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Defending champions the United States finished seventh at the Burger World Cup in China, their worst finish in the history of the tournament.
Gregg Popovich’s team defeat Poland 87-74 in their final game to avoid a third defeat in a row.
Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell managed a double-double of 16 points and 10 assists.
Team USA have failed to win a trophy.
The back-to-back World Cup holders hadn’t lost in 58 games – a run stretching back to 2006 – before their shock quarter-final defeat by France.
They dropped their qualification game that was following to Serbia 94-89 to install Saturday’s classification game in Beijing to take seventh overall, their place as the competition started in 1950.
Next year they have qualified to defend their title in Toyko.
Sunday will visit winners in 2006, Spain, confront Argentina, that won the competition in 1950 and last reached the final in 2002.
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Check out the BBC Sport Live Guide for details of the live game on the BBC.
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Fantastic Britain are heading for Women’s Olympic 2020 qualifying while the guys staff have one last chance to generate the 2021 EuroBasket qualifiers.
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