End of first phase of youth international basketball in Thailand
The third day of the youth international basketball FIBA U19 World Championship for Women in Thailand did not go well for France as they suffered a second defeat.
Argentina held off a late surge from France to win (60-58) and will head into the Qualification Round as the second place team from Group A.
France finished third in the group and will carry no victories into the next phase of the competition. Australia maintained their 100% record with a comfortable victory against Korea (99-41).
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In Group B there was no miracles for the hosts Thailand as they fell to the Czech Republic (45-97).
This defeat eliminates the hosts from the competition. Lithuania ended the perfect record of Brazil(69-65).
Australia go into the Qualification Round with the only perfectrecord from groups A and B and will lead the new Group E with amaximum six points.
Brazil, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Argentina are tied for second place with five points while France occupy the last position with four points.
Russia claimed first position in Group C with a victory against Tunisia (93-41) while Canada beat Japan (73-51) to remain in second position.
In Group D the USA cruised past Mali (100-38) while Spainrequired overtime to beat China (77-75).
Lu Wen from China who top scored with 24 points had the chance to win the game in regulation time but missed the second free-throw and the game went into overtime (69-69).
China continued to press during overtime and led (73-69) with three minutes to play. But then Marta Tudanca (right) and Marta Xargay kept their cool from the free-throw line for Spain to regain the lead and win the match.
This victory keeps Spain's perfect record and takes them into theQualification Round Group F with maximum points alongside Russia.
The USA and Canada will start the next phase in joint second place while China and Japan will occupy the bottom two places.For the hosts Thailand the youth international basketball festival is not over as they will play against Korea in the 13th - 16th place of classification.
Qualification Round and Classification Schedule
The schedule for the remaining matches is as follows. All times are local time (GMT +7):
Monday, 27th July 2009 Classification place: 11:00 Korea vs. Thailand 13:00 Tunisia vs. Mali
Classification round:
Group E 15:15 Czech Republic vs. Argentina 17:30 Lithuania vs. Australia 19:45 Brazil vs. France
Group F 15:15 USA vs.Canada 17:30 China vs. Russia 19:45 Spain vs. Japan
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Lu Wen from China who top scored with 24 points had the chance to win the game in regulation time but missed the second free-throw and the game went into overtime (69-69).
The importance of this match for the two teams became apparent right from the tip-off as both teams fought tooth and nail for the ball.
Debora Gonzalez (left) continued to cause problems for France and despite the efforts of Allison Vernerey Argentina went into the final quarter leading (50-42).
