The Canadian team won this Monday by 62-61 against Colombia with a basket scored in the last second, and guaranteed his qualification for the quarter-finals of the Copa América men’s basketball, which takes place until next Sunday in the Brazilian city of Recife.

The next round is complicated

The victory guaranteed Canada, with 5 points, a place in the quarter-finals of the 19th edition of the Copa América as one of the top two in Group A, but they still have to wait for the game in which Brazil (4 points ) It will be measured today against Uruguay (2 points) to know if it will advance as leader of the key or as second.

Colombia (4 points) now depends on the other game to see if they will finish third in Group Agiving them hope of advancing to the quarter-finals as one of the top two third-placed teams.

The basket that the Canadian Trae Bell-Haynes scored in the last second of the game on a free throw meant a bucket of water for the coffee farmers, who at the end of the third quarter won 54-42 and seemed ready to celebrate victory. .

Despite losing the first quarter 21-16, Colombia won the next two (22-9 and 16-12), but were completely knocked down in the last, where they fell to a thirteen-point lead (20 -7).

Those led by Guillermo Moreno made several errors in the last quarter and suffered with several three-point baskets scored by the Canadians..

Bell-Haynes, a player for Montenegro’s KK Buducnost Podgorica, was decisive with the final score and his 18 points, but it was Dalano Banton, the NBA’s Toronto Raptors point guard, the top scorer for Canada and the game. , with 20 points.

Among the South Americans, the best on the court was Jaime Echenique, a Capital City Go-Go player in the United States G League and the first Colombian to play an NBA game, with 18 points.

As top scorer, he was escorted by Juan Tello, with 14 points. Canada had lost on their tournament debut to Brazil (72-63) but then recovered and beat Uruguay 84-78, while the Colombians made their debut with a 70-64 victory over the Uruguayans but on the second day they lost 100-60 to the Brazilians.

The tournament takes place at the Geraldo Magalhaes Coliseum in the city of Recife, in the northeast of Brazil, and brings together twelve teams. The first two of each group and the two best thirds will advance to the next phase of the Copa América, the final of which will be played on Sunday, September 11.

In Group B, Puerto Rico, Argentina, the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands are paired, while Group C is made up of the United States, Venezuela, Mexico and Panama.

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