming back from an 17-point deficit to beat Iran in the last minute.

World Cup Day 1 Results:

Serbia – Angola 105 – 59
Poland – Venezuela 80 – 69
Russia – Nigeria 82 – 77
Puerto Rico – Iran 83 – 81
Italy – Philipinnes 108 – 62
China – Ivory Coast 70 – 55
Argentina – South Korea 95 – 69
Spain – Tunisia 101 – 62

The first round of the Group Stage will be completed Saturday (1/9) with a couple of more medal contenders entering the race.

Day 2 Schedule (all hours are CET):

Canada – Australia 9:30
New Zealand – Brazil 10:00
Turkey – Japan 10:30
Dominican Republic – Jordan 10:30
Senegal – Lithuania 13:30
Greece – Montenegro 14:00
Czech Republic – USA 14:30
France – Germany 14:30

Standings (by FIBA)

Group A

		GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	China	1	1	0	100		70	55	15	70	55	2
2	Poland	1	1	0	100		80	69	11	80	69	2
3	Venezuela	1	0	1	0		69	80	-11	69	80	1
4	Cote d’Ivoire	1	0	1	0		55	70	-15	55	70	1

		GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Argentina	1	1	0	100		95	69	26	95	69	2
2	Russia	1	1	0	100		82	77	5	82	77	2
3	Nigeria	1	0	1	0		77	82	-5	77	82	1
4	Korea	1	0	1	0		69	95	-26	69	95	1

Group C

		GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Spain	1	1	0	100		101	62	39	101	62	2
2	Puerto Rico	1	1	0	100		83	81	2	83	81	2
3	Iran	1	0	1	0		81	83	-2	81	83	1
4	Tunisia	1	0	1	0		62	101	-39	62	101	1

Group D

		GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Italy	1	1	0	100		108	62	46	108	62	2
2	Serbia	1	1	0	100		105	59	46	105	59	2
3	Philippines	1	0	1	0		62	108	-46	62	108	1
4	Angola	1	0	1	0		59	105	-46	59	105	1

Group E

		GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Turkey	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
3	USA	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Japan	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0

 

		GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Greece	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2	New Zealand	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Brazil	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Montenegro	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0

Group G

 

		GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2	France	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Germany	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Jordan	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0

Group H

 

		GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Canada	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Senegal	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lithuania	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Australia	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0