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Asian Olympic Qualification Day 2 November 16th

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November 16, 2019

Group A:

Play started in Auckland again and South Korea took care of business with a 114-75 win over the Philippines.  China bounced back and beat Kalani Purcell and New Zealand 94-71.

Philippines vs. South Korea 75-114 PHI Bernardino 19/8r Pontejos 17 Miranda 9 Castillo 6 Nabalan 6 Animam 5/6r Jose 5 Cabinbin 3 Hayes 2 Tongco 2 Chan 1 KOR Kang 16 Shin 15 Park H-J 12 Kim J-E 12 Park J-S 11/9r Ku 11 Kim M-J 11 Kang 10 Bae 6/9r Kim D-B 6 Roberson 2/9r Youm 1

China vs. New Zealand 94-71 CHN Li M 18 Wang SY 14 Li YR 13/7r Shao 11 Huang 9/6r Sun 7 Yang 7 Li Y 6/6a Han 4 Pan 3 Gao 2 Wang XM 0 NZL Purcell 21 Karaitiana 17 Edmondson 9 Davidson 8/8r Beck 5 Cocks 5 Taylor 3 Boagni 3 Paalvast 0 Leger-Walker 0 Blair DNP Fotu DNP

Group B:

Rebecca Allen and Australia easily handled India 114-29 in Kuala Lumpur.  Saturday ended with Japan beating Taiwan 83-57, confirming that they and Australia will play in the next round.

India vs. Australia 29-114 IND Arvind 7 Cleetus 6 Limaye 6 Kumari 4 Udayakumar 2/7r Kumar 2 Bhutia 2 Geetha 0 Nixon 0 Skaria 0 Sonkar 0 Venkataraman 0 AUS Allen 20/7r Magbegor 16/9r O’Hea 13/6r George 11 Madgen 10 Talbot 9/6r/7a Mitchell 8 Lavey 7 Tolo 7 Garbin 7 Ebzery 6 Cambage DNP

Taiwan vs. Japan 57-83 TAI Lin Y-T 14 Wang 10/9r Han 9 Tsai 8 Chu 6 Wu 3 Huang F-S 3 Chen 2 Peng 2 Huang H-T 0 Huang L-C 0 Lin T 0 JPN Tokashiki 17/9r Miyazawa 13/11r Miyashita 13/6r Motohashi 12 Hayashi 10 Umezawa 5 Watanabe 4 Akaho 3 Nemoto 3 Okoye 2 Yoshida 1 Tanimura 0

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Times Eastern Standard, game on Saturday in that timezone unless otherwise specified

Asia-Oceania:

Auckland:

Philippines vs. South Korea, 9:00pm Friday:

China vs. New Zealand, 11:30pm Friday:

Kuala Lumpur:

India vs. Australia, 4:00am:

Taiwan vs. Japan, 7:00am:

Africa:

Mali vs. Senegal 8:30am:

Mozambique vs. Nigeria, 11:00am:

Americas:

Edmonton:

Cuba vs. Dominican Republic, 4:30pm:

Puerto Rico vs. Canada 7:00pm:

Bahia Blanca:

Colombia vs. Brazil, 4:30pm:

United States vs. Argentina, 7:00pm:

African Olympic Qualification Day 2 November 15th

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November 15, 2019

With the withdrawal of the Democratic Republic of Congo, there was only one game played on Friday again.  Angola was eliminated by Marian Coulibaly and Mali 65-45, leaving the rest of the tournament with simple scenarios.  The other four teams advance with the Mali-Senegal and Mozambique-Nigeria matchups on Saturday being for placement on Sunday.

Angola vs. Mali 45-65 ANG Daniel 9 Jorge 8 Eusebio 7 Quindanda 7 Golome 6/10r Malagi 4 Antonio 4 Lucas 0 Gabriel 0 Peso 0 Pequeno 0 Mateus 0 MLI M. Coulibaly 21 Gandega 18 N. Traore 8 Tirera 5 K. Maiga 4/6r Camara 4 K. Coulibaly 3/6r N’Diaye 2 A. Traore 0 A. Maiga 0 Dakouo 0

Democratic Republic of Congo vs. Mozambique Mozambique wins by forfeit

American Olympic Qualification Day 1 November 14th

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November 14, 2019

The eight teams remaining were split into two groups in two locations.  The United States and one other team from its group will advance while the top two teams in the other group will join them.

