|
FIBA U19 World Championship for Women
|
Brazil bounced back from defeat against France to close the second stage of the FIBA U19 Championship with a victory against Australia (75-47).
The Australia Gems failed to take advantage of Brazil's poor shooting in the first quarter (1-of-16) and just edged the first quarter (10-8).
The second quarter was hyper defensive with the lead changing hand several times before Brazil went ahead for good (30-29) at the interval.
Brazil went to work in the third quarter keeping the Australians scoreless for five minutes while stretching their advantage. However a 15-0 finish to the quarter ended any hope of a fightback by the Gems.
Brazil went into the final quarter leading (57-39) and with Damiris Dantas (24 points) and Tassia Carcavalli (20 points) scoring at will, it was one-way traffic until the end of the game.
Rebecca Allen was the top scorer for Australia with 14 points.
This result put Brazil on top of the group while Australia had to settle for second place.
France had a comfortable victory against Chinese Taipei (74-57) to consolidate third place.
France scored the first 6 points of the match and despite a few moments in the first quarter when their opponents tied the game (14-14), France were never in any danger.
11 of the 12 players scored with Hélèna Akmouche (in picture) leading the way with 16 points.
Spain made light work of Chile with a comfortable victory (83-48)with Astou Ndour leading the way with a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds. With this victory Spain had to settle for fourth place.
Chile and Chinese Taipei will play in the classification round for 9th place.
The quarter-final pairings for the 2011 U19 FIBA World Championship Women are as follows:
Canada vs Spain
USA vs France
Australia vs Japan
Brazil vs Russia
Leave U19 Championship 2011 page and go to U19 index page
Return to the top of page
Basketball picture credits:
womensbasketball-in-france.com
Date created: 26 July 2011
Final Round
31 July 2011 USA make it four titles in a row
30 July 2011 Spain and the USA to meet in the final
29 July 2011 Australia, Brazil, Spain and USA still in title race
Qualifying Round
27 July 2011 Brazil hand Australia first defeat
27 July 2011 Canada win North American derby
27 July 2011 Nika Baric and Tjasa Gortnar bow out with Slovenia
26 July 2011 Canada and USA ready for Group E decider
26 July 2011 Australia remain perfect while France beat Brazil
26 July 2011 Canada and USA ready for Group E decider
25 July 2011 Three-point shooting festival - Hélèna Akmouche buzzer beater for France
Preliminary Round
23 July 2011 Australia thump France for group win
22 July 2011 Double blow for Slovenia with Nika Baric injury
21 July 2011 France beat hosts in front of 2000 spectators