The Manila and Jakarta World Cup defies all logic. After the elimination of France on the evening of their second match, Spain, reigning world champion, also fell by the wayside. La Roja lost 88-85 to Canada. For their part, the United States were beaten 110-104 by Lithuania without however this defeat calling into question their qualification for the quarter-finals.
Alex Abrines (center) and Spain leave the World Cup.
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The Spaniards finish third in Group L behind the Canadians and Latvia, who had already beaten them on Friday (74-69), and who qualified after their success against Brazil (104-84) while they are playing their first World Cup. Spain has been present in the final phase of the World without interruption since 1998.
Canada will play their first World Cup finals since 1982, facing Slovenia in the quarterfinals in Manila on Wednesday The Canadians came from behind by seven points in the last four minutes and took the lead with 50 seconds left on a basket from Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Second in Group J, the United States will face Italy on Tuesday. Difficult winner of Montenegro on Friday (85-73), the selection coached by Steve Kerr crossed in front of Lithuania by a catastrophic first quarter (12-31).
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2023-09-03 18:18:00
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