Venezuela bested giants in FIBA Americas Qualifiers

in #sports6 years ago

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So far Venezuela national basketball team has really given their very best in the tournament wherein in the first round they manage to take lead on their group bracket with just one loss against Brazil. Currently, Venezuela ranked 20th in FIBA World ranking and there is no doubt that the team's current development in terms of performance shown from Round 1 of Americas Qualifying round until the start of Round 2, would probably result to promote the team into a much higher ranking.

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In Round 1, teams Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, and the Bahamas got eliminated and didn't make it to Round 2 of the qualifying rounds. For Round 2, twelve qualified teams are now divided into two brackets whom only top three teams can qualify to World Cup. I am sure that teams that are currently performing well in Round 1 need to maintain their pacing or else their opportunity will be snatch by those who are still struggling on the qualifying position.

Venezuela defeated Virgin Islands


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It was really an impressive game for Venezuela to take hold their position as top 1 in their bracket. They recently defeated Virgin Islands on the opening game of Round 2 FIBA Americas Qualifiers. Venezuela shows their powerful rebounds and overpowered their counterpart Virgin Islands in ball possession. There had been some good second chance points coming from Venezuela that really helped them to earn more points as well as their shooting inside the paint was really impressive.

A good utilization coming from the bench side was seen on Venezuela and this was really so far a good indication that roster usage was quite implemented and performed. This has been the key results that the team wants to implement and they have got what they have deserved. Aggressiveness on steals, assists, and turnovers was really effective which really helped them win against Virgin Islands.

Team score for Virgin Islands is mostly coming from Walter Hodge and Georgio Milligan. That two players have really put much effort into the team and that they have given a good playing time which put them into over exhausted. But still, it was a good fight coming from the two national teams. Virgin Islands needs to win their succeeding matches in order for them to have a chance to qualify in World Cup.

USA and Argentina on the same bracket


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Both the USA and Argentina are of the same bracket and holding the same standing also. There is no doubt that both USA and Argentina will make it to the World Cup but what's really excite me most is that these two teams will have an exciting matchup in the qualifying rounds. I am looking forward to Argentina if they can withstand the powerhouse of the USA inside the court.


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