Belgium, China and Australia won their games on Monday at the Women’s Basketball World Cup and qualified for the quarterfinals, after France, Canada and the United States.
The Belgian cats, who are looking for a first medal in competition, achieved their third World Cup victory thanks to a great second quarter (37-22 at halftime). With this result, Bosnia and Hezergovina is mathematically eliminated from the World Cup in the group stage, after having lost all their matches played to date.
Puerto Rico, despite its defeat against China (95-60), will play the last ticket to the quarterfinals on Tuesday (1h30 GMT) against South Korea, which suffered a harsh correction by the United States (145-69). ). The Americans broke the record for scoring in a Women’s World Cup match, surpassing the 143 scored by Brazil 32 years ago against host Malaysia in 1990.
In group B, the hosts Australia beat Canada 75-72, a tight result that is worth the pass to the quarterfinals. The Canadians started the last quarter with a six-point lead (57-51) but three minutes later, the match was already level (60-60). Two free throws scored by Ezi Magbegor put Australia ahead (65-63), which did not lose the lead until the end of the game.
Japan suffered worse luck, Olympic runner-up in Tokyo in 2021 and lost to France (67-53), a defeat that, together with Australia’s victory, means its elimination. Las Bleus thus took revenge for the Olympic semi-final, which pitted the two teams against each other a year ago with victory for the Japanese (87-71).
— Results of the fourth day of the group stage of the Women’s Basketball World Cup
– Group A
Belgium 85 v Bosnia and Hezergovina 55
South Korea 69 – United States 145
China 95 – Puerto Rico 60
– Group B
Serbia 81 – Mali 68
France 67 – Japan 53
Canada 72 – Australia 75
— Program for the fifth and final day of the group stage of the Women’s Basketball World Cup, which will be played on Tuesday the 26th (schedules in GMT):
– Group A
(01h30) Puerto Rico – South Korea
(03:30 am) China – Belgium
(04h00) United States – Bosnia and Hezergovina
– Group B
(06h00) Mali – Canada
(07h30) Serbia – France
(10:30) Australia – Japan
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