Group A:
No complicated calculations were needed in this group. The winner of the first game would grab the last spot in the quarterfinals and it was a fast start for Mya Hollinshed and Puerto Rico that quickly left no doubt in a 92-73 win even though Kang Lee-Seul and Park Hye-Jin continued to fire away for South Korea. The next game was for second place in the group and Belgium kept the game close for a while even while missing their star, but China pulled away for an 81-55 win. Bosnia and Herzegovina was finishing up a tough tournament and the United States was preparing for the knockout stage and the game went about as expected with Kelsey Plum pacing the group winners in a 121-59 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2709/Puerto-Rico-Korea#|tab=boxscore
Puerto Rico [92]: Hollingshed 29/12r Guirantes 18 Quinones 15/7r O’Neill 15 Melendez 7 Rosado 6 San Antonio 2 Jones 0 Gonzalez DNP Pagan DNP Roma DNP Vargas DNP
South Korea [73]: Kang 22 Park H-J 20/6a Park J-H 18 Jin 6 Shin 3 Kim D-B 2 Yang 2 Yoon 0 Lee 0 Kim S-D 0 Heo DNP Kim J-Y DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2709/China-Belgium#|tab=boxscore
China [81]: Li M 16 Li YR 11/9r Wang 11/6a Huang 10/8r Han 10/6r Yang 8/6a Pan 7 Wu 6 Zhang 2 Li Y 0 Jin DNP Dilana DNP
Belgium [55]: Linskens 14/7r Vanloo 13 Lisowa Mbaka 7/6r Allemand 7 Bi. Massey 5/7r Joris 3 Delaere 2 Ben Abdelkader 2 Ramette 2 Be. Massey 0 Resimont 0 Meesseman DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2709/USA-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore
United States [121]: Plum 20/7a Gray 16/7a Stewart 15/7r Austin 15 Jones 14 Wilson 14 Copper 11/6r Laney 5 Thomas 4 Atkins 4 Ionescu 3 Loyd DNP
Bosnia and Herzegovina [59]: Elez 19 Knezevic 11 Jones 7/10r Dzombeta 6 Tavic 6 Deura 5 N. Delic 3 Domuzin 2 A. Delic 0 Markovic 0 Ikanovic DNP Selimovic DNP
Standings:
1. United States 5-0
2. China 4-1
3. Belgium 3-2
4. Puerto Rico 2-3
5. South Korea 1-4
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-5
Group B:
The first game in this group saw Canada take care of business on their end behind Bridget Carleton in an 88-65 win over a Mali team just looking to finish out the tournament with no more issues. France still had a shot at second place, but Serbia reminded them of their last continental matchup by winning 68-62. Australia was left with a win giving them the top spot and they were able to win 71-54 with a strong second half against Japan, defeating a team that has troubled them at the continental level.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2709/Mali-Canada#|tab=boxscore
Mali [65]: N’Diaye 12 Dembele 12 Kone 10/10r Kourouma 9/6r Coulibaly 7 Dabou 6 Tirera 5 Balayera 4/6r Haidara 0 Sangare 0 Gandega 0 Traore DNP
Canada [88]: Carleton 27/8r Alexander 19/14r Konig 11 Nurse 11 Achonwa 9 Fields 6 Amihere 3 Kyei 2 Hill 0 Gilles 0 Colley 0 Hanson 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2709/Serbia-France#|tab=boxscore
Serbia [68]: Anderson 18/6a Nogic 17 Krajisnik 12/13r Raca 8/6r Cado 5 Stankovic 4 Zec 2 Djordjevic 2 Skoric 0 Topuzovic 0 Jovanovic 0 Katanic 0
France [62]: Chartereau 16 Williams 12 Fauthoux 11 Michel 8 Chery 8 Tadic 4 Paget 3 Rupert 0 Toure 0 Badiane 0 Ciak 0 Berkani DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2709/Australia-Japan#|tab=boxscore
Australia [71]: Whitcomb 15 Tolo 14/6r Magbegor 10 George 9/9r Talbot 7/6r Wallace 6/8r Garbin 5 Jackson 3 Madgen 2/6r/6a Blicavs 0 Maley 0 Allen DNP
Japan [54]: Okoye 14 Yasuma 9 Mawuli 8 Tokashiki 6/7r Takada 6 Yamamoto 5 Todo 2 Akaho 2 Hirashita 2 Miyazaki 0 Miyazawa 0 Yoshida 0
Standings:
1. Australia 4-1
2. Canada 4-1
3. Serbia 3-2
4. France 3-2
5. Japan 1-4
6. Mali 0-5
Bracket:
At the conclusion of the games, the draw for the quarterfinal matchups was conducted with the top two teams in each group being paired up against the third and fourth place finishers from the other group. Here are the results:
United States vs. Serbia
Puerto Rico vs. Canada
China vs. France
Belgium vs. Australia
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