The top three teams in each of the eight groups 24 teams in the first round then go to a second round of qualifiers that start in September through February The top three teams in each of the four groups 12 teams in the second round earn World Cup berths.
Four groups of six teams play in a round robin format. The top four teams in each group then play each other in a single elimination knockout stage except the semifinals, where the losers in that round play in a third place game.
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Filed under: International Basketball. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. What is EuroBasket? The United States will participate in the tournament because the Olympic champion does not automatically qualify for the World Cup anymore.
Also, AmeriCup just started this week, where the Americans are so far in group play. His team nevertheless had to defend for the majority of a game in which England opened the scoring through the Arsenal striker Carter after only 90 seconds and — despite some disjointed play at times — run out more than comfortable winners.
Estonia responded with some dangerous attacks in the early stages, mostly through the running of the striker Signy Aarna, who twice forced the goalkeeper Carly Telford into goal-line saves. England doubled their lead, however, when the winger Fran Kirby, who had already struck the bar, passed for the midfielder Jo Potter — who played under Boanas at Charlton — to sweep in the second goal after 34 minutes.
Kirby struck her second goal in the 81st minute, lofting a yard shot into the roof of the net. This article is more than 6 years old.
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