FIBA U19 - Group F still wide open

RIGA (FIBA U19 World Championship) -  With the USA and Lithuania safely through to the Quarter Finals, two tickets will be for the taking on the final day of group play.

With Egypt certain not to progress beyond round two, Canada, Croatia and Serbia will battle it out to earn their place in the last eight.

Not only do all three teams have a chance of progressing, each have their destinies in their own hands.

Tactics aside, head coaches' team talks will most likely include their players' minimum requirements for survival.

Greg Francis will tell his Canadian team, who take on Serbia (12:15 local time | 11:15 CET), to win and win by at least four and they'll live to fight another day.

Serbia's Dejan Mijatovic and Croatia's Drajen Brajkovic have it a little simpler, as they can merely inform their two respective teams that a victory siffices.

Should Croatia beat tomorrow's opponents USA (14:30 local time | 13:30 CET), Canada's game with Serbia becomes a straightforward playoff game.

Until now things seem simple enough. But in the likelihood that USA beats Croatia and Canada beats Serbia, all three will go level in points and serious calculations begin. The tie will be broken on points differential (points for divided by points against).

Here if Canada win by less than four, they bow out. If Canada win by four, five or six the Croatians bow out and if they win by seven or more, Riga will be waving goodbye to Serbia.

In a group that where anyone seems to be able to beat anyone, and that has already seen some very tight games, there's a pretty good chance that the two games will provide further twists and turns.

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