All you need to know for the last FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2019 Qualifiers game day
MUNICH (FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 Qualifiers) – It's the last game day of the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 Qualifiers and there is so much to play for with no fewer than nine precious tickets available.
MUNICH (FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 Qualifiers) – It's the last game day of the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 Qualifiers and there is so much to play for with no fewer than nine precious tickets available.
Seven teams have already qualified and these are co-hosts Latvia and Serbia, plus Turkey, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Russia.
It has left us with a fascinating last slice of action, and what we do know is that any nation who finished with five wins is guaranteed to advance as well. Meanwhile those second-placed teams with 3-3 records can't proceed and their dreams will be ended.
Here are the permutations for each group:
Group A
Qualified: Nobody
A three-way tie is a distinct possibility in what could turn out to be the most complicated of all the groups.
If Slovakia win (against Montenegro) they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
If Montenegro win (against Slovakia) they would qualify as group winners.
Montenegro will be eliminated with a loss (to Slovakia) in all scenarios, even if they ultimately finish second (with a 3-3 record).
If Montenegro lose (against Slovakia) and Bosnia and Herzegovina win (against Iceland), then Bosnia and Herzegovina may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
If Bosnia and Herzegovina also lose (against Iceland), they will also be eliminated.
If Slovakia lose (against Montenegro) but Iceland win (against Bosnia and Herzegovina) then Slovakia would finish second and may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
Eliminated: Iceland
Group B
Qualified: Turkey
If Belarus win (against Turkey) they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
If they lose (against Turkey) they will be 4-2 and may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
Eliminated: Estonia, Poland
Group C
Qualified: Russia
If Hungary win (against Russia) they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
If they lose (against Russia) they will be 4-2 and may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second place teams.
Eliminated: Albania, Lithuania.
Group D
Qualified: Nobody
If Great Britain win (against Portugal) they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
If they lose (against Portugal) they will be 4-2 and may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
However, if they lose (to Portugal) and Greece also lose (to Israel), they will be group winners and qualify.
If Great Britain lose and Greece win, they will both have 4-2 records. They also both beat each other by two points, but in this scenario, basket difference means Greece will qualify as group winners. Great Britain may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
Eliminated: Israel and Portugal
Group E
Qualified: Slovenia
If France win (against Slovenia) they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
If France lose (against Slovenia) they will be 4-2 and may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
Eliminated: Finland and Romania
Group F
Qualified: Spain
If Ukraine win (against Spain) they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
If Ukraine lose (against Spain) they will be 4-2 and may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
Eliminated: Netherlands and Bulgaria.
Group G
Qualified: Czech Republic
If Belgium win (against Czech Republic), they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
If Belgium lose (against Czech Republic), they will be 4-2 and may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
Eliminated: Germany and Switzerland
Group H
If Italy win (against Sweden) they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
If Sweden win (against Italy) they will qualify with a 5-1 record.
In both scenarios, the losing team will be 4-2 and may qualify as one of the six best-ranked second-placed teams.
Eliminated: Croatia and MKD
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