China News Service, January 12th. Beijing time on the 12th, the Chinese Basketball Team announced that due to the recent intensification of the new crown epidemic in Qatar, the 2021 Men's Basketball Asian Cup Qualifiers Group A, Group B and Group B were originally scheduled to begin on February 17. The E group game cannot be held, and the Chinese men's basketball team that is training will take a break from now on.
The next Asian preliminaries plan is still under study.
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According to the Asian Cup qualifiers schedule, the third window period Group B will be held from February 17 to February 23.
The Chinese men's basketball team is in Group B with the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team, the Malaysian men's basketball team and the Japanese men's basketball team. The top two teams in the group standings will directly qualify for the 2021 Asian Cup in Indonesia.
Earlier, the Malaysian men's basketball team announced that it would withdraw from the Asian preliminaries due to the epidemic.
The Chinese Taipei Men’s Basketball Team had only 7 players willing to participate, and could not meet the FIBA standard of at least 10 players, and eventually had to withdraw.
After the end of the second stage of the CBA, the Chinese men's basketball team began closed training.
According to the announcement of the Chinese Basketball Team, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team will be suspended from now on.
The Chinese Basketball Association will maintain close communication with the FIBA and make plans for the next step based on the actual situation.
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