World Cup Day 5 Recap: No African or Asian teams in the Second Round

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Puerto Rico and Venezuela won their game against Tunisia and China respectively and secured for themselves a spot in the Second Round of the FIBA World Cup.

Two more spots are left but none of them will go to Asian or African teams which missed their chances to advance and will play the classification games.

Greece and New Zealand, as well as Turkey and the Czech Republic, will directly battle tomorrow for the remaining spots in the Second Round.

Day 5 Results:

Group A – Beijing
Poland – Ivory Coast 80-63
Venezuela – China 72-59

Group B – Wuhan
Nigeria – Korea 108-66
Argentina – Russia 69-61

Group C – Guangzhou
Puerto Rico – Tunisia 67-64
Spain – Iran 73-65

Group D – Foshan
Angola – Philippines 84-81 (OT)
Serbia -Italy 92-77

Day 6 Schedule (All hours are CET):

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

Standings (by FIBA):

Group A

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Poland 3 3 0 100
239 208 31 79.7 69.3 6
2  Venezuela 3 2 1 66.7
228 210 18 76 70 5
3  China 3 1 2 33.3
205 206 -1 68.3 68.7 4
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 3 0
189 237 -48 63 79 3

Group B

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Argentina 3 3 0 100
258 211 47 86 70.3 6
2  Russia 3 2 1 66.7
230 219 11 76.7 73 5
3  Nigeria 3 1 2 33.3
266 242 24 88.7 80.7 4
4  Korea 3 0 3 0
208 290 -82 69.3 96.7 3

Group C

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Spain 3 3 0 100
247 190 57 82.3 63.3 6
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 66.7
213 218 -5 71 72.7 5
3  Tunisia 3 1 2 33.3
205 235 -30 68.3 78.3 4
4  Iran 3 0 3 0
213 235 -22 71 78.3 3

Group D

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Serbia 3 3 0 100
323 203 120 107.7 67.7 6
2  Italy 3 2 1 66.7
277 215 62 92.3 71.7 5
3  Angola 3 1 2 33.3
204 278 -74 68 92.7 4
4  Philippines 3 0 3 0
210 318 -108 70 106 3

Group E

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  USA 2 2 0 100
181 159 22 90.5 79.5 4
2  Turkey 2 1 1 50.0
178 160 18 89 80 3
3  Czech Republic 2 1 1 50.0
156 164 -8 78 82 3
4  Japan 2 0 2 0
143 175 -32 71.5 87.5 2

Group F

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Brazil 2 2 0 100
181 172 9 90.5 86 4
2  Greece 2 1 1 50.0
163 139 24 81.5 69.5 3
3  New Zealand 2 1 1 50.0
187 185 2 93.5 92.5 3
4  Montenegro 2 0 2 0
143 178 -35 71.5 89 2

Group G

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  France 2 2 0 100
181 138 43 90.5 69 4
2  Dominican Republic 2 2 0 100
150 144 6 75 72 4
3  Germany 2 0 2 0
142 148 -6 71 74 2
4  Jordan 2 0 2 0
140 183 -43 70 91.5 2

Group H

GAMES STREAK GAME POINTS POINTS
# Team P W L % Last 5 For Agt +/- FA AA
1  Lithuania 2 2 0 100
193 116 77 96.5 58 4
2  Australia 2 2 0 100
189 160 29 94.5 80 4
3  Canada 2 0 2 0
161 200 -39 80.5 100 2
4  Senegal 2 0 2 0
115 182 -67 57.5 91 2

Photo Credit: FIBA.BASKETBALL

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