top left, click "english" ...

explore the web site further and fiba explains the ranking (points) system - it's gonna be close we could get anything from gold to 5th

brazil will be good with a home crowd and china under maher will be the sleeper

with jan jagging a little more preparation time than planned our girls will really go close

our starting 5 will be all wnba players

our girls can deliver - its all about the chemistry now - look at spain's mens team

The Opals begin there campaign on Wednesday for the World Champs in Brazil.

Here is the Opals fixture of Group games with Fox Sports Coverage

Wednesday 13th vs Lithuania tipoff 6am CST (Fox Sports 2 11:30am CST)

Thursday 14th vs Sengal tipoff 8:15am CST (Fox Sports 2 11:30am CST)

Friday 15th vs Canada tipoff 8:15am CST (Fox Sports 2 11:30am CST)

Robbo
Can we beat the Litho's?
This would be our hardest and most important round game?

We may not have to worry Lithuania may not get there yet.

Why is that?

Australia have beaten Lithuania 2-0 on forfeit in their Group B game this morning after Lithuania failed to arrive in Brazil for the Game.

The Lithuanian team are currently stuck in French Guyana under Brazilian Law they need a vaccination of yellow fever before entering Brazil.

Australia's next match is against Senegal starting at 8:15am CST tomorrow.

Other results today
Group A
Spain 87 def South Korea 57
Brazil 71 def Argentina 69
Group B
Canada 36 lead Senegal 27(Half Time)
Group C
Russia 84 def Nigeria 50
USA 44 lead China 23 (Half Time)
Group D
France 63 def Czech Republic 58
Cuba 75 def Chinese Taipei 70

Results so Far today

Group A
Argentina 77 def Spain 64
Brazil 106 def South Korea 86
Group B
Lithuania 84 def Canada 58
Group C
Russia 86 def China 66
Group D
France 100 def Chinese Taipei 68
Czech Republic 73 def Cuba 51

Finals games of the day in progress
BOTH AT QUARTER TIME
Australia 25 Senegal 8
USA 25 Nigeria 4

3 QUARTER TIME SCORES
Australia 76 (Jackson 29,Taylor 11)
Senegal 36 (Tarore 10)

USA 55 (Milton-Jones 13,Thompson 10)
Nigeria 36 (Umoh 12)

FINAL SCORES
Australia 95 (Jackson 31,Taylor 16, Harrower 11)
Senegal 55 (Aya 17,Traore 14)

USA 79 (Milton-Jones 13,Thompson 10, Augustus 10)
Nigeria 46 (Umoh 15,Udoka 10)

Australia's final pool game is against Canada at 8:15am CST tomorrow

Qtr time vs Canada
aus 27 can 16

Snell 10
Harrower 7

Halftime up 41 - 39

71 V 51 Start of the fourth.
Canada been to the line 26 times!
Hit 24.

I see the USA only got past Russia by 10. Bit harsh having those two in the same pool.

Canada 65 vs 97 Australia
Clock: 0:00 - 4th quarter



Canada Australia
9/28 (32%) 2 POINTS 25/46 (54%)
6/16 (38%) 3 POINTS 12/28 (43%)
29/36 (81%) FREE THROWS 11/13 (85%)
20 FOULS 26
4 STEALS 10
22 TURNOVERS 10
6 OFF. REBOUNDS 11
19 DEF. REBOUNDS 21
1 BLOCKS 1
7 ASSISTS 16
44 EFFICIENCY 107

Pretty solid win. 56-26 2nd half.

Snell had 24 (5/6 3's), Jacson 23, Harrower 17, Summerton 13, Taylor 11.

Nice balance of scoring. Good to see Laura get 22 mins. No one played over 25 mins, which is also a good thing, IMO.

Umpiring seems interesting . Foul count high and all shooting too.

Snell's best game for the Opals?

Here is the next round
We will play the winner of Brasil v Czech
Hope it's not Brasil, even though we will still have they're measure.


Quarter-Finals
Ibirapuera

Wednesday, 20th September 2006
Game 49: 13:00 Spain (white) v Russia (red)
Game 50: 15:15 Brazil (yellow) v Czech Republic (blue)
Game 51: 17:30 Australia (gold) v France (blue)
Game 52: 19:45 Lithuania (white) v USA (blue)

We Play the French at 5.30pm on Wednesday (6.00am Thursday ACST).