Chinanews client, Beijing, January 9th (Reporter Yue Chuan) For the development of China's three-person basketball, 2020 has just passed is an extremely important and special year.
From inviting CBA players to participate in short-term trial training, to the budding of a new professional league, innovation and experimentation have been repeated and extended high-frequency words throughout the year, embodied in every corner of China's three-person basketball field.
Data map: 2019 China Three-on-Three Basketball League Launch Ceremony
In the past few years, the three-person basketball that has been going uphill has become a new name card for Chinese basketball.
The two national-brand teams locked up their qualifications for the Tokyo Olympics early, and the women's team also won the first world championship in Chinese basketball history. There are countless domestic non-governmental events, and the number of participants is increasing...
However, like all walks of life, the sudden epidemic has also had an impact on China's three-person basketball career, which is on the fast track of development, especially in the public sector.
China’s three-on-three basketball league, which has been held for 5 consecutive years, has been suspended, and the resumption of the game has not been put on the agenda, which is a concentrated expression.
Fortunately, Chai Wensheng, director of the three-person basketball department of the Chinese Basketball Association, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that popular events such as the Sina Golden League have achieved good results. Against the background of the impact of the epidemic, social forces have played a great role. Supplementary role.
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Chongming YM's Golden League National Championship Organizing Committee
Among these competitions held in China last year, the 12 club classics and finals, which lasted more than three months, had the highest level.
Affected by the epidemic, the national training team lacks opportunities for actual combat training, which highlights the importance of this event platform.
In the finals held at the end of last year, the national training team participated in the group stage competition, playing against all the teams in the loop, but not participating in the knockout competition.
This innovative model not only achieves the goal of training the team, but also leaves the opportunity to win bonuses to the clubs, which has the best of both worlds.
In Chai Wensheng's view, if preparations are used as a benchmark, the benefits of a one-year postponement of the Olympics outweigh the disadvantages.
Take the women’s team as an example. Taking advantage of the postponement of the Olympics, the national team selected 30 people from the WCBA League to gather in Chengdu, and then selected a large list of 16 people from the WCBA model for the next stage. Prepared for the war.
The final Olympic lineup will have a high probability from it.
The Chinese women's basketball team won the 2019 FIBA3X3 Basketball World Cup.
Image source: China Basketball Association's three-person basketball official Weibo
"In this sense, we have more time to strengthen the lineup and further improve the level through training, which will bring us closer to the goal." Chai Wensheng said.
The women's team hits medals and even gold medals, and the men's team strives for the best record in the history of men's collective ball games. This is the Olympic goal of two three-person national basketball teams.
To this end, the Chinese Basketball Association invited Jiang Yuxing, Hu Jinqiu, Chen Linjian, Chen Peidong, Jia Cheng, Jiao Hailong and other 6 CBA players in August last year to participate in a short-term trial for the three-person national basketball team.
This announcement has also become one of the hottest topics in the Chinese basketball field last year.
For the overall development of Chinese basketball, this is undoubtedly a new and positive attempt.
But whether CBA players can represent the three-man basketball national team in the Olympics, there is still no accurate answer.
Chai Wensheng revealed that this is possible, but it is affected by many factors and the difficulties are relatively great.
Data map: In the men's three-person basketball final of the 18th Asian Games, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 19-18 and won the championship.
Image source: Xinhuanet reporter Li Xiang
There are 56 rounds of the CBA regular season this season. The specific schedule after the second stage has not been announced. It is expected to end in April and there will be playoffs in the follow-up.
According to the schedule, the three-person basketball game of the Tokyo Olympics will start on July 24.
Even if the plan is full, the preparation time will be very limited by then.
Although both belong to basketball, three-on-three is different from the five-a-side system in terms of game rules, competition intensity, physical confrontation, intensity, and metabolism. Therefore, even professional players need to adapt.
Whether it is suitable for three-person basketball in the end can only be concluded after testing.
In addition, according to the rules, each team participating in the Olympic Games can sign up for 4 people, of which at least two players’ three-person basketball personal points are among the top 10 in the country or region.
If a player does not continue to participate in high-level three-person basketball events, it is difficult for a player to achieve this standard in personal points.
China Basketball Association Announcement
Due to the epidemic, the rankings and points of the players will be frozen until April 21.
If the national training team hopes to have a thicker deck and a wider range of options, these players need to earn enough points through international events such as the Masters in the two months before the points are unfrozen.
However, in the current epidemic situation, whether international competitions can be held as planned, and whether national training teams can go abroad to participate in the competition, these are all variables.
Faced with this series of uncertainties and focusing on the longer-term development in the future, the Chinese Basketball Association has launched a number of targeted innovative measures, which are directly reflected in the league.
Data map: Jiang Yuxing photo by Wu Junjie during the game
As an tentative season, one of the highlights and changes of this year's WCBA league is that it has begun to intersperse three-person basketball matches.
Under the epidemic, the mode of playing the league in a game system also provides room for such innovation.
On the next day of the five-a-side competition, the opposing teams will randomly select 4 players from the team to compete in a three-on-three match.
Famous national players such as Han Xu have participated.
Judging from the feedback received by Chai Wensheng, although the clubs were not very optimistic about such changes in the initial stage, as the season progressed, the role of the game in training young players gradually became apparent and the teams also paid more attention.
This will greatly promote the preparations for the Olympics.
The Chinese Basketball Association is also brewing a change from nothing-to create a Chinese three-person basketball professional league.
This "zero to one" attempt is expected to land after the Tokyo Olympics.
Data map: Three to three have a broad mass base
Chai Wensheng believes that in terms of financial resources, material resources, manpower, and construction, some of the teams participating in the three-person basketball club elite tournament have begun to develop in the direction of professionalism and standardization.
This "dongfeng" is a good opportunity to launch a professional league.
According to his vision, this year will be a transitional season.
"We may use accumulative points and other methods as the club's admission criteria. CBA teams are also welcome to organize separate teams to participate. It is time for China's three-person basketball to take a professional step."
Facing the future, Chai Wensheng believes that three-person basketball is an important driving force for the development of China's basketball career, and it is also a basic work that needs to be done solidly.
Data map: 2019 National Three-person Basketball Club Classic Tournament
"Three-person basketball has high requirements for personal abilities, skills and tactics. Developing it well will not only help broaden the participation in youth training and consolidate the foundation of Chinese basketball, but it will also play a positive role in the overall construction of Chinese basketball."
As Chai Wensheng said, 2020 is a special and bumpy year for China's three-person basketball: there are deficiencies that are difficult to make up, but they are still actively exploring.
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