The top 8 of the World Cup are out! The defending champions are out, 6 European teams besiege the United States and Canada, and 6 seats are born at the Olympics
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The men's basketball World Cup ended its 10th matchday of contention, and as the finale came to an end, Spain was defeated by Canada and all the quarterfinals were out. The top eight teams are: Italy, Serbia, Lithuania, USA, Germany, Slovenia, Canada and Latvia.
The quarterfinals are as follows:
Top half: Italy vs USA, Germany vs Latvia
Second half: Lithuania vs Serbia, Canada vs Slovenia
Before this matchday, two of the four semi-final groups had ended the suspense early, namely Group J and Group K. Among them, the United States and Lithuania in Group J have won four consecutive games to lock up the quarter-finals in the first round, and the two sides will face each other directly in the final round to compete for the top spot. As a result, Lithuania suppressed the United States from beginning to end, the point difference reached 21 points at most, and although the United States continued to chase points in the final moments, it still lost 104-110 to Lithuania, losing the first time in 770 days, and losing to Lithuania for the first time in nearly 19 years, losing the first place in the group. In another match in the same group, Australia beat Georgia 100-84 in the Battle of Honour, finishing third in the group.
Similar to Group J is Group K, where Germany and Slovenia also won all four games to qualify. In the final round of direct dialogue, Slovenia led Germany by double digits in the first quarter with an 11-0 wave, but Slovenia was completely muted in the second quarter, scoring only 9 points in a single quarter, and was overtaken by Germany. Slovenia continued its slump in the second half, with a 13-0 run stretching the gap to more than 20 points and sealing the victory in one fell swoop, and Germany defeated Slovenia 100-71, winning all five games to seal the first place in the group and the second place in the Slovenian group. In another honourable match in the same group, Montenegro narrowly beat Greece 73-69 to finish third in the group.
In Group I, Italy, Serbia, Puerto Rico and Dominica were all 3-1 before the match, and the two groups of Europe and the United States faced each other in the final round, and the winner qualified. In the end, two European teams beat the two American teams to qualify, Italy beat Puerto Rico 73-57 and Serbia beat Dominica 112-79. Among them, Italy, in the unfavorable situation of losing to Dominica in the group stage, won consecutive games against Serbia and Puerto Rico, successfully counterattacked, and defeated Serbia to win the first place in the group. Serbia is second, Puerto Rico is third, and the Dominican rematch is bottom of the game with two consecutive defeats.
Group L is similar to Group I, but in terms of strength, Group L is a dead group in absolute terms, with all four teams also having a 3-1 record before the match. In the end, Latvia beat Brazil 104-84 and advanced to the quarter-finals in their first World Cup. Looking back at Latvia's path to promotion, they have linked France, Spain and Brazil, which can be described as full of gold. The battle between Spain and Canada was even more turbulent, with Spain suffering a comeback after leading by 12 points in the final quarter, losing 85-88. In the end, Canada beat Latvia to finish first in the group, Latvia second in the group, Spain third in the group and Brazil at the bottom of the group.
In terms of Olympic quotas, including the host country, France, six places have been secured. After Australia played the group stage, they went straight to Paris with the best result in Oceania. In the qualifying tournament that has ended, South Sudan and Japan have achieved the best results in Africa and Asia to advance to the Olympic Games. After the rematch of the round of 16, the two places in the Americas have also been released, and the United States and Canada have become the only two American teams to reach the quarterfinals, naturally locking in the Americas direct spot. Europe's pass-through seats won't be revealed until at least until the semi-finals. As for the last four Olympic spots, they will be decided by 24 teams through the losing round, and the Chinese men's basketball team ranked 29th in the World Cup and did not lose the tournament.