Who can still join Australia and New Zealand in FIBA Asia Cup 2017 Quarter-Finals?

BEIRUT (FIBA Asia Cup 2017) - At the dawn of the last day of the group phase at the FIBA Asia Cup, let's look at which teams have made the Quarter-Finals and who else can join them.

After a couple of intense games on Saturday, we finally know the team standings for Groups C and D, with the top three teams of each group advancing.

The top teams of each group - New Zealand for Group C and Australia for Group D - both earned outright berths in the Quarter-Finals and will wait for the winners of two Qualification to the Quarter-Finals games that feature the second and third place teams from Groups A and B, which will be determined at the end of Sunday.

The second and third place teams of Groups C and D, meanwhile, will be featured in their own Qualification to the Quarter-Finals games that will determine who faces the top teams of Groups A and B. Iran and Jordan will dispute the top spot in Group A today, while the Philippines have practically locked the top spot in Group B.

Determining the top team in Group C was particularly interesting, given how New Zealand, Lebanon and Korea all ended up with identical 2-win, 1-loss records. Lebanon beat Korea on Tuesday, 72-66, the Tall Blacks beat the Cedars on Thursday, 86-82, and Korea upset the Kiwis on Saturday, 76-75. New Zealand, however, took the top spot by virtue of having the superior quotient among the three teams. Had Korea won by 9 points or more, they would have bagged first place instead.

Today's crucial games are the following:

Iraq v China to determine the second place team in Group B.
Iran v Jordan to determine the first place team in Group A.
Syria v India to determine the third place team in Group A.

The Qualification to the Quarter-Finals games begin on Monday 14 August, with Japan facing Korea and Lebanon taking on Chinese Taipei.

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