Aug 23, 2006, 1:34 pm
Australia 57:78 Lithuania
Qatar 69:76 Turkey
Brazil 77:86 Greece
So Greece and Turkey will settle for first and second palce tomorrow.
Lithuania should be 3rd... let's see
Should they beat Brazil, 3rd Lithuania 4th Australia
Should they lose, each of these 3 teams would have a win in direct games. So to points difference
Lithuania starts the game with a healthy +21
Brazil starts in a not too bad -6
Australia have a +6 against Brazil but -21 with Lithuania, meaning -15
Australia won't change their -15 and will never qualify shoud Brazil beat Luithuania as that -6 would decrease to -5 or better. For Lithuania to go worse than -15 they would have to lose by 37, and won't happen
So Lithuania have +27 advantage for their game with Brazil, whcih should be halved. (14) If Lithuania loses by 13 or less (+8 at least) they'd be better than Baztil (+7 at best)
So for Lithuanians' fans:
Lithuania will be 3rd if they win or lose by a maximum of 13 points to Brazil
Will be 4th if they lose between 14 and 36
Will be out if they lose for over 37 points
Qatar 69:76 Turkey
Brazil 77:86 Greece
So Greece and Turkey will settle for first and second palce tomorrow.
Lithuania should be 3rd... let's see
Should they beat Brazil, 3rd Lithuania 4th Australia
Should they lose, each of these 3 teams would have a win in direct games. So to points difference
Lithuania starts the game with a healthy +21
Brazil starts in a not too bad -6
Australia have a +6 against Brazil but -21 with Lithuania, meaning -15
Australia won't change their -15 and will never qualify shoud Brazil beat Luithuania as that -6 would decrease to -5 or better. For Lithuania to go worse than -15 they would have to lose by 37, and won't happen
So Lithuania have +27 advantage for their game with Brazil, whcih should be halved. (14) If Lithuania loses by 13 or less (+8 at least) they'd be better than Baztil (+7 at best)
So for Lithuanians' fans:
Lithuania will be 3rd if they win or lose by a maximum of 13 points to Brazil
Will be 4th if they lose between 14 and 36
Will be out if they lose for over 37 points