Finals Draw

[Kings]

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Pot 1: ARG, LTU, ESP and USA.
Pot 2: ANG, EGY, SEN and FIN.
Pot 3: IRI, KOR, PHI and NZL.
Pot 4: CRO, SRB, SLO and URK.
Pot 5: BRA, DOM, MEX and PUR.
Pot 6: AUS, FRA, GRE and TUR.

Group A: ESP, EGY, IRI, SRB, BRA and FRA.
Group B: ARG, SEN, PHI, CRO, PUR and GRE.
Group C: USA, FIN, NZL, UKR, DOM and TUR.
Group D: LTU, ANG, KOR, SLO, MEX and AUS.

[PRSURF]

We will see on sunday.

[Migelitas]

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[Mindozas]

Fak, just noticed that FIBA decided to change play-offs scheme and now it'll be A+B groups and C+D all the way till the final... Basically, two separate tournaments in one... Dumb decision, but they did it all they could to keep USA and Spain away from each other till the very final, put one in group A, other in C

[guilherme.rcf]

Brazil got screwed.

[Kings]

Group A: ESP, EGY, IRI, SRB, BRA and FRA.
Group B: ARG, SEN, PHI, CRO, PUR and GRE.
Group C: USA, FIN, NZL, UKR, DOM and TUR.
Group D: LTU, ANG, KOR, SLO, MEX and AUS.

[Victorious]

Terrible draw. Now we have two tournaments.

The strong teams on the one side are:
Spain
Serbia
France
Brazil
Greece
Croatia
Argentina
Puerto Rico

^^The USA or any other team of Group C and D will not play against any of those teams until the final.

USA
Turkey
Lithuania
Slovenia

These are basically the stronger teams of the second tournament. Easy ride for the USA until the final. Good chance for Turkey, Lithuania and Slovenia to reach the semi's. The bad news is that the latter three can't get any further than the semi's, because USA will be there.


They ruined the whole championship for a Spain vs USA final.

[Liha]

Groups A and B are crazy as hell and I'm so happy about Finland's group drawing. It couldn't have gone much better in my opinion. It was either Argentina or USA, so rather get owned by USA, but the rest of the teams I feel like Finland has a chance against.

[interxavierxxx]

Terrible draw. Now we have two tournaments.

The strong teams on the one side are:
Spain
Serbia
France
Brazil
Greece
Croatia
Argentina
Puerto Rico

^^The USA or any other team of Group C and D will not play against any of those teams until the final.

USA
Turkey
Lithuania
Slovenia

These are basically the stronger teams of the second tournament. Easy ride for the USA until the final. Good chance for Turkey, Lithuania and Slovenia to reach the semi's.


They ruined the whole championship for a Spain vs USA final.

Not to mention a sloppy presentation made by the presenters and the people making the draw itself.

[Mindozas]

FIBA screwed it all with new play-offs scheme. Kinda mixed feelings regarding Lithuania too. Yeah, we got lucky with bein' on weaker side, but at the same time it's quite obvious that there's no chance for final as USA is on our side too. Shitty system

[NorCal]

Terrible draw. Now we have two tournaments.

The strong teams on the one side are:
Spain
Serbia
France
Brazil
Greece
Croatia
Argentina
Puerto Rico

^^The USA or any other team of Group C and D will not play against any of those teams until the final.

USA
Turkey
Lithuania
Slovenia

These are basically the stronger teams of the second tournament. Easy ride for the USA until the final. Good chance for Turkey, Lithuania and Slovenia to reach the semi's. The bad news is that the latter three can't get any further than the semi's, because USA will be there.


They ruined the whole championship for a Spain vs USA final.

Wow. Yes, Groups C and D seem to be clearly weaker as a whole than Groups A and B. Very favorable draw for us.

[Victorious]

Groups A and B are crazy as hell and I'm so happy about Finland's group drawing. It couldn't have gone much better in my opinion. It was either Argentina or USA, so rather get owned by USA, but the rest of the teams I feel like Finland has a chance against.

Finland actually has a chance to reach the second round.

[sixama23]

USA
Turkey
Lithuania
Slovenia

These are basically the stronger teams of the second tournament. Easy ride for the USA until the final. Good chance for Turkey, Lithuania and Slovenia to reach the semi's. The bad news is that the latter three can't get any further than the semi's, because USA will be there.

Australia has good chances as well, especially if they have all their good players in Spain. Also, DR, Mexico, Finland, Ukraine are decent teams, I don't see why Turkey or Slovenia should be considered as strong favorites against these teams. Finland defeated both Slovenia and Turkey last year in Eurobasket. A semifinal between USA and Lithuania is the most possible scenario but I think that there are many teams which could make it to the quarters.

I agree that the first half of the bracket seems way tougher than the second half. Spain shouldn't feel safe enough against a full French squad.

Greece's first goal should be to play some good basketball after 2 failures in a row in the last two years. We ve got the potential to beat every team in the second group but first we need to find a decent coach and organise our team in a better way.

[Alyosha12]

The game between Lithuania and Slovenia will decide which team from Group D will make it to the semis vs. USA. The second place team will be a 1/4 exit.

Bar injuries or important cancellations ofcourse. Turkey is only an OK team when they don't have home court advantage.

[christodoulou76]

Group A: ESP, EGY, IRI, SRB, BRA and FRA.
Group B: ARG, SEN, PHI, CRO, PUR and GRE.
Group C: USA, FIN, NZL, UKR, DOM and TUR.
Group D: LTU, ANG, KOR, SLO, MEX and AUS.

Some of the top-ranked teams, like LTU, GRE, TUR, AUS, ARG, SRB, might not be as strong as they have been in past tournaments. So there might more upsets than usual. Teams like IRI, PHI, DOM, MEX, KOR, ANG, FIN have a chance to make some noise in the tournament.