World Cup Day 3 Recap: Six teams grab tickets to Second Round

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Day 3 of FIBA World Cup goes down with six tickets to Second Round punched by Poland, Argentina, Serbia, Italy, Russia, and Spain. 10 more tickets are up for grabs for the participating nations.

And what an intense day it was! Luis Scola became the second top scorer in World Cup history as Argentina downed Nigeria. Poland made it to the next round with a thrilling overtime victory over hosts China.

Serbia scattered the Philippines with a big victory and 75% from the field, while Tunisia grabbed its first-ever win in the World Cup!

World Cup Day 3 Results:

Group A

Venezuela – Cote D’Ivoire 87-71
China – Poland 76-79 (OT)

Group B

Nigeria – Argentina 81-94
Korea – Russia 73-87

Group C

Tunisia – Iran 79-67
Puerto Rico – Spain 63-73

Group D

Italy – Angola 92-61
Serbia – Philippines 126-67

Day 4 Schedule (All hours are CET):

Australia – Senegal (09:30)
Montenegro – New Zealand (10:00)
Japan – Czech Republic (10:30)
Germany – Dominican Republic (10:30)
Lithuania – Canada (13:30)
Brazil – Greece (14:00)
USA – Turkey (14:30)
Jordan – France (14:30)

Standings (by FIBA):

Group A

4/6 games played

 

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Poland 2 2 0 100
159 145 14 79.5 72.5 4
2  China 2 1 1 50.0
146 134 12 73 67 3
3  Venezuela 2 1 1 50.0
156 151 5 78 75.5 3
4  Cote d’Ivoire 2 0 2 0
126 157 -31 63 78.5 2

Group B

4/6 games played

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Argentina 2 2 0 100
189 150 39 94.5 75 4
2  Russia 2 2 0 100
169 150 19 84.5 75 4
3  Nigeria 2 0 2 0
158 176 -18 79 88 2
4  Korea 2 0 2 0
142 182 -40 71 91 2

Group C

4/6 games played

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Spain 2 2 0 100
174 125 49 87 62.5 4
2  Puerto Rico 2 1 1 50.0
146 154 -8 73 77 3
3  Tunisia 2 1 1 50.0
141 168 -27 70.5 84 3
4  Iran 2 0 2 0
148 162 -14 74 81 2

Group D

4/6 games played

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Serbia 2 2 0 100
231 126 105 115.5 63 4
2  Italy 2 2 0 100
200 123 77 100 61.5 4
3  Angola 2 0 2 0
120 197 -77 60 98.5 2
4  Philippines 2 0 2 0
129 234 -105 64.5 117 2

Group E

2/6 games played

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  USA 1 1 0 100
88 67 21 88 67 2
2  Turkey 1 1 0 100
86 67 19 86 67 2
3  Japan 1 0 1 0
67 86 -19 67 86 1
4  Czech Republic 1 0 1 0
67 88 -21 67 88 1

Group F

2/6 games played

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Greece 1 1 0 100
85 60 25 85 60 2
2  Brazil 1 1 0 100
102 94 8 102 94 2
3  New Zealand 1 0 1 0
94 102 -8 94 102 1
4  Montenegro 1 0 1 0
60 85 -25 60 85 1

Group G

2/6 games played

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Dominican Republic 1 1 0 100
80 76 4 80 76 2
2  France 1 1 0 100
78 74 4 78 74 2
3  Jordan 1 0 1 0
76 80 -4 76 80 1
4  Germany 1 0 1 0
74 78 -4 74 78 1

Group H

2/6 games played

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Lithuania 1 1 0 100
101 47 54 101 47 2
2  Australia 1 1 0 100
108 92 16 108 92 2
3  Canada 1 0 1 0
92 108 -16 92 108 1
4  Senegal 1 0 1 0
47 101 -54 47 101 1

 

Photo credit: FIBA.basketball

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