Brazil loses to Latvia, says goodbye to the Basketball World Cup and is left without an Olympic spot – Internacional

2023-09-03 19:23:00

Brazil was eliminated by Latvia, the great surprise of the Basketball World Cup, which advanced to the quarterfinals by winning by 104 to 84, this Sunday (3), in Jakarta, Indonesia.

After the defeat, the Brazilians had to cheer for Spain to beat Canada in the other Group L game, but the current world and European champions, could not resist the reaction of the Canadians and lost by 88 to 85.

With that, Canada finished first in the bracket, followed by Latvia, Spain and Brazil, which finished last.

Now, the Brazilian team will have to compete in a Pre-Olympic tournament next year to fight for one of the four remaining places in the Paris-2024 Games.

With this Sunday’s result, the quarterfinals are set: Canada will face Luka Doncic’s Slovenia on Wednesday, while Germany will play against the great surprise Latvia.

In another surprising result, the United States suffered its first defeat, to Lithuania (110-104) in Manila and advances as second in group J.

The American team will face Italy on Tuesday and Lithuania will face Serbia.

This Sunday, Brazil, who had surprised Canada in the previous round by winning by 69 to 65, did not resist against Latvia.

The Brazilian team was at a disadvantage in the middle of the third quarter, after the fourth foul at the beginning of this period committed by pivot Bruno Caboclo (20 points and 7 rebounds).

Brazil suffered a sequence of 11 to 0 in three minutes, losing by 71 to 57. Latvia accelerated again to open 84-63 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, an insurmountable difference.

Once again, the revelation team of the tournament shone from the three-point line: for Andrejs Grazulis (24 points), for Arturs Kurucs (12 points), for Arturs Zagars (17 points) and for Davis Bertrans (14 points).