This Monday, the

Colombian basketball team

returned to action at the AmeriCup, which took place in Brazil, and the news was not good. The national team lost to Canada on the last date and could not secure their ranking for the next phase of the competition.

Guillermo Moreno’s men went down 62-61, in a game they were mostly on the scoreboard, but lost the lead in the final and final quarter.

The national team failed to capitalize on the result in favor and in the dying minutes of the game they made key mistakes which boosted the confidence of the Canadians, who used their skills in the triple to hold on to the win and classification. .

Colombia’s best player in the game numerically was Jaime Echenique, who scored 18 points and contributed six rebounds in the 33 minutes he was on the court. Juan Tello also distinguished himself with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

The Colombian basketball team closes its participation in Group A of the AmeriCup with a record of one victory (against Uruguay) and two defeats (against Brazil and Canada).

He will now have to wait what happens in the other groups and in the game between Brazil and Uruguay, to find out if he can fight for one of the places that the two best third-placed get, for the next phase of the competition.

Despite the result, the five-time “tricolor” shows that he continues to build a good sports project, in which positive results continue to be achieved. Recall that our team is also currently fighting to qualify for the 2023 Basketball World Cup. In the qualifiers, Colombia will return to action on November 11, against Puerto Rico, as visitors.