On September 29, Beijing time, the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup ended the quarter-finals competition. The Chinese team defeated France 85-71 and returned to the semi-finals of the World Championships after 14 years. Team USA beat Serbia 88-55, Canada defeated Puerto Rico 79-60, and Australia defeated Belgium 86-69, and the three teams also entered the semi-finals. The semi-final match situation is: the United States vs Canada, China vs Australia.
Australia 86-69 Belgium
In the first quarter, the Belgian team led 6-2 in the start, and the Australian team gradually entered the state and scored a 15-2 scoring climax to overtake the score. The Belgian team staunched the points, and the Australian team continued to take the initiative to end the first quarter with a 26-16 lead. In the second quarter, Belgium used breakthrough layups and long shots from outside to chase points continuously, and the Australian team scored a 9-2 attack, Bora, and led 43-28 to 15 points. In the first half, Australia led Belgium 52-37.
The third quarter, the Australian team scored a 9-0 climax at the beginning to 61-37. Since then, Australia has continued to expand its lead, leading Belgium by 23 points. At the end of the third quarter, Australia led Belgium 72-48. In the fourth quarter, Belgium scored an 8-0 attack wave and chased to 56-72. Australia did not give Belgium a chance to counterattack, and made continuous counterattack layups to widen the score again to about 20 points. In the end, Australia defeated Belgium 86-69.
Australia's Blikavs scored 12 points and 9 rebounds, Tolo scored 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Whitcomb scored 7 points and 7 assists, George scored 19 points and 9 rebounds, Jackson scored 12 points and 12 points; Belgium's Alemander scored 15 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, Linskens scored 13 points, 5 rebounds, Van Low scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, and Abdelkadel scored 13 points.
United States 88-55 Serbian
In the first quarter, the two teams quickly entered the state, with extremely fast conversion speed and alternately leading the scores. Serbian team's Nogici used three-pointers to widen the score to 11-7, and the US team immediately responded to the 11-2 climax and overtook 18-13. Serbia's fast break layup narrowed the gap to 1 point, and the United States once again used the positional offense to widen the score and ended the first quarter with a 25-23 lead. In the second quarter, the US team continued to lead by about 6 points. Serbia tried to narrow the gap, but the US team had a tight defense. The US team scored another 11-2 climax to widen the gap to 15 points. In the first half, the United States led Serbia 50-33.
In the third quarter, the US team made an 8-0 attack wave and widened the lead to 25 points. Anderson 3-pointer hit a break for Serbia, and the scoring momentum of the United States also slowed down. At the end of the third quarter, the United States led 66-40. In the fourth quarter, the US team scored another 8-0 climax and led by 34 points 74-40. Due to the huge lead, the game lost the suspense of victory or defeat ahead of schedule. In the end, the United States defeated Serbia 88-55.
The US team's Gray scored 8 points, 3 assists and 2 steals, Loyd scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Thomas scored 13 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Wilson scored 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, Plum 17 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists; Serbia's Anderson scored 14 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Kraishnik scored 2 points, 4 rebounds, Nokic scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, Stankovic scored 4 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, and Dezujevic scored 8 points.
Canada 79-60 Puerto Rico
In the first quarter, after the two teams tied 4, the Canadian team began to exert force, counterattack layup three-point long shots and scored continuously, a 15-2 scoring climax widened the gap to 13 points. After Puerto Rico recovered 5 points, Canada scored another 5-0 and ended the first quarter with a 26-11 lead. In the second quarter, Puerto Rico made frequent mistakes, and the Canadian team continued to expand the score gap, and a 11-4 climax widened to 37-15. In the first half, Canada led Puerto Rico 44-23.
In the third quarter, Puerto Rico began to chase points, narrowing the gap to within 20 points at one point. The net defeat to Canada 19-16 in a single quarter was 3 points. At the end of the third quarter, Canada led Puerto Rico 60-42 by 18 points. In the fourth quarter, the Canadian team once again extended the lead to 23 points in 8-3. Since then, the game has been smooth. In the end, Canada defeated Puerto Rico 79-60. In the semi-finals, Canada will face Team USA.
Canadian team Arjonwa scored 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Alexander scored 4 points and 13 rebounds, Carlton scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Kohli scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, 3 steals, Nas scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Amisil scored 12 points and 3 rebounds; Puerto Rico scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Hollings scored 3 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks, Kenones scored 12 points and 7 rebounds, San Antonio 16 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.
