Basketball: Czech Republic beats to Japan to secure second place in Group D at world championship

Czech women’s national basketball team beat Japan 66 :60 in Brno on Saturday, and secured the second place in Group D at the world championship hosted by the Czech Republic. The Czechs built up a comfortable lead of 17 points by the end of the third quarter, but made serious mistakes in the final part and allowed the Japanese to bring the difference down to four points with three minutes to go. Czech forward Jana Veselá then converted two penalty shots and set the final score. The Czechs secured second place in their group and advanced to the round of eight, where they will next face Korea.