Emus’ World Championship finals schedule announced

Emus’ World Championship finals schedule announced

The Australian under-19 men’s basketball team will play their Quarter Final match at the 2007 FIBA World Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia against Brazil. The match will tip off at 11:45pm tonight, Friday July 20. A free live webcast of

The Australian under-19 men’s basketball team will play their Quarter Final match at the 2007 FIBA World Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia against Brazil.

The match will tip off at 11:45pm tonight, Friday July 20.

A free live webcast of the game can be viewed at http://www.serbia2007.fiba.com.


After victories against Turkey, Nigeria, Canada, Korea, Argentina and Spain, Australia enters the quarter final as the number one seed. The only other unbeaten nation in the eight team quarter finals is the United States.

19-year old Andrew Ogilvy, a 210cm giant in his third year at the AIS, is the leading point scorer at the tournament (23.2 points per game) and second in rebounds (10.0).

If the Emus defeat Brazil, they will play either Serbia or Turkey on Sunday morning at 4:30am AEST.

The Gold Medal match will be played on Monday morning at 2:30am AEST.

 

GAME SCHEDULE

 

Note: All times are local. Serbia is 8 hours behind AEST.

FRIDAY 20th JULY 2007

TIME

BIG GYM

SMALL GYM

13.30

USA – ARGENTINA

LITHUANIA – <st1:stockticker w:st="on">KOREA</st1:stockticker>

15.45

BRAZIL – AUSTRALIA

<st1:stockticker w:st="on">CHINA</st1:stockticker> – CANADA

18.00

SERBIA – TURKEY

 

20.30

FRANCE – SPAIN

 

SATURDAY 21st JULY 2007

TIME

BIG GYM

SMALL GYM

13.30

55 LOSER (USA – <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ARG</st1:stockticker>) – LOSER (FRA – <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESP</st1:stockticker>)

53 LOSER (LTU – <st1:stockticker w:st="on">KOR</st1:stockticker>) – LOSER (CHN – CAN)

/place 11 – 12/

15.45

56 LOSER (SRB – TUR) – LOSER (BRA – AUS)

54 WINNER (LTU – <st1:stockticker w:st="on">KOR</st1:stockticker>) – WINNER (CHN – CAN)

/place 9 – 10/

18.00

SF58 WINNER (SRB – TUR) – WINNER (BRA – AUS)

 

20.30

SF57 WINNER (USA – <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ARG</st1:stockticker>) – WINNER (FRA – <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESP</st1:stockticker>)

 

SUNDAY 22nd JULY 2007

TIME

BIG GYM

SMALL GYM

11.30

59 LOSER 55 – LOSER 56

/place 7 – 8/

 

13.45

60 WINNER 55 – WINNER 56

/place 5 – 6/

 

16.00

F61 LOSER 57 – LOSER 58

/place 3 – 4/

 

18.30

F62 WINNER 57 – WINNER 58 /place 1 – 2/