Germany, Slovenia, US and Lithuania make World Cup quarterfinals

01.09.2023 - 20:09 arabnews.com

OKINAWA: Luka Doncic and Slovenia are headed to the World Cup quarterfinals. So are the US, Germany and Lithuania. Out of the mix: Olympic bronze medalist Australia.

Half of the World Cup quarterfinal field is now set, after those four nations won their opening second-round games Friday to secure spots in the knockout round.

And the other half of the quarterfinal field will be decided Sunday, after four winner-take-all games. The US rallied to hold off Montenegro 85-73 in Group J, and Lithuania topped Greece 92-67 in the late game in that group.

The Americans and Lithuania are both 4-0 now; Greece and Montenegro fell to 2-2 and cannot catch the leaders with one game remaining for those teams in Round 2.

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