French basketball players defeated Iran 79:62 at the Olympic tournament and confirmed their progress to the quarterfinals from the first place in the basic group A, which also includes the Czech national team. Vincent Collet’s charges remain undefeated at the Tokyo Games, with Iran ending after the tournament’s third failure.
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From the France-Iran match in the Olympic basketball tournament.
Gregory Shamus, Reuters
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The Czechs will compete for the second direct place in the promotion from 14:00 CEST, the losing team will have to wait for the results from the other groups. From the third places in the tables, only two teams out of three will pass.
The bronze medalists from the World Cup, the French, who defeated the USA at the beginning (83:76) and then by the Czech team of Ronen Ginzburg (97:77) by 20 points, did not slow down even at the end of their work in the group. Although more space was given to the players from the bench this time, the favorites led by 19 points at half time.
Although the Asian team managed to make a difference of thirteen points at the beginning of the last part, the choice of Les Bleus did not allow any significant complications.
| BASKETBALL: | ||||||
| Men: | ||||||
| Group A: | ||||||
| Iran – France 62:79 (17:22, 27:46, 47:62) | ||||||
| Most points: Haddadi 18, Kazemí and Jakchalí both 11 – Heurtel 16, Luwawu Cabarrot 12, De Colo and Poirier after 10. | ||||||
| 14:00 Czechia – USA | ||||||
| Table: | ||||||
| 1. | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259:215 | 6 |
| 2. | USA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 196:149 | 3 |
| 3. | Czechia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 161:175 | 3 |
| 4. | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206:283 | 3 |
| Group B: | ||||||
| 06:40 Italy – Nigeria, | ||||||
| 10:20 Australia – Germany. | ||||||
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