Israel vs. Germany

? Israel, who finished fourth in the group B preliminaries, has not won a Paralympic Games medal in Men's Wheelchair Basketball since taking the gold medal at the 1980 Arnhem Games. They last qualified a Men's team for the Paralympics in 1992.

? In the play-off game, Israel will rely on the scoring power of forward Dotan Meishar and guard Roei Rozenberg who rank among the top 10 players in the tournament in average points-per game scored.

? Germany, who ranked second in the group A preliminaries, advanced to the play-off game after defeating Japan in Monday's classification game.

? German coach Frits Wiegmann predicted that the play-off game will be tough. "With Germany and Israel, it's always between one or two points," Wiegmann said. "We'll have to fight for it."

Brazil vs. South Africa

? Brazil advanced to the classification game for ninth-10th place play-off game by defeating Sweden, the reigning European Champions, in Friday's classification game.

? Guard Everaldo Lima said Brazil had hoped to finish among the top eight teams, "but now, since it's impossible, we will just try to get the best ranking we can."

? South Africa earned its second win of the tournament by defeating China in Friday's classification game, and thereby qualified for the play-off game against Brazil.

? Percentage-wise thus far in the tournament, South Africa ranks third in free throws (57.8 percent) and second in three-point field goals (35.2 percent). However, the team also ranks second in turnovers (averaging 19.5 per game).

(Beijing2008.cn September 15, 2008)