FIBA World Cup 2023 Schedule: Second Round Begins, Latvian Moment Proves To Be A Black Horse
JAKARTA - The second half of the FIBA World Cup 2023 starts Friday, September 1 starting at 16.45 WIB. Two interesting matches will be held at the Indonesia Arena, Senayan, today.
The first match will bring together Latvia versus Spain as the opening match. After that at 20.30 WIB there will be a match between Canada and Brazil.
The Latvia vs Spain meeting certainly garnered attention and walked interestingly. Latvia qualified for the second half and entered Group L after showing outstanding performances in the group stage.
The team, which was strengthened by Roland Smits, even became a dark horse team during the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
Despite being a debutant team, Latvia managed to surpass the group stage well. They even finished runners up in Group H to enter the second half and block France which eventually had to undergo a classification round to determine the position of 17-32
Latvian steps in the second half were already steep. They immediately met Spain, who was the defending champion.
Spain looked at this match bravely, as they could appear confident in an unbeaten trend since the group stage. However, Latvia also has good capital because they have only lost to Canada once in the final group stage match.
The following is the FIBA World Cup 2023 Schedule:
Second Round
Friday, September 1, 2023
Indonesia Arena, Senayan, Jakarta
16.45 WIB: Spain vs Latvia
20.30 WIB: Canada vs Brazil