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Message: [QUOTE="awhom111, post: 4666623, member: 8683"] The United States won both of their games to make the semifinals: [URL unfurl="true"]https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/259cf16a-78cc-42eb-944b-e8812e0fe7cf[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/72ca1e58-e8d3-4636-8c28-5702334e177f[/URL] The medalists will also earn spots in the Olympic qualifying tournament. I wonder what the reasoning is for using scoring average instead of average or total margin is like they do in 5x5. I like that they do use results in all games in multi-way ties instead of just results between the tied teams and nothing was more crazier than seeing one of the men's groups have all five teams finish at 2-2. So the United States theoretically should have been trying for 22 point wins when they had a cushion. Also, since Canada's last game happened after the United States-Czech Republic game, they knew exactly how many point they would need to score in a win to take the group. I was not expecting the United States to beat Canada before the tournament. It would have been a pleasant surprise to mean had they won the group, but they ended up in a good place in the bracket. [/QUOTE]