{"id":458516,"date":"2023-09-08T15:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T11:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=458516"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T11:55:10","slug":"serbia-beats-canada-9586-to-reach-fiba-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/serbia-beats-canada-9586-to-reach-fiba-world-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia beats Canada 95:86 to reach FIBA World Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serbia advanced to the FIBA World Cup final after defeating Canada 95:86 (23:15, 29:24, 23:24, 20:23) in Manila. In the game for the title, the Serbs will face the winner of the other semi-final between the USA and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Team Canada appeared to be the favorite, not because they had seven NBA players available, but it also had the rising star of Purdue University&#8217;s 6-foot-1 Zach Eady.<\/p>\n<p>Canada proved its high level, because they eliminated Slovenia with Luka Doncic in the line-up and eliminated France with a 30 point difference.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia reached the World Cup finals for the fourth time in their history, with their last appearance there in 2014 when they fell to the USA in Madrid. Three years later &#8211; at the European Championship in 2017, they also reached the final of the European Championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SERBIA is going to the Finals after beating CANADA 95-86 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIBAWC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@FIBAWC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bogdanovic: 23 PTS (8\/12 FG)<br \/>\nMilutinov: 16 PTS, 10 REB (6\/6 FG)<\/p>\n<p>Barrett: 23 PTS (8\/14 FG)<br \/>\nSGA: 15 PTS, 9 AST (4\/8 FG)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DnDJGZMhvZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/DnDJGZMhvZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1700098252241047636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bogdan Bogdanovic played another strong game in this championship and scored 23 points for the Serbs, while Nikola Milutinov and Ognen Dobrich finished with 16 each. RJ Barrett had 23 for the Canadiens, Dylan Brooks added 16 and Shay Gilges-Alexander had 15.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udcfa Serbia put on a masterful all-around performance to knock off Canada and punch the first ticket to the Final!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIBAWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIBAWC<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WinForSrbija?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WinForSrbija<\/a> \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MtfU7Syff6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/MtfU7Syff6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 \ud83c\udfc6 (@FIBAWC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIBAWC\/status\/1700109964763943064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbia advanced to the FIBA World Cup final after defeating Canada 95:86 (23:15, 29:24, 23:24, 20:23) in Manila. 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