Overview:
This is a classification clash between Poland and Czech Republic after they lost their quarterfinal games.
Poland had topped in their group after they won all their three games against Venezuela, Ivory Coast and China. Apart from the second game against China, who took the game into overtime, all the wins were very comfortable. They won against Russia in the second round but lost the next game to Argentina by 65-91 In their quarter final game they lost to Spain by 78=90
Czech Republic have been the giant killers in the tournament after losing to USA in the opening tournament as they beat Turkey to qualify for the second round and then beat Brazil in their first match of the second round and then went on to lose the game against Greece by77-84. In the quarterfinal game they lost their game against Australia by 70-82.
Here is a look at this game.
Match Timing: September 12, 2019, @ 06:30 PM IST
Venue – Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, in Shanghai, China
Capacity- 18,000
They will be playing the best possible 11. Poland would be thankful for being injury free and will be relying on AJ Slaughter and Mateuz Pontika to be driving force for their team from the beginning and Olek Balcerowski and Damian Kulig from the bench to impact the game.
Adam Hrycaniuk, Lukasz Koszarek, Damian Kulig, Aleksander Balcerowski, Aaron Cel, Karol Gruszecki, Kamil Laczynski, Michal Sokolowski, Adam Waczynski, Dominik Olejniczak, Mateusz Ponitka, A.J. Slaughter
There are no injuries or suspensions for the Czech Republic but in their first tournament they will be looking at talisman Jaromir Bohacik to play out of his skin along with Tomas Satoransky and Blake Schilib will be among the subs to make an impact.
Tomas Satoransky, Blake Schilb, Patrik Auda, Ondrej Balvin, Martin Kriz, Lukas Palyza, Jaromir Bohacik, Vojtech Hruvan, Martin Peterka, Pavel Pumprla, Jakub Sirina, Tomas Vyoral
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POL – Mateusz Ponitka, A. J. Slaughter, Adam Waczynski, Aaron Cel, Adam Hrycaniuk
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Czech Republic –
Satoransky
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 38:20
Points – 13
Assists – 13
Rebounds – 9
Bohacik
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 35:17
Points – 8
Assists – 1
Rebounds – 2
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Poland –
AJ Slaughter,
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 33:07
Points – 19
Assists – 6
Rebounds – 2
Mateusz Pontika
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 27:17
Points – 9
Assists – 2
Rebounds -11
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The game is expected to be a close one and Poland are expected to win the game.