USA Basketball has saved its No. 1 spot within the FIBA world males’s rankings, even after a disappointing seventh-place exhibiting within the World Cup that ended earlier this week. It’s now nine-years-and-counting within the prime spot for the U.S., which has held the No. 1 rating since successful the 2010 world championship. World Cup champion Spain stayed No. 2, Australia leaped eight spots to No. 3, World Cup finalist Argentina rose one spot to No. four and World Cup bronze-medalist France fell two slots to No. 5. FIBA’s rankings take outcomes from the newest eight years under consideration — which suggests the U.S. continues to be reaping level advantages from the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold
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France defeats U.S. in World Cup, ending the Americans’
DONGGUAN, China — The U.S. has been ousted from medal competition by France on the World Cup, failing to seize gold at a serious worldwide event for the primary time because the 2006 world championships. Evan Fournier scored 22 factors, Rudy Gobert added 21 factors and 16 rebounds and France beat the U.S. 89-79 within the World Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday, rallying from a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit to drag off the upset. The U.S. had gained 58 consecutive event video games in FIBA and Olympic competitors, beginning with the bronze-medal sport on the 2006 world championships and persevering with by means of each FIBA Americas, World Cup and Olympics occasion since. It was bidding to turn
Netherlands win World Cup play-offs
The Netherlands took Europe's last berth in the FIFA Women's World Cup after beating Switzerland 4-1 on aggregate in the play-off finals.The play-offs, involving the four qualifying group runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third and fourth in their sections, started in October with the Netherlands beating Denmark and Switzerland seeing off Belgium. After then defeating Switzerland, the European champions will join hosts France, England, Germany, Norway, Italy, Scotland, Spain and Sweden plus 15 other qualifiers in the 8 December draw.FinalFirst leg: Netherlands 3-0 Switzerland (Utrecht)Second leg: Switzerland 1-1 Netherlands... UEFA.com - News
World Cup final: a triumph for Europe’s clubs
Both of the FIFA World Cup finalists are European, and only one (unattached) of the 45 players left in the running does not play for a UEFA-affiliated side.Indeed, at least 28 of the 45 look set to feature in the upcoming UEFA Champions League season, with their clubs already confirmed in the group stage. UEFA.com celebrates the European stars who have made it all the way in Russia. Which clubs have the most players in the World Cup final?
Have we met before? World Cup head-to-heads
The draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals has been made in Russia; UEFA.com sees which of our 14 European contenders has form against their opponents next summer. Group A: Russia (hosts), Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UruguayRussiav Egypt: sides have never metv Saudi Arabia: W0 D0 L1 F2 A4 v Uruguay: W5 D2 L1 F14 A5Group B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran
European Qualifiers for World Cup: who is through, who needs what?
Who needs what from the remaining European Qualifiers to join Belgium, England, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Serbia, Spain and hosts Russia at next summer's FIFA World Cup? We explain the permutations.All nine group winners qualify automatically, with the eight runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their group going into the play-offs. Road to Russia: schedulePlay-off draw (Zurich): 17 October Play-off first legs: 9-11 November Play-off second legs: 12-14 November Final tournament draw (Moscow): 1 December Final tourna... UEFA.com - News
World Cup play-off race: ranking of second-placed teams
How the best second-placed teams are rankedAll nine group winners qualify automatically. The eight best runners-up with the best records against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups go into the play-offs for UEFA's remaining four berths (the exclusion of results against sixth-placed sides was retained to alleviate any possible imbalance between the qualifying groups caused by the late introduction of Gibraltar and Kosovo). With matches against the bottom side in the six-team groups discounted, the runners-up are ranked by the following criteria, in this order, as per FIFA competition regulations, article 20 paragraph ... UEFA.com - News