By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
With Team USA defeating South Sudan, Game Day 2 of the basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics has concluded, clarifying the picture ahead of the quarterfinals.
However, surprises and big changes are still possible. Here’s a look at the current situation.
Canada, France, Germany, and Team USA have already qualified for the next phase, with only the United States certain to finish at the top of their respective group.
Group A
Standings:
Canada: 2-0
Australia: 1-1
Spain: 1-1
Greece: 0-2
CANADA: Qualified.
1st: Beat Spain or lose to Spain by ≤7 points and Australia beats Greece.
2nd: Lose to Spain and Greece beats Australia, or lose to Spain by 9-10 points and Australia beats Greece.
3rd: Lose to Spain by ≥12 points and Australia beats Greece.
SPAIN:
Quarter-Finals: Beat Canada.
1st: Beat Canada and Greece beats Australia, or beat Canada by ≥15 points and Australia beats Greece.
2nd: Beat Canada by 12-13 points and Australia beats Greece.
3rd: Beat Canada by ≤10 points and Australia beats Greece, or Canada beats Spain and Greece beats Australia by 1 or ≥18 points, or Canada beats Spain and Australia beats Greece.
4th: Canada beats Spain and Greece beats Australia by 3-16 points.
AUSTRALIA:
Quarter-Finals: Beat Greece.
1st: Beat Greece and Canada loses to Spain by ≥9 points.
2nd: Beat Greece and Canada beats Spain, or Canada loses to Spain by ≤8 points, or Canada beats Spain and Australia loses to Greece by ≤9 points.
3rd: Canada beats Spain and Australia loses to Greece by 10-16 points.
4th: Canada beats Spain and Australia loses to Greece by ≥18 points, or Greece beats Australia and Spain beats Canada.
GREECE:
2nd: Beat Australia by ≥10 points and Canada beats Spain.
3rd: Beat Australia and Spain beats Canada, or beat Australia by 3 points and Canada beats Spain.
4th: Lose to Australia, or beat Australia by 1 point and Canada beats Spain.
Group B
Standings:
Germany: 2-0
France: 2-0
Japan: 0-2
Brazil: 0-2
France and Germany: Already qualified. The winner of France vs. Germany will finish 1st in the group, and the loser will be 2nd.
Brazil and Japan: The winner will finish 3rd, and the loser will be 4th and eliminated from contention.
Group C
Standings:
USA: 2-0
Serbia: 1-1
South Sudan: 1-1
Puerto Rico: 0-2
USA: Already qualified and will finish 1st.
Puerto Rico: Eliminated from contention.
Serbia vs. South Sudan: The winner will finish 2nd, and the loser will be 3rd.