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WOMEN

Group A

Japan 79 Nigeria 73 (45-46)

Japan: Ryoko Yano 21, Mutsuko Nagata 20, Taeko Oyama 15, Kaori Kusuda 11, Noriko Hamaguchi 10, Maki Eguchi 2

Nigeria: Mfon Udoka 19, Mactabene Amachree 16, Umoh Itoro 11, Nguveren Iyorhe 8, Oha Ugo 6, Rashidat Sadiq 5, Mobolaji Akiode 4, Juliana Ojoshogu Negedu 3, Aisha
Mohammed 1

- -

US 80 Czech Republic 61 (42-35)

US: Lisa Leslie 15, Tina Thompson 12, Yolanda Griffith 10, Tamika Catchings 9, Swintayla Cash 8, Sheryl Swoopes 7, Suzanne Bird 7, Dawn Staley 4, Diana Taurasi 4, Ruth Riley 2, Shannon Johnson 2

Czech Republic: Zuzana Klimesova 18, Eva Viteckova 14, Jana Vesela 8, Hana Machova 6, Ivana Vecerova 6, Michala Hartigova 4, Petra Kulichova 3, Michaela Pavlickova 2

- -

Brazil 87 Greece 75 (50-43)

Brazil: Helen Cristina Luz 18, Janeth Arcain 17, Iziane Marques 15, Leila Sobral 10, Alessandra Oliveira 6, Erika

Cristina Souza 6, Karla Costa 6, Cintia Santos 5, Adriana Moises Pinto 2, Vivian Cristina Lopes 2

Greece: Evanthia Maltsi 26, Maria Samoroukova 13, Dimitra Kalentzou 9, Anastasia Kostaki 8, Aikaterini Deli 6, Polymnia Saregkou 6, Atalanti Maria Tasouli 2, Sofia Kligkopoulou 2, Tatiana Kavvadia 2, Athena Christoforaki 1

W L PF PA PTS

Brazil 2 0 215 137 4

Japan 1 1 141 201 3

Australia 1 0 85 73 2

Russia 1 0 69 62 2

Nigeria 0 2 146 164 2

Greece 0 2 137 156 2

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Group B

NEW ZEALAND 81 South Korea 73 (37-26)

New Zealand: Gina Farmer 22, Angela Marino 19, Donna Loffhagen 19, Megan Compain 15, Aneka Kerr 4, Rebecca Cotton 2

South Korea: Kim Yeong-ok 21, Lee Jong-ae 16, Kim Kwe-ryong 11, Beon Yeon-ha 8, Lee Mi-sun 6, Hur Yoon-ja 5, Park Jung-eun 5, Hong Hyun-hee 1

- -

Spain 75 China 67 (48-29)

Spain: Madariaga Valdemoro 30, Marta Fernandez 17, Ingrid Pons 10, Laia Palau 7, Marina Ferragut 5, Elisabeth Cebrian 2, Lucila Pascua 2, Elisa Aguilar 1, Nuria Martinez 1

China: Chen Nan 18, Ye Li 12, Miao Lijie 11, Sui Feifei 9, Bian Lan 7, Ren Lei 4, Song Xiaoyun 4, Hu Xiaotao 2


Australia 75 Russia 56 (36-33)

Australia: Penny Taylor 26, Lauren Jackson 15, Trish Fallon 13, Kristi Harrower 11, Rachael Sporn 4, Suzy Batkovic 3, Belinda Snell 2, Sandra Brondello 1

Russia: Ilona Korstin 12, Anna Arkhipova 9, Irina Osipova 7, Elena Baranova 6, Natalia Vodopyanova 6, Oxana Rakhmatulina 6, Elena Karpova 4, Maria Stepanova 3, Olga Arteshina 3

W L PF PA PTS

Brazil 2 0 215 137 4

Australia 2 0 160 129 4

Russia 1 1 125 137 3

Japan 1 1 141 201 3

Nigeria 0 2 146 164 2

Greece 0 2 137 156 2

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