Canada won the Group H match 95:65 (14:18, 29:22, 25:8, 27:17).
Shay Gilges-Alexander had 27 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for the winners. Kelly Olynyk scored 18 points, Dillon Brooks and Nickel Alexander-Walker each had 12 points.
Evan Fournier led the French team with 21 points, while Nando de Colo and Mathias Lessor added 12 points each, who also had six rebounds.
Canada fought better under the basket, collecting 45 rebounds, while France’s players won ten fewer balls.
The Latvian national team defeated the Lebanese national team 109:70 in its debut at the World Cup final tournament on Friday.
The 32 teams of the final tournament are divided into eight subgroups. The winners of the first two places in each group will continue the fight for the 1st – 16th place, while the third and fourth place winners will fight for the 17th – 32nd place.
Groups A, B, C and D compete in the Philippines, Groups E and F play in the Japanese city of Okinawa, and Groups G and H play in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The top eight teams will compete for medals at the “SM Mall of Asia” arena in the port area of Manila.
In the final tournament of the World Cup, seven participants of the tournament of the Olympic Games in Paris, as well as another 19 national teams, will be determined, which, together with the winners of the five regional pre-qualification tournaments, will fight for the last four tickets to the Olympic Games next summer.
2023-08-25 15:43:20
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