Group A
This group started action again, this time with the first two games on Wednesday. It was the same story as their opener for Puerto Rico, falling behind early to Spain and then rallying in the second half only to still lose 63-62. Serbia pulled away from China in the second half for an 81-59 win, sending themselves and Spain through even before they play on Saturday. Puerto Rico and China play an elimination game on Saturday and then will have to wait until Sunday to find out if they advance as a third place team.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/games/117659-PUR-ESP#boxscore
Puerto Rico [62]: Guirantes 15 Rosado 11 Hollingshed 10/12r Pagan 9 San Antonio 7/6r Melendez 7 Quinones 2 Roma 1 Jones 0 Gibson 0 Perez 0 Benitez 0
Spain [63]: Gustafson 18/13r Rodriguez 17 Araujo 8 Ortiz 8 Ginzo 4 Gil 2/6r Cazorla 2 Vilaro 2 Casas 2 Romero 0 Torrens 0 Conde DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/games/117661-CHN-SRB#boxscore
China [59]: Han 11/7r Wang 11 Li M 10 Li YR 8/11r Huang 6 Yang LW 5 Wu 4 Zhang 4 Li Y 0 Sun 0 Yang SY DNP Luo DNP
Serbia [81]: Anderson 15/6a Jankovic 13/7r Krajisnik 12/11r Nogic 11 Djordjevic 8 Raca 8 Smailbegovic 5 Stankovic 4 Cado 3 Katanic 2 Jovanovic 0 Dugalic 0
Group B
The first game in this group on Tuesday had the teams that lost their first games playing and Australia held on to a 70-65 win over Canada. The two teams that won their openers played next with a spot in the quarterfinals going to the winner and France took care of business against Nigeria 75-54. Nigeria can join them with a win on Sunday while Canada winning that game would keep them alive in the third place team standings. Australia will play France in the last game of the day with the exact knowledge of what they will need to do, but winning would be enough in any circumstance. If Canada wins, an Australia loss would create a three-way tie for second place so margins in all the games not involving France would come into play while if Canada loses, Australia would know how much they can lose by while not losing the tiebreaker against the third place teams in the other groups.
A full recap of the Canada game can be found here:
https://wbasketballblog.com/2024/08/01/team-canada-falls-to-team-australia-in-second-game-of-the-paris-olympics/
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/games/117666-AUS-CAN#boxscore
Australia [70]: Whitcomb 19/10a Talbot 11/9r/6a George 11 Tolo 11 Magbegor 10 Melbourne 4 Madgen 2 Borlase 2 Smith 0 Jackson 0 Atwell 0 Wallace DNP
Canada [65]: Carleton 19/8r Nurse 12 Alexander 10 Colley 9 Hill 5 Achonwa 4/6r/7a Edwards 4 Swords 2 Amihere 0 Fields 0 Prosper 0 Ejim DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/games/117664-FRA-NGR#boxscore
France [75]: Johannes 15 Williams 14 Salaun 9 Rupert 9 Ayayi 7 Badiane 6/6r Malonga 4 Chery 4 Lacan 3 Bernies 2 Fauthoux 2 Michel 0
Nigeria [54]: Kalu 18 Musa 14/9r Okonkwo 6/7r Amukamara 5 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 4/6r Enabosi 4 Balogun 3 Ebo 0 Okoro 0 Ejiofor 0 Taiwo DNP Adeyeye DNP
Group C
The first game on Thursday was in this group and it was one of the group stage’s most intriguing matchups with the small lineup of Japan going up against the big lineup of Germany. Satou Sabally proved to be too hard to stop and Germany grabbed their quarterfinal place with a 75-64 win. In the last game of the day, Emma Meesseman and Belgium fought hard, but could not keep up with the United States, which grabbed a spot in the quarterfinals after an 87-74 win behind the combination of Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson. Their game against Germany on Sunday will be for bracket placement while Japan and Belgium play an elimination game. Those two teams will have the benefit of seeing the margin for Group A’s third place team, but they will not have full knowledge of Group B’s situation.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/games/117670-JPN-GER#boxscore
Japan [64]: Takada 15 Miyazaki 13 Hayashi 11 Akaho 8/8r S. Mawuli 8 E. Mawuli 6 Machida 2/9a Todo 1 Motohashi 0 Yoshida 0 Miyazawa 0 Yamamoto DNP
Germany [75]: S. Sabally 33/6r Peterson 11 Geiselsoder 10/10r Gulich 6/10r Fiebich 6/6r/6a Buhner 6 Wilke 3 Sontag 0 N. Sabally DNP Hartmann DNP Bessoir DNP Bar DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/games/117673-BEL-USA#boxscore
Belgium [74]: Meesseman 24 Delaere 16/8a Vanloo 11 Linskens 8 Lisowa Mbaka 8 Ramette 4 Be. Massey 3 Claessens 0 Resimont 0 Mununga 0 Bi. Massey DNP Joris DNP
United States [87]: Stewart 26/7r Wilson 23/13r Thomas 8/6r Loyd 8 Collier 7/8r Griner 7 Ionescu 6 Plum 2 Gray 0 Young 0 Taurasi 0 Copper DNP
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