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France 68 Canada 63

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SYDNEY, Sept 28 (AFP) - Olympic men's basketball quarter-final result on Thursday:

France 68 Canada 63 (HT 38-23)

France: Bilba (9), Bonato (6), Dioumassi (6), Palmer (7), Rigaudeau (15), Risacher (4), Sciarra (17), Weis (4).

Canada: Barrett (8), Francis (2), Guarasci (4), Hamilton (4), Macculloch (23), Meeks (12), Nash (10).

Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Box score

France PTS 2P 3P FT AS ST TO RB FL MI

Jim Bilba 9 3-7 1-1 0-0 3 0 0 3 2 33:23

Yann Bonato 6 2-2 0-1 2-3 0 0 1 3 1 10:02

Makan Dioumassi 6 3-5 0-2 0-2 2 0 0 3 4 29:45

Laurent Foirest 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 3:43

Cyril Julian 0 0-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 5 2 10:26

Henry Crawford Palmer 7 2-5 0-0 3-3 0 0 2 4 3 17:20

Antoine Rigaudeau 15 3-7 3-8 0-0 4 1 2 3 2 32:47

Stephane Risacher 4 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 11:01

Laurent Sciarra 17 1-3 3-9 6-7 3 2 1 7 2 32:42

Frederic Weis 4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 2 18:51

Canada PTS 2P 3P FT AS ST TO RB FL MI

Rowan Barrett 8 4-11 0-1 0-0 2 1 2 8 3 36:02

David Daniels 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 2:40

Greg Francis 2 0-0 0-1 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 7:00

Pete Guarasci 4 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 6 1 18:44

Sherman Hamilton 4 2-2 0-2 0-2 1 0 0 1 2 27:14

Todd Macculloch 23 9-11 0-0 5-9 0 0 0 9 1 23:30

Andrew Mavis 0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 7:17

Michael Meeks 12 3-4 1-3 3-3 0 1 2 5 2 31:36

Steve Nash 10 3-7 1-5 1-2 8 0 9 1 3 37:20

Greg Newton 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 6:10

Shawn Swords 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2:27

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