FINAL STANDINGS 1. France 1. Lithuania 3. Mongolia 3. Poland 5. Germany 5. Israel 5. Austria 5. Spain 9. CANADA 9. Switzerland 9. Madagascar 9. Hungary 9. Puerto Rico 9. Egypt 9. Japan 9. Belgium | CANADIANS Alex Johnson (Toronto, Ont.) Jerome Desrosiers (St. Hyacinthe, Que.) Bikramjit Gill (Toronto, Ont.) Kamar McKnight (Toronto, Ont.) |
POOL A | GER | LIT | MAD | SUI | Record | |||||
Germany (7) | —– | 18-16 | 17-16 | 18-19 | (2-1) | |||||
Lithuania (1) | 16-18 | —– | 21-13 | 21-18 | (2-1) | |||||
Madagascar (16) | 16-17 | 13-21 | —– | 21-16 | (1-2) | |||||
Switzerland (6) | 19-18 | 18-21 | 16-21 | —– | (1-2) | |||||
POOL B | AUT | ISR | HUN | PUR | Record | |||||
Austria (5) | —– | 19-16 | 21-13 | 14-21 | (2-1) | |||||
Israel (13) | 16-19 | —– | 21-14 | 18-13 | (2-1) | |||||
Hungary (15) | 13-21 | 14-21 | —– | 21-19 | (1-2) | |||||
Puerto Rico (8) | 21-14 | 13-18 | 19-21 | —– | (1-2) | |||||
POOL C | SPN | FRA | EGY | CAN | Record | |||||
Spain (12) | —– | 20-18 | 18-13 | 14-18 | (2-1) | |||||
France (2) | 18-20 | —– | 21-13 | 21-11 | (2-1) | |||||
Egypt (14) | 13-18 | 13-21 | —– | 21-18 | (1-2) | |||||
Canada (9) | 18-14 | 11-21 | 18-21 | —– | (1-2) | |||||
POOL D | MNG | POL | JPN | BEL | Record | |||||
Mongolia (3) | —– | 21-19 | 20-18 | 21-17 | (3-0) | |||||
Poland (11) | 19-21 | —– | 21-20 | 20-19 | (2-1) | |||||
Japan (10) | 18-20 | 20-21 | —– | 21-19 | (1-2) | |||||
Belgium (4) | 17-21 | 19-20 | 19-21 | —– | (0-3) | |||||
QF | France 19 Germany 17 | |||||||||
QF | Mongolia 15 Israel 12 | |||||||||
QF | Poland 21 Austria 19 | |||||||||
QF | Lithuania 21 Spain 9 | |||||||||
Semi | France 21 Mongolia 20 | |||||||||
Semi | Lithuania 21 Poland 15 | |||||||||
Bronze | Poland 22 Mongolia 20 | |||||||||
Final | Not played | |||||||||
Canada opened by defeating Spain 18-14. Canada led 15-14 with 0.9 seconds to play when Alex Johnson was fouled, hit a free throw, missed a free throw, grabbed the rebound, stepped back behind the arc and drilled a jumper as time expired. Kamar Mcknight paced Canada with 7 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 6 boards. Alex Johnson added 6 on 1-2 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Bikramjit Gill notched 3 on 3-6 from the floor and 5 boards. Jerome Desrosiers scored 2 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 2 boards. Canada hit 8-18 from the floor, 4-15 from the arc and 2-3 from the line, while garnering 22 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 6 turnovers and 6 fouls. Fallou Niang paced Spain with 7 on 7-8 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 6 boards. Carlos Martinez added 4 on 2-2 from the floor and 1-5 from the arc. Javier Beiran notched 2 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 5 boards. Unai Mendicote scored 1 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 5 boards. Spain hit 10-14 from the floor, 2-15 from the arc and 0-3 from the line, while garnering 18 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 1 block, 6 turnovers and 7 fouls.
Canada fell to (1-1) after dropping a 21-18 decision to Egypt. Canada couldn’t stop Youssef Refaat, who scored four of Egypt’s points during a 7-0 run to break an 11-11 tie with 3:06 to play. “After watching the film, a lot of the mistakes were our doing, so just learning and correcting to be better (for the final round-robin game),” Alex Johnson said. Youssef Refaat paced Egypt with 9 on 8-10 from the floor and 1-1 from the line. Ahmed Yasser Abdelrehim Abdelwahab Mohamed added 7 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 6 boards. Ramy Abdallah notched 5 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 2 boards. Ibrahim Hesham was scoreless and nabbed 4 boards. Egypt hit 14-22 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 3-7 from the line, while garnering 13 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 5 turnovers and 5 fouls. Alex Johnson paced Canada with 10 on 2-3 from the floor, 3-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Bikramjit Gill notched 5 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Jerome Desrosiers notched 3 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Kamar McKnight was scoreless and nabbed 3 boards. Canada hit 7-13 from the floor, 4-10 from the arc and 3-3 from the line, while garnering 12 boards, including 2 on the offensive glass, 8 turnovers and 8 fouls.
Canada closed out pool play at (1-2) after dropping a 21-11 decision to France. The arc proved the difference as France hit 8, compared to Canada’s 1. France hit 6-7 from the arc to take a 13-4 lead and coasted to the win. Raphael Wilson paced France with 10 on 1-3 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 1 block and 3 boards. Timothe Vergiat added 7 on 1-4 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Jules Rambaut notched 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 4 boards. Franck Seguela was scoreless and nabbed 3 boards. France hit 4-14 from the floor, 8-13 from the arc and 1-2 from the line, while garnering 16 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 1 block, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls. Jerome Desrosiers paced Canada with 5 on 5-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Bikramjit Gill added 4 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 4 boards. Kamar McKnight notched 1 on 0-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Alex Johnson scored 1 on 0-3 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Canada hit 7-10 from the floor, 1-11 from the arc and 2-3 from the line, while garnering 12 boards, 5 turnovers and 7 fouls.
Canada finished (1-2) in pool play and failed to qualify for the quarterfinals or the Olympics.