Men's basketball Asian preliminaries: China defeated Mongolia 80:49. The Chinese men's basketball team won the first window of the Asian Cup qualifiers.
Hu Jinqiu, a member of the Chinese team, scored 19 points, the highest score in the game. Young player Yang Hansen scored 13 points in his first appearance with the national team and performed well. Chinese team coach Djordjevic said that the Japanese team plays at a fast pace and we must be prepared for this.