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For the fifth time in the last two months, Canada will take on China as the familiar opponents tip-off action in Women's Basketball Group B at the 2016 Rio Summer Games.
Winners of all four previous meetings, Canada will look to continue its run of success against China in a crucial game that could go a long way to determining the standings. The top four of the six teams in Group B will advance to the quarter-final round at the conclusion of the round-robin group stage.
Canada's women's basketball team is making its second consecutive appearance at the Olympic Games and sixth all-time. This will be the fourth straight Summer Games and eighth all-time the Chineese women's basketball team.
Team Canada qualified for the Olympics last summer when it won gold at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, and has gone 8-3 in exhibition play this season, including a three-game sweep of China at the Edmonton Grads International Classic last month. China waited until June's last-chance Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where it was one of five teams to secure a spot in Rio.
Facts and figures:
Recent head-to-head results
DATE LOCATION SCORE POINTS LEADER
July 11, 2016 Edmonton, Canada Canada 71, China 59 Fields, 16
July 10, 2016 Edmonton, Canada Canada 74, China 62 Ayim, 15
July 9, 2016 Edmonton, Canada Canada 82, China 63 Tatham/Raincock-Ekunwe, 12
June 9, 2016 Caen, France Canada 74, China 58 Ayim/K. Plouffe, 13
October 5, 2014 Istanbul, Turkey Canada 61, China 53 Gaucher, 1
Leaders (*will start including after first game)
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