Original title: Women’s Basketball World Cup: Chinese women’s basketball team beats Puerto Rico to advance to quarterfinals one round ahead of schedule
Another big win, sending the Chinese women’s basketball team into the quarter-finals of the 2022 Women’s Basketball World Cup ahead of schedule.
The 2022 Women’s Basketball World Cup will be held in Australia for the fourth round of the group stage on the 26. The Chinese women’s basketball team defeated Puerto Rico 95:60, 3 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, and higher one round earlier.
The 12 teams participating in the Women’s Basketball World Cup are divided into two groups, and the top four in each group advance to the quarter-finals. The Chinese women’s basketball team is in Group A with the United States, Belgium, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Puerto Rico.
In the first three group games, the Chinese women’s basketball team defeated South Korea and Bosnia and Herzegovina with 107:44 and 98:51 respectively, and lost to the United States with 63:77. As a recognized underdog before the game, Puerto Rico has repeatedly made “amazing moves” in the first few group games: in the opener, they beat WNBA star Jones by a 24-point advantage (82:58) in a victory astonishing. European dark horse Bosnia and Herzegovina; facing the Belgian team, ranked No. 5 in the world, Puerto Rico also lost only 3 points (65:68).
Therefore, in the face of this underestimated team before the game, the Chinese women’s basketball team did not dare to be careless, and they still faced the strongest line in this campaign. At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team, which was waiting for it, showed its overall strength in full. After starting at 12:2, the first quarter led by 10 points at 25:15. By the end of the first half, the Chinese women’s basketball team extended the score gap to 26 points with 51:25.
In the second half, the Chinese women’s basketball team made continuous efforts. After the end of the third quarter with a lead of 72:42, the fourth quarter chased after the victory and finally won a victory by 35 points (95:60).
In this game, all 12 Chinese women’s basketball players scored, showing their balanced overall strength. Among them, Li Yueru had 16 points and 8 rebounds, Zhang Ru had 14 points and 3 rebounds, Huang Sijing had 12 points and 5 assists, Wu Tongtong had 10 points and 4 assists, and Li Yuan 8 points and 9 assists. Another statistic of the Chinese women’s basketball game in this game interprets the “essence” of teamwork The Chinese team sent 41 assists in the whole game Except for Dilana, who played less than 3 minutes, the other 11 players had assists .
After four rounds of the group stage, the US team has won all 4 games and has come first in Group A. The Chinese team and the Belgian team have had 3 wins and 1 loss. The 3 teams have progressed to the quarter-finals earlier than expected. Bosnia and Herzegovina, lost all four games, were out early. South Korea and Puerto Rico are both 1-3 and will compete for the last eight spots in Group A in the quarterfinals of the group stage.
At 11:30 on the 27th, Beijing time, the Chinese women’s basketball team will face the Belgian team, the last opponent in the group stage, which is also the second battle in group A. Although winning or losing has no this game anything to do with the quarter-finals, it is crucial for the prospects of the final.
According to the rules, in the quarter-finals, the top two teams of each group will face the third and fourth teams of the other group, but the final match position will be determined by drawing lots after the selection of the quarter-finals. If the Chinese women’s basketball team wins and is second, the opponent in the quarterfinals will be the third or fourth place in Group B; if they lose, they will face the first or second place in Group B in the quarter-finals.
Although the Belgian team is two places higher than the seventh Chinese team in the current world women’s basketball rankings, judging by the performance and results against the same opponents in this World Cup, the football team Chinese women’s basket is even better. In the group match of the Olympic Games in Tokyo a year ago, the Chinese women’s basketball team defeated the Belgian team 74:62. It is reasonable for the Chinese women’s basketball team to beat the old rival again and advance to the quarter-finals as the second place in the group.