Group A:

Isalys Quinones and Puerto Rico had a great start in Edmonton, beating the Dominican Republic 108-58.  The last game of the day had no surprises as hosts Canada breezed past Cuba 110-53 behind Kia Nurse.

Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico 58-108 DOM Marte 13 Monsac 11/7r Hernandez 7 Evangelista 6 Jimenez 6 Frias 6 Reynoso 3/7r Caceres 2 Ramirez 2 Zapata 2 De Los Angeles 0 Rodriguez 0 PUR Quinones 20/7r Maldonado 17 Rosado 16/6a O’Neill 10 Kuzmanic 9 Losada-Cabbage 7 Gwathmey 7 Salaman 6/6a Gibson 5/7r Torres 5 Canales 4 Roma 2

Canada vs. Cuba 110-53 CAN Nurse 28 Ayim 14 Achonwa 10/8r Scott 10 Hill 10/6a Pellington 9/7a Raincock-Ekunwe 8/6r Gaucher 8 Carleton 7/6r Hamblin 4 Edwards 2 Dornstauder 0 CUB Galindo 12 Amargo 12 Avila 7 Neyra 6 Tornell 6 Martinez 6 Becquer 2/7r Jourdain 2 N. Vargas 0 Calvo 0 L. Vargas 0 Montero 0

Group B:

This group started play on Thursday as all the teams did make it to Bahia Blanca.  The United States found the strong inside-outside combination of Sylvia Fowles and Chelsea Gray in a 76-61 win over Brazil.  The balance of power in South America may now have decisively turned behind the usual powerhouse as Colombia beat Agostina Burani and hosts Argentina 67-63 behind Mabel Martinez.

Brazil vs. United States 61-76 BRA De Souza 11/12r Dantas 11 Costa 10 Monteiro 8 Dos Santos 5 Ramona 5 Teixeira 5 Soares 4 Paixao 2 Da Silva 0 Dias 0 Pacheco 0 USA Fowles 21/6r Gray 21/8a Ogwumike 11 Taurasi 6 Wilson 6 Diggins 3 Collier 3 Plum 3 DeShields 2 Bird 0/7a Augustus 0 Ogunbowale 0

Colombia vs. Argentina 67-63 COL Martinez 23 Munoz 17 Rios 13/6a Gonzalez 6 Paz 4 Vente 2/9r Alonso 2 Coy 0 Olarte DNP Cortes DNP Rodriguez DNP Morales DNP ARG Burani 29/10r Rosset 12 Gonzalez 9/6a De La Barba 8 Llorente 3 Santana 2 Boquete 0/6r Chagas 0 Aispurua 0 Perez 0 Fiorotto 0 Castro DNP

EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers Day 1 November 14th

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November 14, 2019

Qualifying began on Thursday for the tournament in 2021.  Teams are looking to grab the fourteen spots alongside France and Spain.  The top team in each group will qualify along with the five best runners up.

Group A:

The early advantage in this group went to Slovenia after they edged a young Greece team 70-64 in Celje.  Hristina Ivanova and Bulgaria started strong with an 84-69 win over Iceland in Reykjavik.

Slovenia vs. Greece 70-64 SLO Oblak 19/6a Jakovina 12/7r Friskovec 12 Baric 12 Prezelj 7 Gorsic 6 Trebec 2 Senicar 0 Rupnik 0 Kroselj DNP Cvijanovic DNP Dautovic DNP GRE Spanou 18 Gemelos 13 Pavlopoulou 12/8r/8a Sotiriou 6 Bosgana 6 Spyridopoulou 5/6r Stamolamprou 4 Chatzileonti 0 Alexandri 0 Diela 0 Karambatsa DNP Louka DNP

