FIBA World Cup 2023 Results: France Beat Iran 82-55 To Lead Group P

JAKARTA - The French basketball team successfully defeated Iran in the FIBA World Cup 2023 classification round. This result led Evan Fournier and his friends to now lead Group P. In the match which took place at the Indonesia Arena, Senayan on Thursday 31 August, France won 82-55 from Iran.

This result makes France the only team to collect two wins from four matches. As for Iran, this makes them a team that has never tasted a positive result with the same number of matches.

At the beginning of the first quarter, France immediately stepped on the gas to secure points first, Evan Fournier's lay-up put France two points ahead. Rudy Gober's appearance was also quite impressive early in the quarter and was able to make Iran 9-12 behind France at the end of the first quarter.

Entering the second quarter, Iran tried to catch up by adding two points through Meisam Mirzaei. But France immediately responded to the situation through three points from Sylmen Francesco, while France was running fiercely again in the second quarter with a score of 35-27.

The third quarter of tension between the two teams is increasingly visible, Iran is again making points first with a jump shot by Hasan Aliakbari. The competition was so tight that finally a gap of 18 points was created with a advantage of 54-36 for France.

In the final quarter, Iran's dominance of France was unstoppable. Rudy Gobert is back as a player who has contributed a lot to France. He contributed 9 points from the victory that the team finally won with a score of 82-55 fromIran.