Group A:
This group started play again, this time on Thursday. The two winless teams played first and South Korea did keep it close at several points, but Canada bounced back with a strong 74-53 win. Spain was looking for revenge against Serbia in the other game, but it was not looking like it was going to happen early. Their star combo of Alba Torrens and Astou Ndour came to life and a strong second half with a dominant fourth quarter gave them an 85-70 win and then results on Friday meant that they also sealed a spot in the quarterfinals.
July 29, 2021
Canada vs. South Korea 74-53 CAN Carleton 18/7r Achonwa 14/10r Alexander 10 Colley 9/7r Nurse 9 Fields 6 Raincock-Ekunwe 4 Ayim 2/6r Amihere 2 Gaucher 0 Pellington 0 Edwards 0 KOR Park J-S 15/11r Kim D-B 11 Kang 11 Park J-H 6 Jin 4 Yoon 2 Park H-J 2 Shin 2 Bae 0 An 0 Han DNP Kim J-E DNP
Spain vs. Serbia 85-70 ESP Torrens 25 Ndour 20/9r Cazorla 17 Ouvina 10/8r/8a Dominguez 7 Carrera 4 Gil 2 Palau 0 Conde 0 Rodriguez DNP Abalde DNP Casas DNP SRB Brooks 16 Anderson 15/8r Vasic 11/6r Krajisnik 11 Stankovic 6 Dabovic 5/6r Jovanovic 4 Crvendakic 2 Skoric 0 Butulija 0 Cado DNP Dugalic DNP
Group B:
The first game in this group had fireworks early, but settled down as A’ja Wilson and the United States beat Japan 86-69, a result that meant that they advanced to the quarterfinals after the rest of the day’s games.
July 30, 2021
United States vs. Japan 86-69 USA Wilson 20/10r Stewart 15/13r/6a Griner 15 Loyd 12 Taurasi 11 Gray 6 Fowles 4 Bird 3/6a Charles 0 Atkins 0 Diggins DNP Collier DNP JPN Takada 15 Hayashi 12 Okoye 11 Miyazawa 9/6r Machida 9/11a Miyazaki 5 Akaho 4/8r Mawuli 3 Todo 1 Nagaoka 0 Miyoshi 0 Motohashi 0
France vs. Nigeria 87-62 FRA Gruda 14/9r Williams 13/9r Miyem 13 Johannes 13 Duchet 13 Chartereau 7 Fauthoux 4 Michel 3 Vukosavljevic 3 Rupert 2 Tchatchouang 2 Ciak 0 NGR Amukamara 11 Kalu 10 Nyingifa 8 Macaulay 8 Elonu 6 Ibekwe 5 Chidom 4 Okonkwo 4 Mohammed 3 Balogun 3 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 0 Ogwumike 0
Group C:
This group started and ended play on Friday. Emma Meesseman and Belgium rolled past Jazmon Gwathmey and Puerto Rico 87-52. The other game was more dramatic as Wang Siyu and China just edged Australia 76-74. The result sends both Belgium and China through to the quarterfinals with the teams playing each other for the top spot in the group and seeding.
July 30, 2021
Belgium vs. Puerto Rico 87-52 BEL Meesseman 26/15r/6a H. Mestdagh 18 K. Mestdagh 15/6r Allemand 10/6r/7a Delaere 8 Raman 4 Vanloo 2 Linskens 2 Wauters 2 Massey 0 Nauwelaers 0 Carpreaux 0 PUR Gwathmey 20 O’Neill 9 Pagan 6 Rosado 5 Gibson 4 Quinones 3 Salaman 3 Gonzalez 2 Melendez 0 Lozada 0 Benitez 0 Stinson 0
China vs. Australia 76-74 CHI Wang 20 Li YR 12/7r Li M 11/7a Yang 10 Shao 8/8r Han 6 Huang 3 Sun 3 Li Y 3 Pan 0 Wu DNP Zhang DNP AUS Magbegor 15 O’Hea 11 George 10 Ebzery 9 Mitchell 9 Tolo 7 Allen 5 Madgen 5 Blicavs 3 Talbot 0 Smith 0 Lavey DNP