The second phase of the Basketball World Cup begins this Friday, September 1, and Brazil will soon have a big challenge ahead of them. The rival will be Canada, undefeated and one of the title favorites in Asia. The duel at Arena Indonesia, Jakarta, takes place at 10:30 a.m., live on ESPN and Star Plus.

– Canada is a very strong team, one of the title contenders, and in the first phase they showed their strength by winning all three games very well. It will be a very complicated match, where you will have to work very hard and make as few mistakes as possible to have the possibility of seeking victory. We go there with confidence and believing in the strength of the group, even knowing that they are favorites – said coach Gustavo De Conti.

In the first phase, Canada beat Lebanon, France and Latvia. Brazil passed through Iran and the Ivory Coast and fell to Spain. Now the teams measure their strength in the first of two Group L rounds, battling for a place in the quarter-finals.

– I know Canada well, they are a very talented team, full of NBA players, but we like these big games. We have shown in friendlies that we can compete with anyone, as we did against Australia, Serbia and Italy – quoted Bruno Caboclo.

A new group has been formed with Brazil, Canada, Latvia and Spain, and the selection will bring together Canadians and Latvians. All teams carry the results of the first phase. At the end of the two rounds, the first two reach the quarter-finals. Matches are Friday at 10:30 a.m. against Canada and Sunday at 6:45 a.m. against Latvia.

The rankings also kept Brazil in the fight for one of the two Americas spots for the 2024 Paris Olympics. next year, the last chance to go to the Olympics.