Iceland vs. Bulgaria 69-84 ISL Kjartansdottir 15/13r H. Sverrisdottir 14/11r/8a Gunnarsdottir 8 Halfdansdottir 7/10r T. Jonsdottir 7/6a H. Jonsdottir 7 Henningsdottir 4 G. Sverrisdottir 2 Olafsdottir 2 Karlsdottir 2 Hinriksdottir 1 Bjarnsdottir 0 BUL H. Ivanova 25/8r Georgieva 12/8r Kocheva 11/7a G. Ivanova 9 Stoycheva 8/7a Dimitrova 7 I. Kostova 6 Dineva 4 G. Kostova 1 Natskina 1 Tyutyundzhieva 0 Konstantinova 0

Group B:

Sweden has had a resurgence recently and they were dominant early in Tel Aviv on their way to a 77-40 win over Israel.

Israel vs. Sweden 40-77 ISR Raber 10 Cohen 8/6r Lev 8 Yizchaki 4 Rotberg 4 Hannoun 2 Gitchenko 2 Abboud 2 Vaturi 0 Eisner 0 Levi 0 Karsh 0 SWE Halvarsson 15 E. Eldebrink 14 F. Eldebrink 12 Loyd 10/12r Zahui B 10/8r Magarity 6/13r Abdi 6 Drammeh 2 Nystrom 2 Lundquist 0 Gultekin 0 Hamilton-Carter 0

Group C:

Russia went through their latest drastic overhaul, but were considered runaway group favorites before the first game in Orenburg.  They had a rather inauspicious start as Jonquel Jones did complete her change of national team to be the naturalized player for Bosnia and Herzegovina, leading them to a 70-69 upset win.  Merike Anderson paces Estonia again, but it was Switzerland that prevailed 73-63 at home in Fribourg.

Russia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina 69-70 RUS Vadeeva 18/11r Zhedik 4 Levchenko 9 Logunova 6 Razheva 6 Nizamova 6 Shilova 6 Anoikina 4 Leshkovtseva 0 Shabanova 0 Namok DNP Komarova DNP BIH Jones 29/16r Gajic 17/6r Kapor 10 Deura 6 Vrancic 5 Dzombeta 3 Babic 0 A. Delic 0 N. Delic 0 Dzinic DNP Dzebo DNP Markovic DNP

Switzerland vs. Estonia 73-63 SUI Giroud 14/7r Rol 12/8r Herminjard 12 Fora 8 Baumann 8 Kohler 5/8r Simoni 5 Toumi 5 Clement 4 Franchina 0 Luap 0 Constantin DNP EST Anderson 21 Lass 10/6r Pulk 10 Braatka 8/7r Koster 7/7r Asi 5 Rits 2 Sepp 0 Kosareva 0 Svilberg 0 Korjus 0 Adler 0

Group D:

Denmark finally returned to fielding a senior team as they visited Timisoara, losing to Romania 70-55.  The Czech Republic was trying to make up for a poor tournament and were impressive in Cagliari, beating Italy 62-52.

Romania vs. Denmark 70-55 ROU Walker 16/12r/6a Pavel 13/7r Marginean 12 Parau 11/6a Irimia 7 Stoiedin 4/6r Filip 4 Kilin 3 Popescu 0 Orban 0 Ghita 0 Demeter DNP DEN Jespersen 18/9r Hesseldal 10 Piechnik 9 Ryder 7 Seilund 5 Formann 3 Hee 2 Okosun 1 Mortensen 0 Viso 0 Tryggedsson 0 Svanholm 0

Italy vs. Czech Republic 52-62 ITA Zandalasini 16 Dotto 13/6r Bestagno 10 Sottana 4 Cinili 3 Keys 2/10r Romeo 2 Penna 2 Crippa 0 Gorini 0 Andre’ 0 Madera 0 CZE Reisingerova 15 Vaughn 11/6r Elhotova 9/7a Hejdova 8/6r Brezinova 7/6r Bartakova 6 Vorackova 4 Pochobradska 2 Zaplatova 0 Stepanova 0 Vyoralova 0 Adamcova DNP

Group E:

This group could be a tough test for the top three teams and it was certainly an excellent game in Belgrade as Serbia just held off Turkey 59-56.  The only drama in Kedainiai was whether a young star would get to shine, but Monika Grigalauskyte and Lithuania focused on taking care of business in a 108-43 pasting of Albania.

