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Day Four saw the start of the second round robin and a rematch between Brazil and USA, Brazil had been USA's toughest opponents so far and proved to be again as they pushed the USA throughout the match proving that they are not to be taken lightly. The USA may have managed to edge each quarter but the Brazilian's kept them close and did not lose a quarter by more than 6 points, 16 – 10, 17 – 14, 16 – 10 and 16 – 14, however it gave USA the victory 65-48.

Again it was USA'S Kyle Gribble, who has been their leading point scorer throughout the tournament, leading the scoring for the USA with 24 points however Brazil's Anderson da Silva was not far behind with 22 points of his own.



In Game 2 Argentina outplayed Chile from start to finish with quarter scores of 12 – 4, 15 – 4, 20 – 6 and 12 - 5. Ivan Gomez scored 12 points in the first half and Bianchi Augusto scored 11 points in the second half for Argentina to lead the charge. Top scorers for Argentina Gomez and Bianchi each with 14 points and Zidan Linares had 7 points for Chile. Final score 59 – 19.

Day 4 scores:

  • USA 65 – 48 Brazil
  • Chile 19 – 59 Argentina


Day 5 schedule:

16.30pm – Chile vs USA
18.45pm – Brazil vs Argentina