The basketball team of Argentina will try tonight in Mar del Plata a victory against the Dominican Republic qualify for the World Championship, which will be played in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines between August 25 and September 10.
The match will be played from 21:10 at the Islas Malvinas Sports Center and will be broadcast by TyC Sports.
Argentina, with a record of eight wins and three losses, it depends on itself and with a win, he’ll be among the seven spots available to America—the best three in each zone and the best fourth.
The mathematical possibility in case of defeat is almost catastrophic because it will clearly depend on the failure of Brazil, Puerto Rico or Mexico to win in the other group, broad favorites against an alternative United States at home, Colombia and Uruguay away, respectively.
All of these teams have a 7-4 record but in the Olympic tiebreak the team that would finish fourth is Brazil, who have a goal difference of +168 points, against +83 Argentina.
The importance of this match is such that in the last few hours Gabriel Deck (Real Madrid) and Nicolás Laprovittola (Barcelona) arrived from Spain to join the squad and be among the 12 who will take the field.
–Schedule of the last day (all holidays will be Argentina 21.10):
+Zone E: Argentina-Dominican; Venezuela-Canada; Panama-Bahamas.
+Zone F: Brazil-United States; Uruguay-Mexico; Colombia-Puerto Rico.
–Locations by zones:
. Zone E: Canada (10-1)*; Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Argentina (8-3); Bahamas (3-8); and Panama (2-9).
. Zone F: United States (9-2)*; Puerto Rico, Mexico and Brazil (7-4); Uruguay (5-6); Colombia (3-8).
*They have already qualified for the World Cup.
Source: Clarin
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