The China-Japan game had ended, and the first two teams to reach the semifinals had been decided: Slovenia Team and China Team.
The two teams would face off first in the semifinals the following afternoon.
The remaining four teams played out the last two Quarter-finals the next day.
The game between Greece Team and Serbia Team tipped off first that afternoon.
Greece Team had performed rather ordinarily at last year's World Cup. Having made the quarter-finals this year, they naturally hoped to go further, especially against their old European rivals, Serbia Team.
Serbia Team felt the same way. They had been eliminated in the group stage at the Rio Olympics and stopped in the quarter-finals at the World Cup. Their Golden Generation desperately needed results to prove themselves.
The moment the two teams began, the game was extremely intense.
But as the game went on, it became obvious that Serbia Team's overall strength was superior to Greece Team's.
Antetokounmpo had developed a shot and improved his passing, but his teammates offered limited help. On the other side, Jokic had Bogdan and Boban providing plenty of firepower around him.
In the end, Serbia Team defeated Greece Team 83-67 to become the third team to advance to the semifinals.
The final semifinal spot would be decided between the USA and France.
This was a revenge game, and the evening matchup drew a considerable crowd.
Ironically, fewer than forty percent of the spectators at the China-Japan game had been Japanese fans, but Japanese fans made up over eighty percent of the crowd for this game!
Although the previous attendance figures had partly been due to Chinese Fans paying for tickets, the comparison and contrast still set off a storm of public opinion in Japan.
But pressure from public opinion was one thing; people