The excitement in the men’s basketball tournament intensifies tomorrow with the quarter-finals, with all four games taking place on Tuesday.
The star duel is the France – Canadawith the host country once again facing the NBA powerhouse it leads Jordi Fernandez and which eliminated it from the World Cup last year. The winner of this duel will face the winner of Germany – Greece, in which the world champion starts as the favorite against the team from Giannis Antetokounmpo and former Barça players Nick Calathes and Kostas Papanikolaou.
Men’s basketball team
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, August 6
1
Germany – Greece (11:00)
2
Serbia – Australia (14:30)
3
France – Canada (18:00)
4
Brazil – United States (21:30)
On the other side of the draw is Team USA, who will face Brazil, another former Barça player like Marcelino Huertas. The United States, with an incontestable 3-3 record in the first phase, has respect for the physicality of the South American team, as warned Steve Kerr.
The Olympic champion could face Nikola Jokic’s Serbia again and Svetislav Pesic If this defeat is against an Australia that already beat the Balkan team in a friendly before the Games (84-73) and also with two former Barça players as Dante Exum y Joe Ingles.
The women’s draw begins on Tuesday, with Belgium as Spain’s rival. Canada trained by Victor Lapeña could not get through after losing against Nigeria, Team USA’s rival.
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