The first two knockout round games were played on Monday to give the Riga-based teams time to travel to Serbia. Frida Eldebrink and Sweden used a fast start to leave Latvia at home 77-62. Great Britain also started well, but Montenegro did close the gap before the duo of Temi Fagbenle and Karlie Samuelson proved to be too much and got them the 92-71 win. Tuesday’s games were the first in Belgrade, which also hosts the rest of the tournament. The first game was excellent as Slovenia looked to pull off the upset, but Julie Allemand took on a bigger scoring role than usual for Belgium and helped them escape with a 72-67 win. Cecilia Zandalasini and Italy had the early advantage, but Russia gathered itself in the second half on their way to a 63-54 win. The teams will now all be well rested for the all-important quarterfinals games on Thursday with automatic spots in the next phase of Olympic qualification on the line.
July 1, 2019
Sweden vs. Latvia 77-62 SWE F. Eldebrink 21 Loyd 14 Zahui B 12/10r Drammeh 12 E. Eldebrink 9/8a Halvarsson 5 Magarity 2/11r Lundquist 2 Nystrom 0 Hamilton-Carter 0 Vesterberg 0 Abdi DNP LAT Dikaioulaku 14 Brumermane 13/9r P. Strautmane 8 Jakobsone 7 Pulvere 5 Kreslina 5 Melnika 4/6r D. Strautmane 2 Pilabere 2 Septe 1 Ikstena 1 Vitola DNP
Great Britain vs. Montenegro 92-71 GBR Fagbenle 29 Samuelson 28 Vanderwal 15/9a Leedham 13/8r/7a Green 7 Handy 0 Monakana 0 Jones 0 Simpson 0 Collins 0 Shaw 0 Campbell DNP MNE Mujovic 16 Jovanovic 12/6r Johnson 12/6r Aleksic 10 Vucetic 8 Kovacevic 6 Pasic 5 Jaksic 2 Popovic 0 Lazarevic 0 Zivkovic 0 Matovic DNP
July 2, 2019
Belgium vs. Slovenia 72-67 BEL Allemand 25 Meesseman 18/9r K. Mestdagh 13/11r Raman 6 Delaere 6 Linskens 2 Wauters 1 H. Mestdagh 1 Carpreaux 0 Vanloo 0 Nauwelaers 0 Geldof DNP SLO Evans 15/6r Oblak 15/6r Baric 15/9a Prezelj 11 Lisec 9/7r Friskovec 2/7r Jakovina 0 Senicar 0 Kroselj 0 Rupnik 0 Gorsic DNP Dautovic DNP
Italy vs. Russia 54-63 ITA Zandalasini 24 Andre 8/6r Penna 8 F. Dotto 6/7r Cinili 4 Romeo 2 Crippa 2 Cubaj 0 Sottana 0 De Pretto 0 C. Dotto DNP Ercoli DNP RUS Vadeeva 19/9r Shilova 10 Vieru 9/9r Levchenko 6 Musina 5/7r Leshkovtseva 4 Belyakova 2 Beglova 2 Logunova 2 Fedorenkova 2 Maiga 2 Gladkova DNP
Bracket:
Spain vs. Russia
Serbia vs. Sweden
France vs. Belgium
Hungary vs. Great Britain
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