Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia have all progressed to the final four of the Men’s 2018 South America Championships.
In the opening game of the quarter-finals, reigning South American Championships Argentina swept passed Ecuador, 78 – 16. Brazil also powered their way through to the semi-finals with an 83 – 37 win over Bolivia.
Colombia proved too strong for Chile in offense, as they scored consistently well in all four quarters defeating Chile 86 – 36 to secure their place in the next round.
In the most exciting quarter-final of the day Uruguay edged past hosts Peru, 72-62, to take the last place and set up a semi-final game against Brazil.
Three out of the four teams in the semi-finals will all be returning to Peru next year as they qualify for the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
Quarter-finals results
13.00 – G13 – QF1 – ARG 78 – 16 ECU
15.00 – G14 – QF2 – BRA 83 – 37 BOL
17.00 – G15 – QF3 – COL 86 – 36 CHI
19.00 – G16 – QF4 – URU 72 – 62 PER
Semi-final and classification games – Thursday 6th December
13.00 – G17 – 7th – 8th Place – BOL v ECU
15.00 – G18 – SF1 – BRA v URU
17.00 – G19 – SF2 – ARG v COL
19.00 – G20 – 5th – 6th Place – CHI v PER
All results and final standings of the preliminary stage.
Watch all the action from the Championships live via Inspira TV Peru
Image courtesy of the Asociación Nacional Paralímpica del Perú