Serbia vs. Turkey 59-56 SRB Milic 17 Dabovic 16 Crvendakic 14/6r Krajisnik 4 Brooks 4 Butulija 3 Bojovic 1 Jovanovic 0/6r Skoric 0 Cado 0 Miljkovic DNP Stanacev DNP TUR Hollingsworth 17/7r Koksal 8 Canitez 7/6r Bilgic 6 Yavuz 6 Senyurek 5 Cakir 5 Aydin 2 Erat 0 Gunay 0 Gulcan 0 Ural DNP

Lithuania vs. Albania 108-43 LTU Grigalauskyte 20/15r Juskaite 18/10r Siksniute 12 Miskiniene 10/9r Nacickaite 10 Labuckiene 8 Meskonyte 8 Baltkojiene 7/6a Sulske 6 Jockyte 4 Kvederaviciute 3 Knyzaite 2 ALB Lalaj 16 Verri 11/7r Xhanaj 10/7r Aliaj 4 Mollaj 2 Hasani 0 Dashja 0 Mehmeti 0 Toska 0 Cobo 0 Gjoni DNP Velias DNP

Group F:

Poland got a good game from their new naturalized player, but Great Britain left Walbrzych with a 75-63 win.

Poland vs. Great Britain 63-75 POL Kastanek 18 Kaczmarczyk 8/6r Gala 8 Adamowicz 7 Gajda 6/7a Drop 6 Koc 5/7r Skobel 3 Pobozy 2 Dobrowolska 0 Rembiszewska 0 Trzeciak DNP GBR Simpson 18 Samuelson 16/8r Fagbenle 15/6r Green 11/10r Handy 11 Monakana 3 Vanderwal 1 Jones 0 Charles DNP Collins DNP Shaw DNP Campbell DNP

Group G:

The stars led the way in Charleroi as Emma Messeeman and Belgium beat Alina Iagupova and Ukraine 83-66.  The day ended in Matosinhos with Portugal beating Finland 71-48.

Belgium vs. Ukraine 83-66 BEL Meesseman 22/6r Linskens 16/6r K. Mestdagh 13 Wauters 8 Delaere 7 Carpreaux 7 Allemand 6 Resimont 2 Raman 1 Massey 1 Nauwelaers 0 H. Mestdagh 0 UKR Iagupova 32/11r Matsko 10 Naumenko 9 Liubinets 5 Yatskovets 4 Horobets 4 Sivakova 2 Uro-Nile 0 Mitina 0 Kondus DNP Musienko DNP Voloshyna DNP

Portugal vs. Finland 71-48 POR Silva 17/9r L. Ferreira 10 Soeiro 10 Bettencourt 9 Kostourkova 8 Filipe 6 Viana 4/6a Da Silva 4 Rodrigues 2 E. Ferreira 1 Mateus 0 Goncalves 0 FIN R. Lehtoranta 11 Aijanen 9/6r Kuier 6 L. Lehtoranta 5 Tulonen 5 Holopainen 4 Koskimies 3 Kuisma 3 Pelander 2 Pounds 0 Makitalo 0 Pirttinen 0

Group H:

Yvonne Turner and Hungary had the better start in Amsterdam, but with key players turning professional, the Netherlands was able to field a stronger team and fight back to win 66-56.

Netherlands vs. Hungary 66-56 NED Hof 18/8r Van Den Adel 12/6r/6a Kuijt 12/10a Van Grinsven 8/7r L. Bettonvil 5 J. Bettonvil 3 Kuijt 3 Driessen 2 Westerik 2 Cornelius 1 Van Der Keijl 0 Jongeling 0 HUN Turner 20 Hatar 15/17r Studer 6 Dubei 5 Zele 4 Lelik 2 Weninger 2 Barnai 2 Horvath 0 Kiss 0 Balint 0 Pusztai 0

Group I:

This group is expected to be wide open among the top three teams.  The result in Riga definitely did nothing to dispel that notion when Ivana Dojkic helped Croatia past Latvia 83-65.  Satou Sabally made the long trip to Nordlingen to give Germany something approaching their full strength team in their 105-40 win over North Macedonia.

