There were predictable big wins for the USA, Russia and Australia but China produced an upset, doing a fine defensive job at the business end of a tight match with Spain and holding on for a 3-pt victory. Serbia survived the ejection of their coach Zoran Tir, to take a tight game against Brazil and Chinese Taipei edged out Argentina, in spite of a huge performance from rising star Victoria Llorente (25 pts, 22 rebounds) for the South American side. All of yesterday's results were as follows.
Group A
- Russia 71 - 47 Netherlands
- Chinese Taipei 60 - 56 Argentina
Group B
- China 66 - Spain 63
- USA 104 - Egypt 41
Group C
- Belgium 67 - Canada 52
- France 69 - Mali 50
Group D
- Australia 87 - 38 Korea
- Serbia 80 - 75 Brazil
Going into the elimination phase there remain four unbeaten teams, namely the inevitable USA, Russia, Australia and Belgium. Today's round of 16 pairings are as follows. All game times local. Subtract 1 hour for CET, 2 hours for BST.
- France vs Brazil (13:00)
- Canada vs Serbia (13:30)
- Mali vs Australia (15:15)
- Belgium vs Korea (15:45)
- Argentina vs USA (17:30)
- Russia vs Egypt (18:00)
- Netherlands vs Spain (19:45)
- Chinese Taipei vs China (20:15)
All matches available to view free and live on FIBA's YouTube Channel.