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American Olympic Qualification Day 3 November 17th

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November 17, 2019

Group A:

The big game on Sunday ended up being the first one with the winner advancing from this group.  Puerto Rico was the favorite entering the game, but Suchitel Avila, Anisleidy Galindo, and Yamara Amargo kept Cuba in it until the end, losing 83-81.  Canada gave the home fans in Edmonton one last game to cheer about as they beat Cheisy Hernandez and the Dominican Republic 110-60.

Cuba vs. Puerto Rico 81-83 CUB Avila 23/12r Galindo 23 Amargo 21 Becquer 6/10r Tornell 4 Martinez 2 Neyra 2 Calvo 0 Montero 0 N. Vargas DNP Jourdain DNP L. Vargas DNP PUR Rosado 17 Gwathmey 15/7r Lozada-Cabbage 14/14r Gibson 12 O’Neill 9 Quinones 8 Salaman 8 Kuzmanic 0 Maldonado 0 Canales 0 Torres DNP Roma DNP

Dominican Republic vs. Canada 60-110 DOM Hernandez 23 Reynoso 13 Marte 6 Evangelista 5 Ramirez 5 Rodriguez 3 Jimenez 2 Monsac 2 De Los Angeles 1 Frias 0 Caceres 0 Zapata DNP CAN Hill 16 Pellington 14 Scott 13 Carleton 13 Achonwa 11/6r Hamblin 11 Ayim 9 Raincock-Ekunwe 9 Dornstauder 6 Edwards 4/7r Nurse 2 Gaucher 2

Standings: Canada 3-0, Puerto Rico 2-1, Cuba 1-2, Dominican Republic 0-3

Group B:

The other group started with A’ja Wilson and the United States beating Colombia 104-48.  Brazil entered the day with a solid cushion to take the last spot, but Argentina still held out hope in front of their home fans, but Damiris Dantas led the visitors in a 77-55 win.

United States vs. Colombia 104-48 USA Wilson 23/9r DeShields 17/9r Ogunbowale 17 Plum 10 Ogwumike 9/8r Fowles 9 Diggins 8/9a Augustus 4 Gray 4 Taurasi 3 Collier 0 Bird DNP COL Rios 15 Munoz 14 Paz 9/6r Vente 4 Martinez 3 Cortes 3 Gonzalez 0 Alonso 0 Olarte 0 Coy 0 Rodriguez 0 Morales DNP

Argentina vs. Brazil 55-77 ARG Boquete 13 De La Barba 10 Llorente 8 Burani 6 Rosset 6 Chagas 5 Fiorotto 4 Castro 2 Perez 1 Gonzalez 0 Santana 0 Aispurua 0 BRA Dantas 26/13r Paixao 16 Dos Santos 8/9r Ramona 7 Costa 5/6a Da Silva 5 Teixeira 4 De Souza 2/7r Pacheco 2 Monteiro 2 Soares 0 Dias 0

Standings: United States 3-0, Brazil 2-1, Colombia 1-2, Argentina 0-3

African Olympic Qualification Day 4 November 17th

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November 17, 2019

Sunday’s games would see the winners to the next round and the losers have their Olympic dreams dashed.  The first game went as expected with Nigeria beating Meiya Tirera and Mali 74-59.  Mozambique took a lead in the second game and then used the support of the home fans to surprise Senegal 56-49.

Nigeria vs. Mali 74-59 NGR Kalu 15/7r Ibekwe 14 Nyingifa 13 Macaulay 11 Elonu 10 Akhator 7 Atosu 2 Edeferioka 2 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 0 Amukamara 0 Balarabe 0 Imovbioh 0 MLI Tirera 20 K. Coulibaly 13 M. Coulibaly 11/12r N. Traore 7 N’Diaye 3 A. Traore 2 K. Maiga 2 A. Maiga 1 Gandega 0 Camara 0 Dakouo 0

Senegal vs. Mozambique 49-56 SEN Sarr 15 Dieme 10 Sy 5/6r Diarra 5 Ndiaye 5 Kamara 4 Ndao 3 Sene 2 Wane 0 Diop 0 Malou 0 Dieng DNP MOZ Mucauro 12/7r Dongue 11/6r Mafanela 9 Pereira 8 Henriques 7/7r Zita 4 Seda 4 Lhavanguane 1 Cossa 0 Ernesto DNP Sousa DNP Chiziane DNP

