Venezuela lost this Thursday by 38 points (94-56) against Canada, in a duel played at the Edmonton Expo Center, at the start of the fifth qualifying window for the 2023 World Cup, scheduled between the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia. .

⏳ End of the match in Edmonton.

🇻🇪 Venezuela will close the fifth window of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers this Sunday, November 13 in Santo Domingo, against the Dominican Republic.#FIBAWC#WinForVenezuela pic.twitter.com/wJTQojIluR

– FVB (@FVBbasketball) November 11, 2022

After a long journey and an arrival by taxi in extreme conditions, the national basketball team lost the first quarter by 15 points (25-10).

In the second quarter, the tricolor quintet managed to stay “stick by stick” to draw (21-21) and enter halftime with the aforementioned 15 points.

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Early in the second half, Venezuela couldn't keep up with Canada's physicality or success rate and ended up losing by a score of 24-11. Already in the last quarter, when the match was practically defined, Venezuela lost again 24-14.

With this somewhat “bizarre” result, Canada maintains its perfect rhythm (9-0) and Venezuela adds its second defeat (7-2) in Group E.

Despite the heavy defeat, we must value the efforts made by the staff, the players, Venezuelan Basketball Federation and even the Ministry of Sports for having done everything possible so that Venezuela could appear in the duel against Canada.

After a forgotten match due to the entire extra-sporting context due to the visa issue, Venezuela will now have to regroup to face, on equal terms, the Dominican Republic on Sunday.