Rwanda Group C
The second games at each location were split across two days so only this group played on Tuesday in Kigali. Agnes Torok and Hungary bounced back quickly in a 97-60 win over the Philippines with the two losing teams from the first game facing each other. That meant that the two teams that won their openers would play in the other game and Brazil had the better start, but Senegal fought back for a 69-59 win and the first spot in the next round. The result simplifies Thursday with Brazil and Hungary playing to take second place and advance alongside them while the Philippines are eliminated.
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Philippines [60]: Bernardino 11/6r Fajardo 10 Dela Rosa 9 Panganiban 9 Animam 6 Berberabe 5 Ozar 4 Yumul 3 Castillo 3 Pontejos 0 Nolasco 0
Hungary [97]: Torok 25 Lelik 13/9r Dubei 13 Dombai 9 Toth 8 Angyal 8 Kiss 6/9r Hatar 6 Kanyasi 4/9r Studer 4 Miklos 1 Varga 0
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Senegal [69]: Dillard 19/7a Kane 14/11r Sene 13/8r Y. Diop 11/6r Ndiaye 5 Pouye 3 Sarr 2 Diagne 2 Fall 0 Gueye 0 Niang 0 M. Diop 0
Brazil [59]: De Oliveira 19 Martins 15 Albiero 14 Moura 6/8r Soares 5 Guimaraes 0/7r Pereira 0 Goncalo 0 D’Arrigo 0 Silva 0 Cavalcanti 0 Zabani DNP
Mexico Group A
This group was the one playing in Mexico City on Tuesday and Czechia won again, defeating Park Ji-Su and South Korea 76-63. The result of the last game of the day was out of doubt pretty quickly, but there were still implications for Thursday on the line in the fourth quarter. Mali got the last point that they needed as Djeneba N’Diaye led them to an 88-66 win over Daniela Wallen and Venezuela. They will advance with a win over South Korea in Thursday’s first game from this site regardless of the result of the last game. If South Korea wins, they would advance and Mali would need Venezuela to lose. If Mali wins, Venezuela would need a big enough win to send Czechia to the bottom of the tiebreaker.
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Czechia [76]: Cechova 15 Reisingerova 13/6r Vyoralova 12 Sipova 11 Andelova 11 Pospisilova 4/6r Stoupalova 4 Sklenarova 4 Sotolova 2 Hamzova 0/6a Zeithammerova 0 Rokosova 0
South Korea [63]: Park J-S 20/7r Jin 10 Park J-H 10 Shin 9 Kang L-S 5 Lee S-H 4 Lee H-R 3 An 2/6r Heo 0 Kang Y-L 0 Kim 0 Park S-H DNP
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Venezuela [66]: Wallen 21/8r Herlihy 19/8r Perez 12/9r Fajardo 5 Pico 5 Duran 2 Rivera 2 Betancourt 0 Chile 0 Diaz 0 Rudas 0 Urbina 0
Mali [88]: N’Diaye 21/6r Thienou 18/8r A. Sissoko 14 Dembele 12/7r Balayera 10 D. Sissoko 7/8r Cisse 6/8r Haidara 0 Kone 0 Sanou 0 Coulibaly DNP
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