Group I and Group J would be the first to begin play.
China Team would also face Greece Team on the first day of the second round.
Although it was only the first game of the second round, for both China Team and Greece Team, who had each finished the Group Stage with two wins and one loss, it was a decisive battle.
The loser could only wait on the results of Argentina Team and Cameroon Team, and their hopes of advancing would be slim.
China Team held its regular training session on the morning of game day.
Li Chunjiang also brought Tang Tian along to analyze Greece Team's characteristics with the coaching staff.
Before the World Cup began, Greece had been considered, along with Serbia, Australia, Canada, and China Team, a team with the strength to challenge USA Team.
However, they had exposed many problems during the Group Stage.
Antetokounmpo did not dare shoot from the perimeter, Greece Team's other players were inconsistent from outside, Antetokounmpo's style did not mesh with the team, and so on.
In other words, after the Group Stage, they had been demoted by the outside world from one of USA Team's challengers to a team fighting for a spot in the quarter-finals.
Still, Greece Team had Antetokounmpo, and they were one of Europe's top-tier strong teams.
Even taking a step back, when the two teams had last met in 2008, the China Men's Basketball Team led by Yao Ming had lost to Greece 77-91.
It had to be known that Greece Team had not had Antetokounmpo back then, while China Team had been hailed as the strongest China Men's Basketball Team in history.
So China Team had absolutely no reason to let its guard down against Greece this time.
Li Chunjiang's main idea was