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Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>The National Senior Men’s Basketball Team will face, this Thursday, at the Smart Arena Coliseum pavilion (Manila), at 9 am, the similar one in China, for qualifying from the 17th to the 32nd place of the 19th edition of the World Cup, which takes place in Japan, Philippines and Indonesia. <\/b><\/p>\n

In the history of the two teams, they have already faced each other on nine occasions, in which the Chinese won six times and the Angolan team only won three. The last one was in 2002, in which the Angolans won by 96-84.<\/p>\n

Angola, in this Asian World Cup, debuted with a defeat against Italy (67-81), beat the Philippines (80-70) and lost to the Dominican Republic, by 67-75, in the game of the 3rd and last round of the groups (A). The event is also qualifying for the \u201cParis`2024\u201d Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

In this qualifying phase, Cape Verde will play Finland at 8 am, New Zealand will face Mexico at 9 am and Co\u0302te d \u0301Ivoire will face Lebanon at 10:45 am, and Japan will face Venezuela at 12 pm hours.<\/p>\n

Also, South Sudan faces the Philippines, at 13:00, Egypt plays Jordan, at 13:30, and France faces Iran, at 14:30.<\/p>\n

As for Wednesday’s games, for the conclusion of the preliminaries, it dictated the following results:<\/p>\n

Georgia – Venezuela (70-59).<\/p>\n

South Sudan – Serbia (83-115).<\/p>\n

United States of America – Jordan (110-62).<\/p>\n

Co\u0302te d’Ivoire – Brazil (77-89).<\/p>\n

Slovenia – Cape Verde (92-77).<\/p>\n

China – Puerto Rico (89-107).<\/p>\n

Greece – New Zealand (83-74).<\/p>\n

Iran – Spain (65-85).<\/p>\n

Overall Rating:<\/p>\n

(A group)<\/p>\n

1st Dominican Republic (6 points)<\/p>\n

2nd Italy (5)<\/p>\n

3rd Angola (4)<\/p>\n

5th Philippines (3)<\/p>\n

(Group B)<\/p>\n

1st Serbia (6 points)<\/p>\n

2nd Puerto Rico (5)<\/p>\n

3rd South Sudan (4)<\/p>\n

4th China (3)<\/p>\n

(Group C)<\/p>\n

1st United States of America (6 points)<\/p>\n

2nd Greece (5)<\/p>\n

3rd New Zealand (4)<\/p>\n

4th Jordan (3)<\/p>\n

(Group D)<\/p>\n

1st Lithuania (6 points)<\/p>\n

2nd Montenegro (5)<\/p>\n

3rd Egypt (4)<\/p>\n

4th Mexico (3)<\/p>\n

(Group E)<\/p>\n

1st Germany (6 points)<\/p>\n

2nd Australia (5)<\/p>\n

3rd Japan (4)<\/p>\n

4th Finland (3)<\/p>\n

(Group F)<\/p>\n

1st Slovenia (6 points)<\/p>\n

2nd Georgia (5)<\/p>\n

3rd Cape Verde (4)<\/p>\n

4th Venezuela (3)<\/p>\n

(Group G)<\/p>\n

1st Spain (6 points)<\/p>\n

2nd Brazil (5)<\/p>\n

3rd Co\u0302te d’Ivoire (4)<\/p>\n

4th Iran (3)<\/p>\n

(Group H)<\/p>\n

1st Canada (6 points)<\/p>\n

2nd Latvia (5)<\/p>\n

3rd France (4)<\/p>\n

4th Lebanon (3)<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Angola<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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