VEN – Team Venezuela Continues World Tour

CARACAS (FIBA Americas Championship) – Team Venezuela will be arriving in China today for their participation in the Stankovic Cup. There, they will be facing the respective national teams from Angola, Slovenia, USA, and New Zealand, as they get ready for the most important event this summer: the FIBA Americas Championship 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA).

ON July 28 (this Saturday), Venezuela will be facing China during the Cup’s first day, which will be held at the Tianhe Sport Center, in the city of Guangzhou.

The official game-history between China (#11 in FIBA World Ranking) and Venezuela (#20), has Venezuela winning the three of them, 100-96 and 96-88, at the 1990 World Championship; and, later, 100-97, at the 1992 Olympic Games.

Their last encounter was last year during an exhibition game in Italia, wherein China won, 78-73.

During the Cup’s second day of action, Team Venezuela will be facing Angola (14), a team which they have officially faced once, in 1990, with a victory for the South Americans, 83-77.

On July 31, in Macu, Venezuela will face Team USA; on August 1st, Slovenia, and a day later, they will finish their participation in the Cup, with a game against New Zealand.

Team Venezuela began its preparation tour for the FIBA Americas Championship, with a three-game series against the New Zealanders. That series finalized with a record of 2-1 for the Zealanders, who defeated Venezuela in the first two games, 99-73 and 96-78. Venezuela finished the series with a win, 91-81, over New Zealand.

Venezuela will also have two exhibition games in Europe; one of them against Spain, in San Fernando, Cadiz, on August 8th.

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