Xinhua News Agency, Tenerife Island, Spain, September 25 (Xie Yuzhi, Su Bin) the 2018 International Basketball Federation Women’s Basketball World Cup group match ended on the 25th. The Chinese team defeated the Senegal team at 75:66 on the same day and entered the elimination match as the second in Group D. It will play against the old rival Japan. The top names of the four teams, Canada, Australia, Belgium and the United States, directly advanced to the quarter-finals.
The Chinese team led 17 points in the last battle of the group, but in the last two sections, the Senegal team followed closely all the way under the leadership of traoray, reduce the score difference to only 2 points less than two minutes before the end of the game. Fortunately, at the last moment, women’s basketball girls stood up to the pressure and scored by Sun Mengran in the basket. Wang Siyu took two penalties. Li Meng scored three points and finally won the second victory in this game with no danger, therefore, it ranks second in the group with 2 wins and 1 negative. The Senegal team ranked third in the group with 1 win and 2 losses.
Li Meng got 15 points in the whole game, which was top scorer of the Chinese team. Shao Ting scored 10 points, center Li Yuelu took 11 rebounds, and Li Yuan contributed 7 assists. Two players in the Senegal team scored double, and trelleau became the top scorer of the game with 21 points.
In another game in Group D on that day, the US team, which had already won the first place in the group in advance, easily defeated the Latvia team 102:76, and scored three digits in two consecutive games. There was also a bright spot in the losing team of Latvia. Steinberg got the highest score of 30 points in the game. The third battle was eliminated.
The situation in Group C is more complicated. The Spanish team, the host of the two games, lost unexpectedly to Belgium at 63:72 in the last round, while the Japanese team defeated Puerto Rico at 69:61. Belgium, Spain and Japan all have 2 wins and 1 loss, and each other has 1 win and 1 loss. With the advantage of goal difference, the Belgian team won the first place in the group and directly entered the top eight. The Spanish and Japanese teams ranked second and third.
China women’s basketball was defeated in the previous years when the intercontinental competition played against the Japanese team. At the Jakarta Asian Games, which ended not long ago, China defeated the non-main Japanese team twice women’s basketball and won the gold medal. In a warm-up match before the start of the World Cup, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team who was the main force.
In the two games of Group A, the Canadian team defeated France 71:60, and pressed the latter to win the first place with A total victory record. The Greek team won the third place in the group after defeating South Korea at 58:48.
In Group B, the Australian team defeated the Turkish team at 90:64 and also won a ticket to the top eight with an outstanding record. The Nigeria team won the second place in the group with a 75:70 victory over Argentina. The Turkish team ranked third in the group.
The situation in the other three knockout matches is that Nigeria will play against Greece, France will compete with Turkey, and Spain will fight against Senegal.