FIBA World Cup 2023 Results: France Wins First, Lebanon Becomes A Victim

The French national team won the match against Lebanon, Tuesday, August 29. (photo: Ulfa Gusti / Voi.id)

JAKARTA - The French national team won their first victory at the FIBA World Cup 2023. They achieved this result when they underwent their third match against Lebanon with a final score of 79-85.

In the match at the Indonesia Arena, Senayan on Tuesday 29 Austus afternoon WIB, Vincent Collet's team was underestimated. They are doubtful to be able to secure victory in this third match.

Moreover, in the first and second quarters they fell far behind Lebanon. However, when entering the third quarter the score could be pursued by France again through two points created by Nicholas Batum, the score became 55-55.

After that, the game got hotter. But this time the superior score belonged to Lebanon with a advantage of 59-58 in the third quarter.

Entering the fourth quarter, France was slowly pursued by gaining points in a row. In the last two minutes Lebanon tried to catch up, Amir Soud contributed three points and made the score 77-82, but in fact at the end the victory match belonged to Prarancis with a score of 79-85.

This is France's first win after previously falling from Latvia and Canada. Unfortunately, this result was unable to save the team that was the seed at the beginning.