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FIBA Asia – China take on Korea for fifth place
TEHRAN (FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Men): China and Korea who had clashed for the title in the last edition at Urumqi two years ago, will play each other in the play-off for the fifth place on Friday.
On Thursday, both China and Korea recorded facile win to move into the fifth place bracket.
China rolled past Philippines 86-63 and Korea outplayed Lebanon 93-72.
Philippines will play Lebanon in the play-off for the seventh place.
Scores
5-8 placing
China 86 (Ren Junfei 27, Wang Zheng 14, Li Xiaoxu 13) bt Philippines 63 (Matthew Wright 16). Quarterwise Scores: 17-11, 38-32, 66-50.
Korea 93 (Kyungsang Park 21, Jongill Lim 16, Jaeseok Jang 15) bt Lebanon 72 (Vincent El Khouri 18). Quarterwise Scores: 23-15, 48-22, 69-47.
9th place play-off
Chinese Taipei 102 (Lee Ming-Hui 26, Chanj Po-Wi 19, Lin Li-Jen 16) bt Jordan 89 (Louay Obeidi 31, Odai Abuqamar 25). Quarterwise Scores: 26-21, 38-40, 68-73
13th place play-off
India 78 (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 24, Arjun Singh 16, Nitin Shakya 14, Pratham Singh 11) bt UAE 75 (Salah Khalifa Abdalla 30, Khalifa Khalil Ibrahim 16, Qais Qamar Ahmad 15). Quarterwise Scores: 20-19, 40-43, 55-60.
S Mageshwaran
FIBA Asia
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