On July 7th, Beijing time, the U17 Men's Basketball World Cup entered the last match day, let's take a look at the current rankings!
China ushered in its second victory
The Chinese team defeated the Asian team Philippines 85-66 in the 13-16 qualifying round and won the second victory of the tournament, Li Yuezhou played well and got a double-double with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, Wang Boyuan got 11 points, Fu Wenhao 10 points, Wang Hongze 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Chinese team has one last game left, competing with the Guinean men's basketball team for 13th place, and the Chinese team lost 92-101 in the group stage, hoping for revenge in today's game.
Australia avoids being at the bottom
The Philippines and Australia compete in a 15th-16th place tie, with Australia the Asian champions having won three straight group games but went into the knockout rounds without a win, losing to Italy, France and Guinea and now they have to avoid being the worst of the 16 teams. Germany and Egypt took 11-12 places, France and Argentina took 9-10 places, Spain and Canada took 7-8 places, and Lithuania and Puerto Rico took 5-6 places.
The United States is powerful
The championship was won between the United States and Italy, and the United States team is the favorite to win the championship, winning five consecutive games since the start of the tournament, and every game is won by a large score, winning very easily, with almost no opponents. In the last semi-finals, the United States defeated New Zealand by 80 points by 145-65, beat Canada by 51 points, beat the Philippines by 96 points, beat China by 84 points, and beat France by 23 points.
Italy reached the final
Italy got a chance to challenge the United States in the final, where they defeated hosts Turkey 90-63 in the semifinals. Italy were placed in Group C in the group stage, with 1 win and 2 losses, and entered the knockout stage as the fourth place in the group, but they played well in the knockout stage, pulling Australia, Puerto Rico and Turkey down, and facing the powerful United States in the final. The third place was played between New Zealand and Turkey.