JAKARTA, Indonesia (Sept. 2, 2023) –  For Canada's Senior Men's National Team — it's simple. Win and you're in.

Who: Canada (3-1) vs. Spain (3-1)

When: Sunday, Sept. 3, 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT

Where: Indonesia Arena - Jakarta, Indonesia

Things to know heading into Sunday’s game against Spain

- On the line: The winner of Sunday’s game will advance to the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup quarterfinals. With both Canada and Spain suffering their first losses of the tournament on Friday (Canada to Brazil, Spain to Latvia), all four teams in Group L have identical 3-1 records heading into Sunday’s schedule, making Sunday a crucial must-win in order to advance to the next phase of quarterfinals at the World Cup.

- Bounce back: Canada opened the second round with a 69-65 loss to Brazil after dominating through the first round with an undefeated 3-0 record and a +111 point differential. Spain were defeated by Latvia 74-69 in their first game of the second round as both Latvia and Brazil used huge fourth quarters to shock Spain and Canada. After a slow start, Canada built a 10-point lead at the half against Brazil and led by 12 late in the third quarter before their offence went cold. After averaging 108 points through their first three games in the group stage, Canada managed just 65 points against a Brazil team that was focused on slowing down the game, including just 28 points in the second half. Despite the loss, Canada feels confident they will turn the page and be ready for Spain on Sunday. “It’s about regrouping,” Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said. “Short-term memory. It’s a big game, we’ve got to win. We’ve got to do everything in our power to go get it.”

- Familiar faces: While this is the first World Cup for much of Canada’s roster, with the exception of veterans Kelly Olynyk, Melvin Ejim and Phil Scrubb, much of Spain’s roster has been here before. Most recently, Spain were EuroBasket 2022 champions as former New Orleans Pelican Willy Hernangomez was named tournament MVP. NBA fans will also recognize former Portland Trail Blazers Víctor Claver and Rudy Fernández as well as Usman Garuba who was selected 23rd overall in the 2021 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. Memphis Grizzlies 7-footer Santi Aldama is also on the roster as well as Alex Abrines who spent three seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder before returning to Barcelona in 2019.

Extra assists:

- Previous meeting: Canada defeated Spain 85-80 in overtime during the team’s five-game exhibition slate prior to arriving in Jakarta for this year’s World Cup behind a 22-point performance from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double from Dwight Powell. After Kelly Olynyk scored on back-to-back possessions to force overtime, Canada opened the extra session with a 7-0 run to take control and grab the win. Spain entered this year’s World Cup as the No. 1 ranked team in the world and are the reigning FIBA Mens’ Basketball World Cup champions, having defeated Argentina in 2019 behind the play of Tournament MVP Ricky Rubio and Marc Gasol. The team at this year’s World Cup looks a bit different from the one that won in 2019. Rubio is not with the team this time around as he manages his mental health and Marc Gasol retired from international play following the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

- HItting first: After starting slow against Brazil on Friday, Canada is looking to set the tone against Spain. While Brazil won the battle of the boards, they also set the pace and had Canada playing out of rhythm for much of the game, particularly in the fourth quarter where they were outscored 24-13 as Brazil came back from a 10-point halftime deficit.  While the loss stung, Team Canada head coach Jordi Fernández was looking at it as a lesson for a young team that is playing in its first World Cup together.

“They were very physical,” Fernández said. “When you don’t match that physicality, you just don’t get anything. You don’t get to your spots, you play out of position. We just lost the intensity game. That’s something that my guys have never lost so far because they play really, really hard so I think going through it as a group is a really good thing for us. A bunch of young players, really good players and it’s our first time here together and we’re not here to go home yet so a good opportunity to learn from this.”

- Where to watch: Fans in Canada can catch all of the action live on Sportsnet, as well as streaming on SN Now.