FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: Brazil join Spain in second group round

Jakarta: The Brazilian national basketball team defeated Ivory Coast 89-77 in the final Group G match of the FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup 2023 at the Indonesia Bung Karno Arena in Jakarta on Wednesday August 30. In this way, Brazil has the right to accompany Spain in the second round of the group stage, which will be the ticket round for the quarter-finals.

The match was fierce as Côte d’Ivoire took the lead by finishing the first quarter with a score of 25-23. But after that, Brazil managed to turn the situation around and still excelled in each remaining quarter, namely 27-21, 20-19, 19-12.

Yago Santos played the biggest role in Brazil’s victory contributing 24 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists. Besides him, three other players scored more than 10 points, namely Tim Soares (15 points), Georginho De Paula (13 points), Bruno Caboclo (12 points).

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Cédric Bah struggled to become Ivory Coast’s most fertile player with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist. Then there was Solo Diabaté who contributed with 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. However, their performance was not enough to reduce Brazil’s resistance.

The results of the match saw Brazil top the final Group G standings with a collection of 5 points, just one point behind Spain who are below. In addition, Brazil and Spain will play the second round of the Group L stage which will also be occupied by Canada and Latvia.

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(KAH)

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