China News Service, November 24. The reporter learned from the FIBA website that the November window schedule of the 2021 FIBA Asian Cup qualifiers will be announced.
According to the new version of the schedule, the D and E groups will be played as scheduled during the November window period, while the Chinese team’s B and C and F groups will not be played during this window. The follow-up schedule will be discussed by relevant departments. Decided.
Image source: FIBA website
The FIBA said that due to relevant anti-epidemic regulations, some national and regional basketball associations have government authorities that do not allow teams to travel internationally, resulting in some teams not being able to participate in this window of competition.
After learning about the situation, the FIBA Asia Office was forced to adjust the Asian preliminaries in the November window period.
The latest schedule for the November window period of the Asian preliminaries is as follows:
-D and E group competitions will be held as scheduled;
-Group A will have an additional match between the Philippines and Thailand in the first window;
-Group B, C, and F competitions will not be held in November, and the follow-up schedule will be decided after discussion by relevant departments.
According to the previous grouping, the Chinese men's basketball team will be in Group B with the three teams of Chinese Taipei, Japan and Malaysia.
According to the plan, February 2021 will usher in the next and final window period of the FIBA Asian Cup qualifiers.
According to the rules, after the qualifiers, the top two teams in the six groups will directly advance to the 2021 FIBA Asian Cup, and the third-ranked team in each group will continue to participate in the play-offs to determine the 2021 FIBA Asian Cup 16 The remaining four participating teams of the team.
FIBA stated that it will continue to pay attention to the epidemic situation and communicate further information about its games when necessary.
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