China booked a berth of the quaterfinals of the Women's Olympic Basketball tournament Friday with an easy 69-48 victory over Mali at the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.

China booked a berth of the quaterfinals of the Women's Olympic Basketball tournament Friday with an easy 69-48 victory over Mali at the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.

China, who was out of the quarterfinals four years ago in Athens, now stands second with a 3-1 record in Group B and faces the Czech Republic (2-2) in the last preliminary round game on Sunday.

"I'm so happy because we finally reached the last eight, where we failed to do at last Olympics," Chinese center Chen Nan said.

"But it was the first step only before reaching our final goal that is a semifinal or a Olympic medal," she added. "The game to play against the Czech Sunday will be a tough matchup, but I have confidence to beat them."