There's a potential that some of Canada's top NBA stars, who weren't there during this second window, will be available to play then given the time of the third window.
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The Canadian men’s basketball team finished its second round of FIBA World Cup qualification by crushing the U.S. Virgin Islands 94-46 on Sunday to maintain its perfect record. Kyle Wiltjer had 24 points in the victory. Wiltjer made six three-pointers in the victory as Canada hit 15 of 33 from beyond the arc, shooting brilliantly overall. Additionally, Canada played well on defense, restricting the U.S. Virgin Islands to only 26.7% shooting from the field while forcing 19 turnovers. In the first of these two qualifying games on Saturday, Canada triumphed 85-79 over the Dominican Republic. Canada now has a total point difference of plus-132 after defeating the Virgin Islands by 48 points. This is after four qualifying games.
Reaching A crucial first stage for the 2024 Paris Games is the FIBA World Cup. Olympic qualifying is heavily influenced by World Cup outcomes. Canada is the only unbeaten team in Group C of the Americas qualifications as it competes in the second of six windows and is now 4-0 in its qualifying campaign. On July 1 and 4, Canada will play again against the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the third qualifying window at an undetermined site. There’s a potential that some of Canada’s top NBA stars, who weren’t there during this second window, will be available to play then given the time of the third window.
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The fourth-place team in each of the four groups for the Americas region will be eliminated at the end of the third window, and the qualifying process will then go on to the second round, where the top three teams in each group will be divided into two new groups. Should Canada go through the first round, it would join the top two finishers from Group C and the top three finishers from Group A, which includes Argentina, Panama, Paraguay, and Venezuela. The top three finishers from each of these two new groups as well as the better fourth-place finisher from the two groups will progress to the FIBA World Cup. The total record, including the first round, will be considered in order to choose the best fourth-place finisher. Additionally, point difference is a crucial deciding element in tiebreakers when teams have similar records.
The exciting match will be held on July 3, 5:00 PM EST and July 4, 2:30 AM IST. The Audience from the US can stream on popular channels like ESPN, whereas Indians can log in to Fancode.com.
Virgin Islands: Walter Hodge, Ivan Aska, Laron Smith, Deon Edwin, Georgio.
Canada: Anthony, Kaza, Thomas, Phil Scrubb, Aaron Best.