Latvia vs. Croatia 65-83 LAT Dikaioulaku 17 Vitola 15/14r Jakobsone 8/8a Kreslina 8 Strautmane 6 Melnika 4 Bulane 3 Brumermane 2 Meldere 2 Jasa 0 Laksa DNP CRO Dojkic 27/8a Tikvic 15/8r Begic 13/13r Slonsjak 10 Brkic 7 Miletic 4 Masic 4 Premasunac 2 Cvitkovic 1 Perisa 0 Petrak 0 Silov 0

Germany vs. North Macedonia 105-40 GER Sabally 23/9r/6a Gulich 16/9r Geiselsoder 13/8r Degbeon 12 Greinacher 11/13r Wilke 8/6r Stach 7 Simon 7 Schaake 6 Brunckhorst 2/6r Wagner 0 Crowder 0 MKD Stojanovska 16 Trajchevska 15 Delovska 5 Kmetovska 2 Jolovik 2 Selcova 0/8r Lazareska 0 Modeva 0 Pejkovska 0 Petrushevska 0 Lazareska 0 Sekulovska 0

African Olympic Qualification Day 1 November 14th

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November 14, 2019

Teams descended on Maputo to determine which two teams would move on to the last stage of Olympic qualifications.  Things got off to an inauspicious start on Thursday when the Democratic Republic of Congo could not arrange the necessary funds to field a team against Nigeria.  The one game that was played was an excellent one though as Angola started well, but Senegal fought back to win 75-71.

Nigeria vs. Democratic Republic of Congo Nigeria wins by forfeit

Senegal vs. Angola 75-71 SEN Dieme 18/6r/6a Sarr 15 Wane 13/6r Sy 10 Diarra 8/6r Ndao 6 Sene 2 Ndiaye 2 Kamara 1 Dieng 0 Malou 0 Diop DNP ANG Jorge 19 Lucas 13/7r Daniel 10 Golome 8 Peso 7 Antonio 5 Quindanda 4 Eusebio 3 Gabriel 2 Malagi 0 Pequeno 0 Mateus DNP

Asian Olympic Qualification Day 1 November 14th

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November 14, 2019

Both groups started play on Thursday as the teams fight for three spots alongside Japan in the next round.

Group A:

The first action in the new format came in Auckland and it was a great game as Park Ji-Su and Kim Jung-Eun helped South Korea fend off China 81-80.  The other game was far less dramatic as hosts New Zealand eased past the Philippines 111-54.

South Korea vs. China 81-80 KOR Park J-S 23/8r Kim J-E 21 Roberson 11 Park H-J 11 Kim D-B 4 Bae 3 Kang L-S 3 Kang A-J 3 Youm 2 Shin DNP Kim M-J DNP Ku DNP CHN Li YR 15/6r Huang 14/6r Li M 13 Shao 9/6r/7a Yang 7 Li Y 7 Sun 6/6r Han 5/6r Wang SY 4 Gao 0 Wang XM DNP Pan DNP

New Zealand vs. Philippines 111-54 NZL Davidson 16/11r Boagni 16 Karaitiana 13/9r Edmondson 12 Taylor 11 Paalvast 9 Beck 8 Cocks 8 Leger-Walker 8/7a Blair 6 Purcell 2/10r/7a Fotu 2 PHI Bernardino 17 Pontejos 10 Hayes 10 Miranda 9 Castillo 6 Animam 2/8r Tongco 0 Chan 0 Cabinbin 0 Nabalan 0 Jose 0

Group B:

The other group played on neutral ground in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Australia coasted past Taiwan 84-51.  Japan gets some valuable preparation time ahead of hosting the main tournament, but that might not have been accomplished when Kiho Miyashita led them past India 120-29.

