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    A PAIR of berths in the Paris Olympics will be claimed on Saturday, both by teams that didn't even qualify for the second round of the Fiba Basketball World Cup.

    The automatic berths from Asia and Africa will be settled on the final day of the classification tournament that will decide 17th through 32nd place at Fiba's biggest event.

    See Philippines tries to avoid going winless in Fiba Basketball World Cup

    Japan has the most simple path: Beat Cape Verde, and it wins Asia's automatic spot in the Paris Olympics field. Egypt and South Sudan are currently in the best positions to claim Africa's spot.

    It's a 12-team field for the Paris Games. Fiba gives one spot to the host nation (France) and another seven spots will be earned at the World Cup by top finishers from each region — two from the Americas, two from Europe and one each from Oceania, Asia and Africa. Australia has already clinched the Oceania spot.

    The last four spots will be decided in qualifying tournaments next summer.

    FIBA GAMES

    The classification round ends Saturday (meaning the tournament ends there for 16 teams) and the second round ends Sunday. The 16 second-round teams have been placed into four groups of four, and their group-stage records have carried over into Round 2. The top two teams in each of those second-round groups move into the quarterfinals that start Tuesday.

    The Saturday slate — classification games for 17th through 32nd place:

    Group M (at Manila): Angola vs. South Sudan, Philippines vs. China

    Group N (at Manila): New Zealand vs. Egypt, Jordan vs. Mexico

    Group O (at Okinawa): Finland vs. Venezuela, Japan vs. Cape Verde

    Group P (at Jakarta): Ivory Coast vs. France, Iran vs. Lebanon

    The Sunday slate — end of second round:

    Group I (at Manila): Italy vs. Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic vs. Serbia

    Group J (at Manila): Greece vs. Montenegro, U.S. vs. Lithuania

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    Group K (at Okinawa): Australia vs. Georgia, Germany vs. Slovenia

    Group L (at Jakarta): Brazil vs. Latvia, Spain vs. Canada

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    LAST CHANCE

    Saturday marks the end of the World Cup road for the 16 teams that didn't make the second round.

    It'll be the last chance that four nations — Iran, Venezuela, Jordan and the Philippines — have to get a win in this event. Iran plays Lebanon, Venezuela plays Finland, Jordan plays Mexico and the Philippines meets China.

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    The Philippines will try to avoid a second consecutive 0-5 finish at the World Cup; it has dropped nine straight games in the tournament since winning its finale at the 2014 event.

    STAT OF THE DAY

    Germany made 20 3-pointers in its win over Georgia on Friday. That's the second-most in a World Cup game; Canada made 24 against Jordan on Sept. 7, 2019.

    QUOTE OF THE DAY

    "When I put on my respective jerseys, I represent a couple things. First, I represent myself. I represent my family. I represent the city of Orlando. I represent Youngstown State and the city of Youngstown. And then I represent Montenegro. It means a lot to me that I can try to make people proud." — Montenegro guard Kendrick Perry, an Orlando native and Youngstown State alum.

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