Xi’an
All of the teams involved in qualification started play on Thursday, opening with this group. France has already qualified as hosts so the top two teams besides them will join them. They had a big win in the first game of the day, rolling past Puerto Rico 88-40. New Zealand finally broke through to reach this stage since the adoption of the new format, but their growing list of absences meant a patchwork lineup that was doubled up by Han Xu and hosts China 94-47.
https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/china/2024/game/0802/Puerto-Rico-France#|tab=boxscore
Puerto Rico [40]: Rosado 7 Smith 6 Guirantes 5/7r Roma 5 Jones 5 Vargas 3 Benitez 3 Hollingshed 2/10r Quinonez 2 Gibson 2 Melendez 0 Pagan 0
France [88]: Johannes 17/6r/6a Chery 11 Williams 11 Duchet 10 Fauthoux 9 Malonga 8 Ayayi 7 Rupert 6 Badiane 4/11r Salaun 3 Bernies 2 Michel 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/china/2024/game/0802/China-New-Zealand#|tab=boxscore
China [94]: Han 21/6r Li YR 16/12r Li M 14 Yang LW 12 Pan 8 Huang 6/6r Wang 6/6a Luo 5 Li Y 5/11a Wu 1 Zhang 0 Yang SY 0
New Zealand [47]: McGoldrick 11 Reed 10 Hippolite 7 Dalton 7 Whittaker 4/6r Beck 4 Tamilo 4 Richards 0 West 0 Robati 0 Hokianga 0 Dale DNP
Sopron
The top three teams in this group will qualify and there were many guesses about how it would finish. Spain returned to this stage and paraded out a new naturalized player, but it was Japan that got the 86-75 win behind Saki Hayashi and Evelyn Mawuli. Hungary hosted this group after an unexpected run to get to this point, but lost to Canada 67-55.
https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/hungary/2024/game/0802/Spain-Japan#|tab=boxscore
Spain [75]: Carrera 19/7r Gustafson 15 Rodriguez 9 Casas 7 Conde 6 Gil 5 Cazorla 5/7a Ouvina 4 Torrens 3 Ortiz 2 Etxarri DNP Vilaro DNP
Japan [86]: Hayashi 20/6r E. Mawuli 20 Yamamoto 15 S. Mawuli 9 Takada 8/7r Miyazaki 8/8a Akaho 4/8r Hirashita 2 Yoshida 0 Kawai 0 Motohashi DNP Noguchi DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/hungary/2024/game/0802/Hungary-Canada#|tab=boxscore
Hungary [55]: Juhasz 13/8r Lelik 8 Dubei 8 Studer 7 Goree 4 Hatar 4 Kiss 4 Varga 4 Dombai 3 Aho 0 Kanyasi 0 Horvath 0
Canada [67]: Carleton 18/6r Alexander 15/13r Achonwa 10/8r Colley 10/6r Fields 6/8r Amihere 6 Swords 2 Hill 0 Ejim 0 Pellington 0 Konig DNP Potter DNP
Antwerp
The first game in this group was likely to be the most critical and Yacine Diop and Senegal led most of the game in their quest to avenge a final defeat last year, but Amy Okonkwo and Nigeria rallied late for a 72-65 win and the chance to return to the global stage. With the world champions in this group, only the top two teams besides the United States will qualify and hosts Belgium almost got the big win, but Napheesa Collier helped the visitors tie the game and then a buzzer beater gave them an 81-79 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/belgium/2024/game/0802/Senegal-Nigeria#|tab=boxscore
Senegal [65]: Y. Diop 23 Dillard 16/7a Kane 11/7r Diarra 6 Sarr 4 Diagne 4 Sylla 1 Traore 0 Pouye 0 Dieng 0 Ndao DNP M. Diop DNP
Nigeria [72]: Okonkwo 21/10r Ogoke 11 Ebo 11 Musa 8/6r Amukamara 8 Ejiofor 6/6r Balogun 4 Okoro 3 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 0 Taiwo 0 Enabosi 0 Adeyeye DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/belgium/2024/game/0802/USA-Belgium#|tab=boxscore
United States [81]: Collier 23/7r Thomas 14/7r Stewart 8/6r Copper 6 Plum 6 Ionescu 6 Taurasi 6 Atkins 4 Loyd 4 Young 4 Howard DNP Boston DNP
Belgium [79]: Vanloo 19 Lisowa Mbaka 17 Delaere 13 Mununga 8/6r Meesseman 6/8r/7a Massey 4 Ramette 4 Resimont 3 Joris 3 Geldof 2 Claessens 0 Allemand DNP
Belem
The busy day concluded in this group and it is good that the top three teams will qualify with nobody having a clear prediction for how it will finish. Leonie Fiebich and Germany showed that they were ready early, defeating Serbia 73-66. Australia built a lead by halftime, but hosts Brazil surged back and took the lead in the final quarter before the visitors escaped 60-55.
https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/brazil/2024/game/0802/Germany-Serbia#|tab=boxscore
Germany [73]: Fiebich 20/8r S. Sabally 18/9r N. Sabally 14/17r Gulich 10/6r Geiselsoder 4 Wilke 4 Brunckhorst 3 Greinacher 0 Simon DNP Crowder DNP Hartmann DNP Sontag DNP
Serbia [66]: Dugalic 13 Nogic 12 Djordjevic 8 Anderson 8/7a Stankovic 7/6r Jankovic 6 Raca 4 Krajisnik 3 Cado 3 Rosic 2 Katanic 0 Jovanovic 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/brazil/2024/game/0802/Brazil-Australia#|tab=boxscore
Brazil [55]: Cardoso 11/6r Dantas 11 Zabani 10 Martins 7 Marcelino 6 Costa 5 Soares 3 Goncalves 2 Paixao 0 Macedo 0 De Souza 0 Bispo DNP
Australia [60]: Magbegor 18/7r Allen 14/7r George 7 Madgen 6 Tolo 4 Smith 3/6r Whitcomb 3 Jackson 3 Reid 2 Blicavs 0 Melbourne 0 Borlase DNP
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