Three-person Basketball World Cup: Chinese men’s team stops in group stage
2022-06-25 10:53:23Source: Xinhuanet
In the previous day’s game, China’s three-person women’s basketball team directly advanced to the quarter-finals as the top team, and the quarter-finals will be played on the evening of the 25th local time.
Xinhua News Agency, Antwerp, June 24 (Reporters Xiao Yazhuo and Pan Geping) The 2022 FIBA Three-person Basketball World Cup group stage ended on the 24th. The Chinese men’s team that played that day won their first victory in the tournament against Japan, but then lost to Poland and finally ranked fourth in the group with 1 win and 3 losses, and missed the knockout stage.
In the first two games of the group stage, the Chinese team lost to the Netherlands and Latvia with 15:21 and 6:22. The Netherlands has won 4 games and ranked first in the group to directly advance to the quarter-finals. The Olympic champion Latvia and Poland ranked second and third in the group and will participate in the quarter-finals play-offs.
“As a new team, we are still in the infancy in many aspects, and the first time we came out to play the game exposed many problems.” Wang Zhanyu, the head coach of the Chinese three-man men’s basketball team, said after the game, “We still need all-round development. Improvement, including the team’s own cooperation, the most important thing is defense, as well as the overall rhythm and confrontation of the game, all need to be improved.”
In the first game of the day against the Japanese team, the Chinese team took the lead by virtue of the inside advantage. Although the Japanese team overtook in the middle of the game, the Chinese team, which had stabilized its position, regained the initiative and finally won 21:18.
After the match with Poland, the Chinese team got off to a slow start, and the frequent mistakes in defense allowed the opponent to quickly take a 6:1 lead. Then the Poland team continued to use the advantage of rebounding to expand the points difference, leading by 7 points at most. In the second half of the game, the Chinese team’s offense improved slightly and its defense improved, narrowing the gap to 3 points at one point, but it was too late, and finally lost 15:19.
In the previous day’s game, China’s three-person women’s basketball team directly advanced to the quarter-finals as the top team, and the quarter-finals will be played on the evening of the 25th local time.
