World Cup Day 1 Recap: The day of the blowouts

2019-08-31T17:08:21+00:00 2019-08-31T17:31:17+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

31/Aug/19 17:08

Eurohoops.net

Some superpowers showed no mercy to their opponents.

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 CHN China 1 1 0 100
70 55 15 70 55 2
2 POL Poland 1 1 0 100
80 69 11 80 69 2
3 VEN Venezuela 1 0 1 0
69 80 -11 69 80 1
4 CIV Cote d’Ivoire 1 0 1 0
55 70 -15 55 70 1
Group B
GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1 ARG Argentina 1 1 0 100
95 69 26 95 69 2
2 RUS Russia 1 1 0 100
82 77 5 82 77 2
3 NGR Nigeria 1 0 1 0
77 82 -5 77 82 1
4 KOR 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 ESP Spain 1 1 0 100
101 62 39 101 62 2
2 PUR Puerto Rico 1 1 0 100
83 81 2 83 81 2
3 IRI Iran 1 0 1 0
81 83 -2 81 83 1
4 TUN 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 ITA Italy 1 1 0 100
108 62 46 108 62 2
2 SRB Serbia 1 1 0 100
105 59 46 105 59 2
3 PHI Philippines 1 0 1 0
62 108 -46 62 108 1
4 ANG 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 TUR Turkey 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CZE Czech Republic 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
3 USA USA 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
4 JPN Japan 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
Group F

 

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1 GRE Greece 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NZL New Zealand 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
3 BRA Brazil 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MNE 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 DOM Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 FRA France 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
3 GER Germany 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
4 JOR 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 CAN Canada 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 SEN Senegal 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
3 LTU Lithuania 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
4 AUS Australia 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0

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