Asian Olympic Qualification Day 3 November 17th

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November 17, 2019

Group A:

The first game in Auckland saw Han Xu and China take care of business with a 127-49 win over the Philippines.  Calculations were being made early and Penina Davidson and New Zealand raced out to a lead, flipping the tiebreakers into their favor, but Kang Lee-Seul and South Korea fought back, trimming the deficit to a level that would see them advance.  The hosts finally showed they could beat the Koreans for the first time since the regions were combined, but a 69-65 margin was not enough to advance.

Philippines vs. China 49-127 PHI Pontejos 16 Bernardino 8 Castillo 7 Hayes 6 Nabalan 4 Cabinbin 3 Chan 3 Tongco 2 Jose 0 CHN Han 26/9r Wang XM 14/11r Li YR 14 Huang 12/8r Wang SY 11/7a Sun 10 Yang 10/6a Gao 8/14r Li Y 8/6a Pan 8/8a Li M 6 Shao DNP

South Korea vs. New Zealand 65-69 KOR Kang L-S 21 Kim J-E 17 Park J-S 11/11r/6a Kim D-B 8 Park H-J 8 Roberson 0 Bae 0 Youm 0 Shin DNP Kang A-J DNP Kim M-J DNP Ku DNP NZL Davidson 24/15r Purcell 16/10r/6a Edmondson 15 Taylor 6 Paalvast 3 Beck 2 Cocks 2 Boagni 1 Leger-Walker 0 Blair DNP Fotu DNP

Standings: China 2-1, South Korea 2-1, New Zealand 2-1, Philippines 0-3

Group B:

Both games in Kuala Lumpur had no impact on anything.  Chen Wei-An and Taiwan beat India 79-56.  The other game only had psychological implications as Japan was preparing for host duties while Australia was looking to beat their new nemesis after the combination of the regions, but they will have wait longer after falling behind early and losing 82-69.

Taiwan vs. India 79-56 TAI Chen 20 Wang 12 Huang L-C 9 Tsai 8/11r Wu 8 Lin Y-T 5 Han 5 Huang H-T 3 Huang F-S 3/6a Peng 3 Chu 2 Lin T 1 IND Skaria 15/9r Limaye 13/6a Nixon 12 Udayakumar 6/11r Geetha 4 Kumari 3 Arvind 2 Cleetus 1 Sonkar 0 Kumar 0 Bhutia DNP Venkataraman DNP

Japan vs. Australia 82-69 JPN Motohashi 16/7a Miyashita 15 Yoshida 15 Miyazawa 14/12r Hayashi 11 Tokashiki 7 Akaho 4/7r Okoye 0 Tanimura 0 Umezawa DNP Nemoto DNP Watanabe DNP AUS Cambage 17/6r O’Hea 14/7a Ebzery 10 Allen 9 Magbegor 5 George 5 Tolo 4/6r Mitchell 3 Talbot 2/6r Madgen 0 Garbin DNP Lavey DNP

Standings: Japan 3-0, Australia 2-1, Taiwan 1-2, India 0-3

American Olympic Qualification Day 2 November 16th

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November 16, 2019

Group A:

The second day in Edmonton started with Anisleidy Galindo and Cuba beating Sugeiry Monsac and the Dominican Republic 70-68 to stay in the picture.  The last game of the day ended up being a great one as hosts Canada got a tremendous fight from Jennifer O’Neill and Puerto Rico, but Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe helped them win 84-80.  They advanced and will be joined by the winner of Puerto Rico-Cuba.

