September 22, 2018
The tournament started on Saturday with all teams in action in two locations on the island of Tenerife.
Group A:
South Korea led after one period, but France controlled the rest of the game to win 89-58. Canada started quickly against Greece, rolling to an 81-50 win.
South Korea vs. France 58-89 KOR Park JS 15/8r Kang 14 Kim DB 13 Lim 9 Park HJ 5 Kim JE 2 Roberson 0 Park HN 0 Choi 0 Park HJ DNP Sim DNP Baek DNP FRA Johannes 19 Gruda 12/8r Miyem 12/6r Chartereau 12 Ciak 9/10r Ayayi 6 Michel 5 Bernies 4 Duchet 4 Tchatchouang 4 Epoupa 2 Badiane 0
Greece vs. Canada 50-81 GRE Maltsi 14 Fasola 10 Pavlopoulou 8 Christinaki 6 Spanou 5/6r Kaltsidou 5 Kosma 2 Stamati 0 Nikolopoulou 0 Lymoura 0 Spyridopoulou 0 Sotiriou DNP CAN Gaucher 16 Fields 13 Nurse 12 Raincock-Ekunwe 11/8r Achonwa 8 Langlois 7 Hamblin 4/8r Ayim 4 Scott 3 Plouffe 2 Colley 1 Carleton 0
Group B:
This group started with a battle in the post as Evelyn Akhator led Nigeria, but Liz Cambage could not be contained as Australia won 86-68. The other game saw Turkey’s defense put the clamps on Argentina in a 63-37 win.
Australia vs. Nigeria 86-68 AUS Cambage 34/12r Allen 9 Madgen 8 Whitcomb 8 Magbegor 8 Talbot 6/6a Smith 5 George 4/6a Ebzery 4 Lavey 0 Bunton 0 O’Hea DNP NGR Akhator 21 Kalu 15 Mohammed 8 Elonu 7/6a Amukamara 6 Edeferioka 6 Imovbioh 3 Ogoke 2 Nyingifa 0/6r Akashili DNP Akaraiwe DNP Okoye DNP
Turkey vs. Argentina 63-37 TUR Senyurek 13/8r Caglar 12/6r Hollingsworth 7 Canitez 6 Cora 5 Alben 4 Guner 4 Cakir 4 Ural 3 Yalcin 3 Koksal 2 Aydin 0 ARG Rosset 12 Boquete 10 Gonzalez 6 Gretter 3/6r Burani 2/8r Llorente 2 Santana 2 D’Urso 0 Fiorotto 0 Marchizotti 0 Leiva 0 Perez 0
Group C:
Hosts Spain had a tricky game against Japan, but a strong first half got them the 84-71 win. An ever faster start came in the last game of the day as Belgium completely dismantled Puerto Rico in the first half to cruise to an 86-36 win.
Japan vs. Spain 71-84 JPN Miyazawa 12/6r Okoye 11 Fujitaka 11 Takada 10/6r Motohashi 10 Mawuli 9 Fujioka 4 Mizushima 4 Nagoka 0 Akaho 0 Machida 0 Nemoto 0 ESP Xargay 15 Ndour 12/7r Gil 12 Ouvina 12 Palau 9/8a Nicholls 7/8r Cruz 6 Torrens 5 Casas 4 Arrojo 2 Sanchez 0 Dominguez DNP
Puerto Rico vs. Belgium 36-86 PUR O’Neill 12 Rosado 9 Gwathmey 5/7r Jones 2 Quinones 2 Salaman 2 Gonzalez 2 Perez 2 Melendez 0 Maldonado 0 Placido 0 Gibson 0 BEL Vanloo 17 Meesseman 16/14r Linskens 15 Raman 10/9r Delaere 9 H. Mestdagh 9 K. Mestdagh 3 Carpreaux 2/7a Allemand 2 Nawezhi 2 Nauwelaers 1/6r Wauters 0
Group D:
The day started in this group and it was a good one as China edged Latvia 64-61. Senegal gave the United States their best shot early, but the defending champions took care of business and won 87-67.
Latvia vs. China 61-64 LAT Steinberga 16/11r Dikaioulaku 14 Vitola 8/8r Laksa 7 Putnina 6/9r Pulvere 3 Strautmane 3 Brumermane 2 Kreslina 2 Basko 0 Rozenberga 0 Eglite DNP CHN Shao 15 Wang SY 10 Yang 10 Han 8/10r Sun 8/8r Li M 7 Li YR 6 Huang 0 Li Y 0 Ma 0 Liu 0 Wang XM 0
United States vs. Senegal 87-67 USA Delle Donne 19/6r Ogwumike 16 Wilson 15 Stewart 14/6r Charles 6/6r Bird 5 Taurasi 3/7a Loyd 4 Plum 3 Tuck 2 Clarendon 0 Griner DNP SEN Sarr 18 Traore 13 Sy-Diop 9/8r Dieme 9 Diarra 6 Diop 5 Thiam 5 Diouf 2 Sidibe 0 Dieng 0 Ndiaye 0 Fall DNP
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