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Greece qualifies for second round of FIBA World Cup

Greece has qualified to the second round of the FIBA World Cup after winning all three games this week.

Yesterday it beat Puerto Rico 90-79 in Seville and is now eyeing a top-two finish in its pool.

In its first couple of games in the tournament, Greece topped Senegal with a 87-64 score on Saturday and defeated the Philippines 82-70 on Sunday.

Nikos Zisis stole the show for the Greek national team against a determined Puerto Rico, scoring 19 points on the night.

The results mean that Greece is now the only team left unbeaten in its group and after its day off on Tuesday it will face Croatia on Wednesday and Argentina on Thursday in an effort to clinch a top-two finish that will see it