Cuba vs. Dominican Republic 70-68 CUB Galindo 25/9r Amargo 16/6a Avila 16 Calvo 4 Martinez 4 Tornell 2 Vargas 2 Becquer 1 Neyra 0 Montero 0 Vargas 0 Jourdain 0 DOM Monsac 25/8r Frias 13 Reynoso 9/6r Evangelista 7 Marte 5 Ramirez 3 De Los Angeles 2 Caceres 2 Hernandez 2 Rodriguez 0 Jimenez 0 Zapata DNP

Puerto Rico vs. Canada 80-84 PUR O’Neill 21 Gwathmey 16 Rosado 11 Lozada-Cabbage 8/9r Salaman 8 Quinones 7 Gibson 6 Maldonado 3 Canales 0 Kuzmanic 0 Torres DNP Roma DNP CAN Raincock-Ekunwe 27/11r Nurse 17 Ayim 11 Scott 8 Achonwa 7/7r Pellington 7 Gaucher 4 Hill 3 Edwards 0 Carleton 0 Hamblin 0 Dornstauder DNP

Group B:

In Bahia Blanca, Brazil put themselves in position to advance with a 61-33 win over Colombia.  The United States had no issues defeating hosts Argentina 91-34.

Colombia vs. Brazil 33-61 COL Rios 15/6r Martinez 8 Cortes 5 Paz 2 Olarte 2 Alonso 1 Munoz 0 Vente 0 Gonzalez 0 Coy 0 Rodriguez 0 Morales DNP BRA Dantas 10/8r Teixeira 10 Pacheco 9 Monteiro 8/6r Paixao 6 Dos Santos 5/11r De Souza 4 Costa 3/6r/6a Soares 2 Dias 2 Da Silva 2 Ramona 0

United States vs. Argentina 91-34 USA Fowles 13/7r DeShields 13 Ogwumike 12 Plum 11 Wilson 10/7r Collier 9/12r Diggins 9 Augustus 8 Gray 6/6a Taurasi 0 Bird DNP Ogunbowale DNP ARG Boquete 9 De La Barba 5 Burani 5 Llorente 5 Aispurua 4 Rosset 3 Santana 2/6r Fiorotto 1 Perez 0 Gonzalez 0 Chagas 0 Castro 0

Watch Last Day of Olympic Pre-Qualifying Here!

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

Asia:

Auckland:

Philippines vs. China, 9:00pm Saturday:

South Korea vs. New Zealand, 11:30pm Saturday:

Kuala Lumpur:

Taiwan vs. India, 2:00am:

Japan vs. Australia, 5:00am:

Africa:

Nigeria vs. Mali, 8:30am:

Senegal vs. Mozambique, 11:00am:

Americas:

Edmonton:

Cuba vs. Puerto Rico, 3:30pm:

Dominican Republic vs. Canada, 6:00pm:

Bahia Blanca:

United States vs. Colombia, 4:30pm:

Argentina vs. Brazil, 7:00pm:

African Olympic Qualification Day 3 November 16th

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November 16, 2019

Saturday was finally the first day with all the scheduled games being played as teams had already advanced to Sunday, but were playing for placement.  The Group B game started action and it was a good game with Senegal fending off Mali 58-53.  Hosts Mozambique and Nigeria finally got to play for the first time with the visitors using a strong start to win 57-48 as Leia Dongue was impressive for the home side.

Mali vs. Senegal 53-58 MLI K. Coulibaly 14/6r M. Coulibaly 12/6r Tirera 8 N. Traore 6 N’Diaye 6 K. Maiga 3 Gandega 2 A. Maiga 2 Camara 0 A. Traore DNP Dakouo DNP SEN Sy 16 Ndiaye 10 Sarr 9 Ndao 6 Sene 6 Diarra 4/8r Dieme 3/6r Wane 3 Malou 1 Kamara 0 Diop 0 Dieng DNP

Standings: Senegal 2-0, Mali 1-1, Angola 0-2

Mozambique vs. Nigeria 48-57 MOZ Dongue 26/6r Henriques 9 Mucauro 6 Mafanela 4 Zita 3 Pereira 0 Cossa 0 Lhavanguane 0 Sousa 0 Ernesto 0 Chiziane 0 Seda DNP NGR Elonu 12/9r Nyingifa 10/6s Akhator 9/12r Kalu 9/7r/6s Ibekwe 9 Amukamara 4 Balarabe 2 Imovbioh 2 Macaulay 0 Edeferioka 0 Atosu 0 Kunaiyi-Akpanah DNP

Standings: Nigeria 1-0, Mozambique 0-1

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

Watch Day 2 of Pre-Olympic Qualifying Here!

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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