For the first time in 25 years, Italy is going to the quarterfinals of the Basketball World Cup. Latvia is going for the first time ever, and Serbia is on its way there as well.
The final spots in the knockout round were decided Sunday, with Italy, Latvia, Canada and Serbia grabbing their quarterfinal spots.
Italy will play either the U.S. or Lithuania in Tuesday’s quarterfinals in Manila. The Italians are assured of their best World Cup finish since placing sixth in 1998. They were ninth in 2006, 10th in 2019 and didn’t qualify in 2002, 2010 and 2014.Simone Fontecchio added 12 points and 12 rebounds for Italy, and Luigi Datome scored 11.
Dillon Brooks scored 22 points and RJ Barrett added 16 for Canada , which watched Alex Abrines’ shot from near halfcourt bounce off the rim as time expired.At Jakarta, Latvia - in the World Cup for the first time - ran away from Brazil in the second half to turn a close game into a rout and made the quarterfinals.
At Manila, Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 20 points and Serbia advanced to the quarterfinals, a result that eliminated the Dominican Republic and clinched an Olympic berth for the U.S. At Manila, Lithuania made its first nine 3-pointers and knocked off the U.S. in a matchup of teams that entered the day unbeaten and already had their quarterfinal berths secured.At Okinawa, Japan, Dennis Schroder scored 24 points and Germany rolled past Slovenia in a matchup of teams that knew they were headed to the quarterfinals.Luka Doncic led Slovenia with 23 points and Klemen Prepelic had 12. Germany outscored Slovenia 45-21 on 3-pointers.
Both teams were previously eliminated from advancing to the quarterfinals. Australia, the Olympic bronze medalist two summers ago in Tokyo, saw its hopes end Friday with a 90-81 loss to Slovenia. But Australia achieved one goal at this World Cup: clinching a spot in next summer’s Paris Olympics.
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