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Thought I should touch on the Consolation tournament a bit, thanks nice suggestion ElanNM (Slo NT Manager).

Teams remaining for each Confederation:

Europe:
Slovenija(17), Magyarorszag(1),Latvija(9),Nederland(8),Srbija(13),Hellas(4),Portugal(12),Eesti(15),Schweiz(2),Suomi(26),France(23),Slovensko(14),Hrvatska(3),Turkiye(11),Ceska Rep.(6)

Americas: Mexico will have HCA in the Americas NT Cotinentals in Season 17.

Asia: Indonesia will have HCA in the Asia NT Continentals in Season 17.

Africa: Nigeria will have HCA in the Africa NT Continentals in Season 17.

Quick Picks!
Slovenija(17) at Magyarorszag(1): Magyarorszag

Latvija(9) at Nederland(8): Nederland

Srbija(13) at Hellas(4): Srbija

Portugal(12) at Mexico(5): Portugal

Eesti(15) at Schweiz(2): Eesti

Suomi(26) at France(23): France

Slovensko(14) at Hrvatska(3): Slovensko

Turkiye(11) at Ceska Rep.(6): Turkiye

I have been enjoying these write-ups, especially now that we're heading into the final weeks of the season. Keep up the good work! :)

Gladly :)

World Cup:

Final Pool:

Results:

China 133 at Italia 142
This was a highscoring affair and three times one of the teams scord 40+ points in a quarter! Both teams played RnG, but China played a 2-3 zone and also used more effort. If China had used a M2M defense instead of a 2-3 I think they would've won this game and my prediciton would've been correct ;). Oh well though. POTG: Leonardo Biondi had 26 points, a team high 6 assists, 3 rebounds and an 18.5 rating.

Espana 136 at Uruguay 104
Both teams played an outside attack in another high scoring game, in which Espana dropped 51 points in the 4th. 51. No typo there. Espana used more effort, for some odd reason, which will hurt them in te future as they mut win their next game to have a chance at advancing. I do not understand their thought process on this one. POTG: Luciano Courel had a game high 37 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and a 16.0 rating.

Poland 118 at Chile 126
Well Chile pulled out the win by using extra effort just as I said they would if they used more effort. I do not think they shuld have as I think they woul advance otherwise, but hey they beat Poland! With OT the ratings were inflated and resultd in the best PTB ratings I have ever seen by Poland. POTG: David Tapia had 23 points, a game high 24 rebounds, and a 19.5 rating.

United States 129 at Australia 116
This one was straight forward, same effort, different gameplans and the United States were just better. They are now in good position to advance a win or Espana loss clinches it for them. POTG: Martin Medrano had a team high 23 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds and a game high 21.0 rating.

Americas U21 Continentals:

Pool E:

Results:

Panama 90 at Uruguay 71
Well Panama surprised many by crunching this game against Uruguays TIE ad came out on top and now have a good shot at advancing. Uruguay will need to recover from this one. POTG: Benjamin Burgos had a game high 24 points, a game high 15 rebounds, and a 12.5 rating.

Brasil 74 at Peru 61
Brasil won this defensive battle and arenow 3-0 and have the best shot at advancing. Peru had stellar defense again(due to HCA), but had little to no offense and came up short.POTG: Pierluigi Ragusa had 13 points and a 16.0 rating.

Argentina 108 at Mexico 74
Mexico used more effort, but still got dominated in this game. Argentina continues to put up some good ratings and look fairly strong. POTG: Robereustaquio Spagnuolo had a team high 21 points, 5 rebounds and 16.0 rating.

Pool D:

Ecuador 71 at Canada 92
Ecuador crunched against Canadas TIE, it did not work... at all, but they tried. Canada's PTB was very effective and the ratings they put up were great. Ecuador really is the weakest team left in thhis competition and their ratings reflect that.POTG: Dwain Hadley had a team high 17 points, and a 15.0 rating.

United States 114 at Venezuela 84
Venezuela did everything they could on equal effort, but the United States are just too much stronger. This win basically pushes Venezuela out of the picture and helps the United States quite a but. POTG: Mike Merrill had a team high 18 points, 8 rebounds and a game high 17.0 rating.

Chile 93 at Colombia 88
Colombia suffered their first loss of this round and inturn made this pool extremely interesting as 4 teams are now 2-1. Colombia used more effort and still came up short against the strong Chile opposition. POTG: Bayron Renner had 17 points, 11 rebounds and a 12.0 rating.

Consolation tournament:

The remaining teams are now all European as the winners of HCA for the other confederations has been determined. So winning this tournament is a must for these teams if they want HCA.

Quick Results:

Slovenija 83 at Magyarorszag 100
POTG: Robert Bocz had a game high 27 points, 7 assists and an 18.5 rating.

Latviga 91 at Nederland 111
POTG: Douwe van der Pennen had a game high 31 points, a game high 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and an 18.0 rating.

Srbija 102 at Hellas 97
POTG: George Bordeianu had a team high 23 points, a game high 22 rebounds, and an 18.0 rating.

Portugal 125 at Mexico 92
POTG: Vitor Correia had a game high 28 points, and a 15.5 rating.

Eesti 80 at Schweiz 92
POTG: Timo Heigel had a game high 33 points, and an 18.5 rating.

Suomi 87 at France 114
POTG: Cedric Brassart had a game high 25 points, a game high 13 rebounds and a game high 21.5 rating.

Slovensko 97 at Hrvatska 120
POTG: Leon Karabatic had a game high 26 points, a game high 12 rebounds, and an 18.0 rating.

Turkiye 81 at Ceska Rep. 111
POTG: Radslave Urbanek had a game high 23 points, 8 rebounds, and a game high 19.5 rating.

Great reports! I don't understand why China used 2-3 defense. I don't like that defense because it's so susceptible to outside attack it's always a coinflip. It's true it's very good against Look inside and Low post, but it's so bad against all other tactics it's just not worth it.

They tried to emulate USA ;-)

World Cup

Final Pool:

Results:

Poland 101 at Italia 76
Polands highflying offense coupled with their HCA resulted in a simple victory over the very good Italia squad. Both teams will be advancing to the semifinals and have good shots at making it to the finals. Poland looked stronger then ever today, which is not good for their future opponents. POTG: Radoslaw Podniesinski had a team high 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and a 20.0 rating.

China 106 at Uruguay 111
Battle of two opposites types of teams here. Uruguay with their LI and China with their RnG. Seems like Uruguays 3-2 was the difference maker in this game, that did not decide much other then world ranking. POTG: Guillermo Magnano had 20 points, a game high 11 rebounds and an 18.0 rating.

United States 93 at Chile 98
United States used extra effort to try and win this one and force a rematch in the semifinals, it backfired and now they face with Poland with diminished enthusiasm and only a small sliver of hope to win that one. POTG: Ulf Gornitz had a game high 35 points, 14 rebounds, and a 19.0 rating.

Espana 100 at Australia 115
Espana TIEd and Australia CTd in this game. Had Espana won theyd be in the semifinals instead of the United States, they must've figured that saving enthusiasm to give it their best shot at Poland was better then guarateeing a spot in the final four, but with virtually no chance at advancing further. POTG: Sun Cunming had a game high 27 points, game high 11 rebounds, and a 16.0 rating.

It was great enjoyment to read this thread during whole season so I'm waiting for few last reports ;-)

I made some statistics of World Championships (by player and by team), You can find them here:
http://bbtools.x10.mx/files/BB-Stats-WC-NT-s16.ods
What do You think who should get MVP award?