THE bracket for the final phase of the FIBA Basketball World Cup was confirmed following the conclusion of the second round Monday, with the Czech Republic and USA completing the quarterfinal picture.

Team USA booked a quarterfinals matchup against France in Dongguan. Meanwhile, the Czech Republic will slot into the other side of the bracket against Australia in Shanghai.

Argentina is set to meet Serbia in Dongguan, and Spain will test Poland in Shanghai.

While all eight quarterfinalists will have their sights set on the Naismith Trophy, there will be another significant source of motivation for the European countries, who are in a battle for the last two direct Olympic qualification tickets.

On Monday, Argentina and the United States confirmed their status as the best-ranked teams from the Americas region to clinch direct qualification, with Nigeria (Africa), Iran (Asia) and Australia (Oceania) securing entries earlier in the tournament.

Olympic qualifying tournament berths

The final standings for the remaining teams were confirmed, with numerous teams securing FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament tickets.

The FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament picture began to take shape with the World Cup producing the first 13 teams for next summer’s qualification battles.

Second round participants Lithuania, Italy, Greece, Russia, Brazil, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, as well as the best teams from the classification round 17-32, Germany, New Zealand, Tunisia, Canada and Turkey kept their Olympic dreams alive with tickets to next summer’s Olympic qualifying tournament.

Final standings for teams placed 9-32:

9. Lithuania

10. Italy

11. Greece

12. Russia

13. Brazil

14. Venezuela

15. Puerto Rico

16. The Dominican Republic

17. Nigeria

18. Germany

19. New Zealand

20. Tunisia

21. Canada

22. Turkey

23. Iran

24. China

25. Montenegro

26. South Korea

27. Angola

28. Jordan

29. Cote d’Ivoire

30. Senegal

31. Japan

32. The Philippines

(FIBA)