Defending Basketball World Cup champions Spain were eliminated in the second round and Canada confirmed their final ticket to the next round.

For the first time in 25 years, Italy will play in the quarter-finals of the Basketball World Cup. And Latvia will do it for the first time in its history. Serbia will also be in the quarter-finals.

The final places for the direct playoffs were decided on Sunday. Italy, Latvia, Canada and Serbia took the last places.

The teams already qualified ahead of Sunday’s matches are Slovenia, Germany, Lithuania and the United States. They all qualified on Friday.

The United States and Canada confirmed their automatic ticket to the Paris Olympics on Sunday as the two highest-ranked teams in the Americas region. While Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, the other two teams from the continent still in the running have been eliminated and will have to play for a place at Paris 2024 in next year’s qualifiers.

CANADA 88, SPAIN 85

In Jakarta, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points and Canada came back from a 12-point deficit to start the final period and confirm its place in the quarter-finals, as well as its ticket to the Paris Olympic Games.

Dillon Brooks had 22 points and RJ Barrett added 16 for Canada (4-1), which saw Alex Abrines’ shot from midcourt bounce into the basket as time expired.

Willy Hernangomez scored 25 goals for Spain (3-2). Santi Aldama had 20 and Abrines added 11.

ITALY 73, PUERTO RICO 57

In Manila, Stefano Tonut and Giampaolo Ricci each scored 15 points to help Italy reach the World Cup quarterfinals with a victory over Puerto Rico on the final day of the second round.

Italy (4-1) will face either the United States or Lithuania in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. The Italians have already achieved the best result since the 1998 World Cup. In 2006 they were ninth and tenth in 2019. They did not qualify in 2002, 2010 and 2014.

Simone Fontecchio added 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Italians and Luigi Datome 11. With a series of 15 points in the first half to take control of the game, but in the third quarter they ended up losing the advantage before getting back into the lead. last period.

Tremont Waters scored 13 points and had nine assists for Puerto Rico (3-2). Puerto Rico was looking to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002.

LATVIA 104, BRAZIL 84

In Jakarta, Latvia – playing in its first World Cup – came on the scoreboard in the second half to turn a tight duel into a race for the quarter-finals.

Andrejs Grazulis scored 24 points for Latvia (4-1) and Arturs Zagars added 17 for the winner, who will face Germany and Slovenia on Wednesday. Latvia went into halftime with a three-point lead, but outscored Brazil 36-21 in the third quarter.

Davis Bertans scored 14 points for Latvia. Bruno Caboclo scored 20 for Brazil (3-2), which was trying to play its first quarter-final since 1990.

SERBIA 112, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 79

In Manila, Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 20 points and Serbia advanced to the quarterfinals, a result that eliminated the Dominican Republic and confirmed the United States’ ticket to the Olympics.

Serbia (4-1) had six players in double figures, including Vanja Marinkovic and Nikola Milutinov with 15 each.

The Dominicans (3-2) were led by Karl-Anthony Towns with 25 and Jean Montero with 15. Serbia made 66% of its baskets.

GERMANY 100, SLOVENIA 71

In Okinawa, Dennis Schröder scored 24 points and Germany (5-0) easily beat Slovenia in a duel of teams who had already confirmed their place in the quarter-finals.

Danil Theis added 14 points and seven rebounds for the winners.

Luka Doncic led Slovenia (4-1) with 23 points.

LITHUANIA 110, USA 104

In Manila, Lithuania made its first nine three-pointers and eliminated the United States in a duel between teams that had not lost in the tournament and had already confirmed their place in the quarterfinals.

Anthony Edwards scored 35 points for the Americans.

AUSTRALIA 100, GEORGIA 84

In Okinawa, Patty Mills scored 19 points and five Australian players finished in double figures in a relatively easy win over Georgia in a qualifying round, ending the tournament for both.

Dante Exum had 18, Duop Reath 16, Josh Giddey 15 and Joe Ingles 10 for the Boomers (3-2).

Both teams came in eliminated in the match. Australia, Olympic bronze medalist two years ago in Tokyo, saw its tournament end on Friday after losing 90-81 to Slovenia. But Australia has achieved one goal: to qualify for the next Olympic Games in Paris.

Goga Bitadze scored 20 points for Georgia, who were playing in their first World Cup. Thaddus McFadden added 18 points and nine assists for Georgia (2-3).

MONTENEGRO 73, GREECE 69

In Manila, Nikola Vucevic scored 19 points, Dino Radončić added 12 and the World Cup ended for Montenegro (3-2) with a victory in the qualifying round.

Ioannis Papapetrou had 16 for Greece (2-3) in his last match.