The expansion of the World Cup to 32 teams offers explosions and disturbances

By the Eurohoops team / [email protected]

The first round of the 2019 FIBA ​​World Cup is in the books. RunRepeat provides updated graphs closely examining the impact of the enlargement of 24 to 32 participating national teams on the number of game matches, as well as incidents occurring at one and the same time FIBA rankings and the World Cup standings presented before the 2019 FIBA ​​World Cup.

The number of games with a final differential spread of more than 20 points is about the same in the last four tournaments. However, an increase can be seen in games with a final margin of more than 30 points and more than 40 points.

Judging by the FIBA ​​World Cup standings, Volume 3, 12 of the 48 first-round deals had a surprising result. The 25% describe an exciting tournament with a surprise in every fourth game.

Based on the FIBA ​​World Ranking, only 8 of the 48 competitions can be considered as surprises.

The second round promises even more excitement with the top 16 national teams even closer to the quarterfinals.

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