This game of the second round group stage for both the teams will happen with the clash between Venezuela and Russia
Venezuela had finished second in their group after they won all their three games against Russia, Ivory Coast and China. They won two of their three games but lost the encounter against Poland by 69-80. They lost their first game in the second round 67-87
Russia were good in their first two games but found it tough against Argentina when they lost a low scoring encounter by 61-69. They lost a close encounter again in the first fame of the second group stage losing by 74-79
Here is a look at this game.
Match Timing: September 8, @ 01:30 PM IST
Venue – Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, in Foshan, China. Capacity- 14,700
Venezuela –
They will have to be at their best to beat the Russian side and they will be relying on their players Heissler Guillent, and Nestor Colmenares to deliver from the beginning and Gregory Vargas to come from the bench and impact the game.
Venezuela squad for the World Cup:
Gregory Vargas, Jose Vargas, Miguel Ruiz, Dwight Lewis, Jhornan Zamora, Luis Bethelmy, Windi Graterol, Michael Carrera, Pedro Chourio, Anthony Perez, Heissler Guillent, Nestor Colmenares
Russia–
There are no absentees for the Russian team as well and the coach will be looking at Andrey Vorontsevic and Nikita Kurbanov to do the scoring for the otherwise low scoring team. They will also have Andrey Zubkov who might start the game or come as a substitute along with Semen Antonov.
Andrey Sopin, Vitaly Fridzon, Semen Antonov, Evgeny Baburin, Mikhail Kulagin, Grigory Motovilov, Andrey Vorontsevich, Nikita Kurbanov, Evgeny Valiev, Andrey Zubkov, Sergey Karasev, Vladimir Ivlev.
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VEN – Heissler Guillent, Nestor Colmenares, Miguel Ruiz, Dwight Lewis, Jose Vargas
RUS – Andrey Vorontsevich, Nikita Kurbanov, Vitaly Fridzon, Mikhail Kulagin, Vladimir Ivlev
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Russia –
Andrey Vorontsevich
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 29:54
Points – 11
Assists – 2
Rebounds – 10
Nikita Kurbanov
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 30:46
Points – 6
Assists – 5
Rebounds – 4
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Heissler Guillent,
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 26:23
Points – 10
Assists – 3
Rebounds – 1
Nestor Colmenares,
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 27:50
Points – 5
Assists – 4
Rebounds -7
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The game is expected to be a close one and Russia are expected to win the game.