September 26, 2018
The second and third place teams in each group started the knockout stages in this round with quarterfinals places and the guarantee of three more games on the line. The teams that qualified from Asia all ended up in the same quadrant of the bracket and the day started with China beating Nako Motohashi and Japan 87-81. The next game was also quite close as Nigeria had a lead only to watch Greece rally late, but still escaped 57-56. France build an early lead on Turkey and it was enough to win 78-61 with Sandrine Gruda’s efficiency leading the way. Hosts Spain did not expect to be in this position and got quite a fight from Senegal before pulling away for a 63-48 win. The teams now get a day of rest before the quarterfinals.
China vs. Japan 87-81 CHN Shao 16 Yang 16 Huang 14/9r/7a Li YR 12/8r Li M 8 Li Y 7/7a Xan 5 Sun 5 Wang SY 2 Liu 2 Wang XM 0 Ma 0 JPN Motohashi 25/7a Miyazawa 12/9r Mawuli 12 Okoye 12 Nagaoka 9 Takada 7 Machida 2 Fujioka 2 Akaho 0 Fujitaka 0 Nemoto 0 Mizushima DNP
Nigeria vs. Greece 57-56 NGR Akhator 14/13r Kalu 14/7r Amukamara 13 Nyingifa 10 Imovbioh 2 Edeferioka 2 Okoye 2 Elonu 0 Akashili 0 Akaraiwe 0 Ogoke 0 Mohammed DNP GRE Fasoula 18/12r Maltsi 13/6r Kaltsidou 9 Spanou 8 Pavlopoulou 5 Christinaki 3 Lymoura 0 Nikolopoulou 0 Kosma 0 Spyridopoulou 0 Sotiriou 0 Stamati 0
France vs. Turkey 78-61 FRA Gruda 20/7r Miyem 18 Ciak 10 Chartereau 8 Bernies 6 Ayayi 6 Johannes 5 Epoupa 2/8a Tchatchouang 2 Michel 1 Duchet 0 Badiane 0 TUR Hollingsworth 19/8r Senyurek 12 Alben 12 Caglar 4 Yalcin 4 Koksal 3 Canitez 3 Cakir 2 Cora 2 Guner 0 Aydin 0 Ural DNP
Spain vs. Senegal 63-48 ESP Ndour 14 Cruz 11 Torrens 8 Palau 8 Ouvina 7 Nicholls 6/13r Xargay 4 Gil 3 Casas 2 Sanchez 0 Dominguez 0 Arrojo DNP SEN Thiam 10 Diouf 9 Sarr 7 Diop 7 Sidibe 4 Dieng 4 Sy-Diop 3 Diarra 2/7r Traore 2 Dieme DNP Fall DNP Ndiaye DNP
Bracket:
Canada vs.
Australia vs. China
Belgium vs. France
United States vs. Nigeria
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