The hosts are still standing. Germany brushed aside South Korea 94-56 in Berlin on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, a result that turned the Berlin Arena into the loudest room of the tournament so far. Captain Marie Gülich scored 19 points with five rebounds, and the home side led by 17 at half-time.
It is a considerable recovery. Germany opened the tournament by losing to Spain by 30 points, then beat Japan 74-58 and Mali 83-58 before Tuesday's rout. Their reward is a quarter-final against European champion Belgium.
The day's other story came from Hungary, who beat Japan 84-63 to reach the last eight of a World Cup for the first time in 40 years. Réka Lelik led them with 23 points and eight rebounds, and Virág Takács-Kiss added 17. Hungary shot 11 of 25 from three; Japan, who had set a World Cup record with 20 three-pointers on Friday only for France to break it with 22 on Monday, managed seven.
"It's been 40 years since we went to the quarterfinals and I still can't believe it," Lelik said.
That win sets up the tie nobody in the draw wanted: Hungary against the four-time defending champion United States, who won Group D and have had two days off waiting to learn their opponent. It goes in the late quarter-final slot on Thursday.
Japan's win was overshadowed by a serious injury to shooting guard Saki Hayashi, who left the floor with what appeared to be a broken right arm after an awkward fall late in the second quarter.
All four quarter-finals are played on Thursday. Spain and France are already through and wait on Wednesday's remaining play-offs — Italy against Australia, and China against Puerto Rico — to complete the bracket. The final is in Berlin on Sunday, with a direct place at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics for the winner.
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Original summary by Proventier.