PAN - Panama target second phase

DALLAS (FIBA World Championship) - Panama coach Guillermo Vecchio insists his side can reach the second stage of the FIBA World Championship.

The Central-American outfit have been drawn in Group B alongside Spain, New Zealand, Germany, hosts Japan and Angola, who they face in their opening game on Saturday.

But Vecchio believes his team have prepared well for the tournament and could cause one or two surprises as long as they take things "step-by-step".

"It is a difficult, tough championship, but we'll go game-by-game looking for one win and another win, to achieve our goal," he said.

"We'll do our best, we'll do our best performance and hopefully we'll achieve our goal and make it into the following phase."

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