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In its subgroup, Lithuania destroyed South Korea with 96:57 (28:16, 21:18, 27: 9, 20:14).
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Jons Valančūns was the most productive for Lithuania with 15 points and 13 rebounds, as well as three blocked shots. Marjus Grigonis and Roks Jokubaitis scored 13 points, who also had five assists. Domants Sabonis finished with nine points and ten rebounds, but Mants Kalnietis, the only one of the Lithuanian team who did not score twelve points, stood out with nine assists.
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For South Korea, Guna Ra, born in the USA, was the most productive with 26 points and eight rebounds.
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Lithuania with two victories and Venezuela reached the semi-finals with one, without South Korea losing twice.
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In the second subgroup in Kaunas, Slovenia defeated Poland with 112:77 (29:26, 34:20, 20:14, 29:17).
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The winners were scored 18 points, ten assists and six rebounds by Kristaps Porziņģis team member Dallas “Mavericks” Luka Dončičs, 17 points by Klemens Prepeličs and 16 points by Gregors Horvats. 16 points and seven rebounds for Matthew Ponitka.
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Slovenia won two victories, Poland – one, but Angola has already finished the tournament.
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In Belgrade, Serbia and Italy won in their subgroups.
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In the group where Serbia had already won two victories, the Dominican Republic defeated the Philippines with 94:67 (23:22, 16:19, 26:10, 29:16) in the fight for the second place in the group.
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Victor Liss scored 23 points, Helvis Solano scored 21 points and five assists, Michael Kuevas scored 20 points, who also had five rebounds and six assists, and Jordan Heding scored 16 points.
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In the second group, in which Senegal was forced to withdraw due to Covid-19 illness, Italy beat Puerto Rico 90:83 (18:24, 19:20, 27:14, 26:25) in the fight for the first place in the group.
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The Italians scored 21 points by Nicolo Manjon, adding six assists, Simone Fontekio and Akille Polonara, who also had six and 11 rebounds respectively.
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Jean Clavell stood out with 24 points, while Gary Brown scored 16 points.
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In the Croatian city of Split, Germany defeated Russia with 69:67 (17:15, 18:17, 18:18, 14:19), causing it a second loss and leaving it behind the Olympic Games.
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The winners of the Moscow CSKA player Johannes Foigtmans scored 13 points and accumulated seven rebounds, while the opponents scored 17 points in Andrei Vorontsevich’s account.
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Germany won the sub-group, followed by Mexico.
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In the second group, Brazil had already secured the first place with two victories, and in the fight to enter the semi-finals, Croatia defeated Tunisia 75:70 (20:11, 22:17, 14:29, 19:13).
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For Croatia, Mario Hezonja scored 27 points and eight rebounds, but Bojans Bogdanovičs and Ante Žižičs scored 14 points each, who also had 12 rebounds. Opponents 15 points and seven rebounds in Radwan Sliman’s account.
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Finally, in the Canadian city of Victoria on Thursday, Greece will meet with China (the group also includes Canada), and Uruguay will meet with the Czech Republic (the group also includes Turkey).
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The Tokyo Olympics will feature four national teams that have won their qualifiers. The group tournament games will run until July 2, but the semi-finals and finals will be held in the next two days.
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Olympic qualifying tournaments will take place from June 29 to July 4.
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Argentina, Australia, France, Iran, Nigeria, Spain, the United States and host Japan have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.
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