July 29, 2017
Division A:
Semifinals:
The first semifinal went to Australia 81-64 over South Korea. The other game was much more exciting and close throughout as Manami Fujioka fueled Japan past China 74-71.
South Korea vs. Australia 64-81 KOR Sim 14 Kang L-S 14 Lim 12 Kwak 8 Kim S-D 6 Park H-N 6 Park J-S 4 Bae 0 Kim D-B 0 Park H-J DNP Kang A-J DNP Roberson DNP AUS Griffin 16/9r Smith 12/6r Blicavs 10/8r Mansfield 10 Snell 7 Tolo 6/8r Cumming 6 Ebzery 6 Garrick 4 Lavey 2 Hodges 2 Kunek 0
China vs. Japan 71-74 CHN Shao 16 Gao 13/6r Li YR 13 Shi 9 Shen 6/6a Zhao 6 Li M 3 Sun 3 Huang HP 2/7r Huang SJ 0 Lu 0 Chen DNP JPN Fujioka 19/8r/14a Miyazawa 16 Nagaoka 14 Takada 13/7r Osaki 6 Machida 2 Mawuli 2 Kawamura 2 Mizushima 0 Yoshida DNP Kondo DNP Akaho DNP
5th Place:
New Zealand is clearly still gunning for the top of the consolation standings as they got the early lead on North Korea and rolled to an 82-61 win. Taiwan had a similarly easy time dispatching the Philippines 82-61.
New Zealand vs. North Korea 82-61 NZL Harmon 15/9r Purcell 13/14r Agnew 10/8r Cocks 10 Taylor 8/6r Edmondson 7 Bygate 7 Paalvast 7 Ott 3 Stockill 2 Franklin 0 Jillings 0 PRK Ri 19 Kim H-O 17 Ro 11/7r Kim U-J 7 Kim R-J 4/6r Jang 3 Kim M-H 0 Kim H-Y 0 Pak H-J DNP Ko DNP Kong DNP Pak J-A DNP
Philippines vs. Taiwan 53-87 PHI Cabinbin 14/7a Lim 7 Bernardino 6 Sambile 6 Pontejos 6 Resultay 5 Almazan 3/6r Animam 2 Miranda 2 Tongco 2 Dy 0 Castro 0 A ba Burke 16/11r Lin W-T 14/7r/6a Wu 14 Cheng 13/6r Chen 6 Lan 6 Huang P-J 5 Huang H-T 4/10r Huang F-S 4 Lo 3 Wang 2 Lin C-W
Final Day Schedule:
1st Place: North Korea vs. Philippines
3rd Place: New Zealand vs. Taiwan
5th Place: South Korea vs. China
7th Place: Australia vs. Japan
Division B:
Semifinals:
A battle of Central Asia foes highlighted the race for promotion as Zalina Kurazova and Kazakhstan beat Uzbekistan 77-51. Jeena Palanilkumkalay Il Skaria and India got the final push they needed from the home fans to take a fourth quarter lead on Rebecca Akl and Lebanon and win 79-69.
Kazakhstan vs. Uzbekistan 77-51 KAZ Kurazova 24/8r Kondrakova 18/10r Astapenko 8 Yagodkina 7/7r/6a Ivanova 7 Ossipenko 5 Kolesnikova 4 Abikeyeva 2 Begun 2 Kovalevskaya 0 Aldanysheva DNP UZB Sevatyanova 19 Averyanova 13/15r Samatova 10/6r Khusnitdinova 6 Ejova 2 Kashuba 1 Asanova 0 Salavatova 0 Nauruzbaeva 0 Koneva 0
Lebanon vs. India 69-79 LBN Akl 20/6r El Charif 17/14r Moukaddem 16/7r Bakhos 9/6r Gyokchian 4 El Harake 3 Fares 0/6a Mokdad 0 Schoucair 0 Chammas DNP Maalouf DNP IND Palanilkumkalay Il Skaria 20/7r/6a Sidhu 17 Paul Durai 13 Akula 9 Limaye 7 Rajaganapathi 6/6r Varghese 4 Sonkar 3 Pattemane Udayakumar 0 Chaturvedi 0 Prasannan Geetha DNP Kaur DNP
5th Place:
Miliakere Koyamainavure and Fiji got a historic win after edging Sri Lanka 65-64.
Sri Lanka vs. Fiji 64-65 SRI Iddamalgoda 12 Durage 10/9r Don Thalagala 9 Gallage 8/12r Silva 8/12r Beruwalage 7 Paiva 6/7s J. Thewahettige 4/8 K. Thewahettige 0 Ekanayake 0 Arachchilage DNP Karthigesu DNP FIJ Koyamainavure 22/6r Tawake 11/13r Kainamoli 10/10r Wise 9 Dobui 5/6r Raluvenitoga 4 Tora 2/6r Sauta 2 Boseiwaqa DNP Nainima DNP Korovou DNP Whippy DNP
Final Day Schedule:
1st Place: Fiji vs. Singapore
3rd Place: Uzbekistan vs. Lebanon
5th Place: Kazakhstan vs. India