Original title: The Chinese women’s team won the bronze medal in the three-person basketball Asian Cup, and the Chinese men’s team ranked fourth
In the recently concluded 2023 FIBA Three-person Basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese women’s team defeated the Thai team to win the bronze medal, and the Chinese men’s team lost to the New Zealand team in the bronze medal battle and won fourth place.
In the women’s bronze medal match, the Chinese team led 4:1 after the start, and then the Thai team chased the score to 8:9. At the critical moment, the Chinese team finally won the game 11:9 with the scores of Zhang Yi and Zhang Jianping. In this game, Zhang Jianping scored a game-high 7 points and 9 rebounds. In the previous group stage, the Chinese women’s team won both games and qualified first in the group. In the quarter-finals, the Chinese women’s team defeated the Mongolian women’s team 17:10. In the semi-finals, the Chinese team lost to the Australian team 6:21. In the championship match, the Australian women’s basketball team defeated the New Zealand team 21:11 to win the championship.
In the 2022 FIBA Three-person Basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese women’s team defeated the Australian women’s team in the final to win the championship. In this competition, the Chinese women’s team did not send a championship lineup. The four players Zhang Jianping, Zhang Linge, Chen Yujie and Zhang Yi are all young players. They have played five-a-side basketball games for a long time before, and they do not have rich experience in three-on-one basketball international competitions. The Chinese team’s move is to hope that young players can accumulate competition experience and enhance the thickness of the Chinese women’s three-person basketball talent echelon.
In addition, according to the rules, the three-person basketball world ranking of a country or region is based on the total points of the top 25 players in the country or region. The growth of young players is conducive to improving the overall ranking of Chinese women’s three-person basketball. The higher the ranking, the more favorable it is to compete for a place in the Olympic Games. This year, FIBA will also hold high-level series of Olympic points competitions such as the World Cup, Masters, and Challenger Games. Among them, the top three teams in the World Cup will also qualify for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The Chinese women’s team, currently ranked fifth in the world, will have the opportunity to gain more Olympic points in these competitions and strive to directly qualify for the Olympics.
In this competition, the Chinese men’s team sent all the main players. Zhu Yuanbo, Yan Peng, Guo Hanyu, and Zhou Yanxu all have rich experience in three-person basketball. In the bronze medal match, the Chinese men’s team started with a 6:3 lead. Afterwards, the New Zealand team found a touch from the outside and overtook the score, and finally defeated the Chinese team 21:13. In this game, Yan Peng scored 4 points and 3 rebounds. The Chinese men’s team beat Kazakhstan and India in the group stage. In the quarter-finals, the Chinese men’s team defeated the host Singapore team 21:14. In the semi-finals, facing the powerful Australian team, the Chinese men’s team lost 17:18. In the final, the Mongolian men’s team defeated the Australian team 21:18.
The three-person basketball men’s and women’s basketball teams in the Paris Olympic Games each have 8 participating seats. For the Chinese men’s team, which is not ranked high in the world, it is not easy to qualify for the competition. In the face of challenges, the only way is to train hard and prepare for the competition with all your strength. In order to systematically prepare for a series of points competitions this year, the Chinese Basketball Association announced on the 3rd that it is tentatively scheduled to organize the second national men’s three-person basketball team in batches at the Shanghai Chongming Training Base and Novi Sad, Serbia from April 3 to June 12. period training. In the 21-member roster of the new training camp, many secondary vocational basketball players were selected.
