September 26, 2019
Group A:
Japan seized control of the game and the group early, beating South Korea 102-61 behind Nako Motohashi. The other game was for the last playoff place from the group and the ability to avoid having to play to remain in the top division and Taiwan rolled past India as expected by an 87-58 final margin.
Japan vs. South Korea 102-61 JPN Motohashi 21 Tokashiki 14/7r Akaho 13 Takada 11/8r/6a Nagaoka 10 Miyazawa 9/7r Mawuli 7 Motokawa 7 Watanabe 5 Machida 3 Hayashi 2 Nakada 0 KOR Kang 12/6r Kim Y-H 12 Bae 10 Ku 8 Kim M-J 6 Jin 5/6r Shin 3 Park J-H 2 Park H-J 2 Sim 1 Youm DNP Choi DNP
Taiwan vs. India 87-58 TAI Lin 15 Cheng 14 Huang H-T 13 Han 12 Chen 9 Huang P-J 8 Huang L-C 5 Chu 5 Peng 4 Tsai 2/7r Wu 0 Huang F-S IND Limaye 13 Skaria 9/6r Kumari 9 Geetha 7/6r Sonkar 5 Udayakumar 4/6r Rajaganapathi 4 Kaur 2/6r Mahesha 2 Arvind 2 Nixon 1 Kokkalera 0
Standings: Japan 3-0, South Korea 2-1, Taiwan 1-2, India 0-3
Group B:
The day started with New Zealand eventually pulling away from the Philippines in the second half to win 75-57 and avoid the dreaded final game to stay in the division. The game of the day was for the top spot in this group and a bye into the semifinals and it was China surprising Australia by hanging on to a 70-69 win.
New Zealand vs. Philippines 75-57 NZL Boagni 16 Taylor 14 Karaitiana 9 Leger-Walker 9 Cocks 9 Paalvast 7 Purcell 5/13r Edmondson 5/7r Beck 1 Davidson 0 West DNP Fotu DNP PHI Pontejos 15/7r Bernardino 12 Miranda 10 Hayes 9 Castillo 9 Animam 2 Jose 0 Cabinbin 0 Daez 0 Chan 0 Tongco 0 Nabalan 0
Australia vs. China 69-70 AUS Ebzery 13 Garbin 9 Mitchell 9 Magbegor 8 O’Hea 8/6a Allen 8 George 7 Blicavs 5 Talbot 2 Bishop 0 Seekamp 0 Nicholson DNP CHN Wang 18 Li YR 14/9r Han 7 Gao 7 Wu 7 Shao 6/6r Liu 4 Yang 3 Li Y 2 Chen 2 Guo 0 Shi DNP
Standings: China 3-0, Australia 2-1, New Zealand 1-2, Philippines 0-3
Bracket:
Japan vs. winner Australia vs. Taiwan
China vs. winner South Korea vs. New Zealand
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