Australia vs. Taiwan 84-51 AUS Cambage 16/6r Allen 13 George 12/9r Talbot 11/8r Tolo 8 Magbegor 6 O’Hea 5/6a Lavey 5 Ebzery 3 Madgen 3 Mitchell 2 Garbin 0 TAI Lin Y-T 9 Wang 9 Tsai 9 Chu 7 Wu 6 Han 5 Lin T 4 Chen 2 Huang F-S 0 Huang L-C 0 Huang H-T Peng 0

Japan vs. India 120-29 JPN Miyashita 21/7r Nemoto 17 Hayashi 15 Okoye 14 Umezawa 13/9r Tanimura 11 Miyazawa 10 Akaho 5 Yoshida 4/11a Tokashiki 4 Motohashi 4 Watanabe 2/8a IND Nixon 8 Limaye 6 Skaria 5 Udayakumar 2 Kumar 2 Arvind 2 Geetha 2 Bhutia 2 Kumari 0 Cleetus 0 Sonkar 0 Venkataraman 0

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All games on Thursday, times listed are Eastern Standard:

Russia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10:00am:

Romania vs. Denmark, 11:00am:

Serbia vs. Turkey, 11:00am:

Lithuania vs. Albania, 11:30am:

Israel vs. Sweden, 12:00pm:

Poland vs. Great Britain, 12:15pm:

Latvia vs. Croatia, 12:45pm:

Germany vs. North Macedonia, 1:00pm:

Netherlands vs. Hungary, 1:30pm:

Switzerland vs. Estonia, 2:00pm:

Slovenia vs. Greece, 2:10pm:

Italy vs. Czech Republic, 2:30pm:

Belgium vs. Ukraine, 2:30pm:

Iceland vs. Bulgaria, 3:00pm:

Portugal vs. Finland, 4:00pm:

Watch 1st Day of Olympic Pre-Qualifying Here!

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Not all videos may be available in all locations.  Times listed are Eastern Standard with days indicated if not on Thursday in that timezone.

Asia-Oceania:

Auckland:

South Korea vs. China, 11:00pm Wednesday:

New Zealand vs. Philippines, 1:30am:

Kuala Lumpur:

Australia vs. New Zealand, 4:00am:

Japan vs. India, 7:00am:

Africa:

Nigeria vs. Democratic Republic of Congo, 8:30am:

Senegal vs. Angola, 11:00am:

Americas:

Bahia Blanca:

Brazil vs. United States, 4:30pm:

Colombia vs. Argentina, 7:00pm:

Edmonton:

Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico, 7:00pm:

Canada vs. Cuba, 9:30pm:

AmeriCup Finals September 29th

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September 29, 2019

3rd Place:

Sunday started with Damiris Dantas and Brazil claiming the last medal with a 95-66 win over Puerto Rico.

Brazil vs. Puerto Rico 95-66 BRA Dantas 28/9r/8a De Souza 16/10r Pacheco 15 Goncalo 9 Dos Santos 8/6r Ramona 5 Monteiro 4 Paixao 3 Teixeira 3 Costa 2 Gomes Colhado 2 Dias 0 PUR Salaman 15 O’Neill 9 Gwathmey 8/6r Quinones 8 Rosado 7 Maldonado 5 Melendez 4 Canales 3 Kuzmanic 3 Pagan 2 Roma 2 Gibson 0

Final:

Canada was trying to prove that they could win the tournament even with the United States and they did slow down the favorites early before the United States marked their return to this competition with a 67-46 win.

Canada vs. United States 46-67 CAN Scott 12/7r Ayim 9 Edwards 9 Colley 6 Raincock-Ekunwe 4 Hill 4 Carleton 2 Hamblin 0 Gaucher 0 Dornstauder 0 Langlois DNP Alexander DNP USA Charles 12/11r Fowles 12/6r Canada 11/6r Dolson 10 Ogunbowale 7 DeShields 6 Collier 5/11r Nelson-Ododa 2 Samuelson 2 Williams 0 Sessions 0 Sykes 0

The draw was conducted for the groups for the next stage of Olympic qualifying and they turned out to be the same as the groups in this tournament.  Canada will host the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.  Argentina will host the United States, Brazil, and Colombia.