On September 29, Beijing time, the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup ended the 1/4 final competition. China defeated France 85-71 and returned to the final four of the World Series after 14 years. The United States beat Serbia 88-55, Canada beat Puerto Rico 79-60, and Australia beat Belgium 86-69, and all three teams also reached the semifinals. The semi-final matches were: the United States vs Canada, China vs Australia.
Australia 86-69 Belgium
In the first quarter, Belgium combined inside and outside to start with a 6-2 lead, and Australia gradually entered the form to play a 15-2 scoring climax to reverse the score. Belgium stubbornly chased the score, and Australia continued to take the initiative to end the first quarter with a 26-16 lead. In the second quarter, Belgium used breakthrough layups and long-range shots from outside to chase consecutive points, and Australia played a 9-2 attack to a 43-28 lead to 15 points. In the first half, Australia led Belgium 52-37.
In the third quarter, Australia opened with a 9-0 mini-orgasm to 61-37. Since then, Australia has continued to extend its lead, at one point leading Belgium by 23 points. At the end of the third quarter, Australia led Belgium 72-48. In the fourth quarter, Belgium blasted an 8-0 attack wave to chase 56-72, and the Australian team did not give the Belgian team a chance to counterattack, and the consecutive counterattacks and layups once again pulled the score to about 20 points. In the end, Australia beat Belgium 86-69.
Australia's Blikafs had 12 points, nine rebounds, Tolo 13 points, six rebounds and two assists, Whitcomb had seven points and seven assists, George had 19 points, nine rebounds, and Jackson had 12 points. Belgium's Alemande had 15 points, two rebounds and seven assists, Linskens' 13 points and five rebounds, Van Low 12 points, two rebounds and two steals, and Abu Del Khadr 13 points.
USA 88-55 Serbia
In the first quarter, the two teams quickly entered the state, the conversion speed was extremely fast, and the score alternated lead. Serbia's Nogić used three points to extend the score to 11-7, and the United States immediately responded with an 11-2 small climax to 18-13. Serbia's fast-break layup cut the gap to one point, and the U.S. once again used the position attack to pull the score apart to end the first quarter with a 25-23 lead. In the second quarter, the United States team continued to maintain a 6-point lead, Serbia tried to narrow the point gap, but the American team was tightly defensive, and the American team bombarded an 11-2 small climax to widen the point difference to 15 points. In the first half, the United States led Serbia 50-33.
In the third quarter, the U.S. team came up with an 8-0 attack wave to extend the lead to 25 points. Anderson's three-pointer hit broke the deadlock for Serbia, and the U.S. slower its scoring momentum, with the U.S. leading 66-40 at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the U.S. again played an 8-0 mini-climax to lead 34 points at 74-40. With the lead too great, the game lost the suspense of winning and losing early. In the end, the United States beat Serbia 88-55.
Team Gray of the United States had 8 points, 3 assists and 2 steals, Loyd 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Thomas 13 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Wilson 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Plumre 17 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists; Serbia's Anderson had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Kraishnik had 2 points and 4 rebounds, Nokich had 11 points and 5 rebounds, Stankovic had 4 points, Kadus had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, and Dzudjevic had 8 points.
Canada 79-60 Puerto Rico
In the first quarter, after the two teams fought to a 4-point draw, Canada began to exert its strength, counterattacking with a layup of three-point long-range shots to score consecutive points, and a wave of 15-2 scoring climax widened the point difference to 13 points. After Puerto Rico recovered five points, Canada blasted another 5-0 to end the first quarter with a 26-11 lead. In the second quarter, Puerto Rico made frequent mistakes, and Canada continued to widen the point gap, with an 11-4 small climax stretching to 37-15. In the first half, Canada led Puerto Rico 44-23.
In the third quarter, Puerto Rico began to chase points, at one point narrowing the point difference to less than 20 points. In the single quarter, it beat Canada by 3 points 19-16, and at the end of the third quarter, Canada led Puerto Rico by 18 points 60-42. In the fourth quarter, Canada's 8-3 mini-climax once again extended the lead to 23 points, after which the game went smoothly. In the end, Canada beat Puerto Rico 79-60. In the semi-finals, Canada will face the United States.
Canada's Acho Enwa had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Alexander 4 points and 13 rebounds, Carlton 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Coley 11 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, Nas 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Amicil 12 points and 3 rebounds; Puerto Rico's Gilantez had 19 points, seven rebounds and three assists, Hollinhid had three points, 12 rebounds and two blocks, Kinones had 12 points and seven rebounds, and San Antonio had 16 points, two rebounds and two steals.