Data map: In the final round of the third stage of the Tokyo Olympic Women's Basketball Qualifying Tournament, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the South Korean team 100:60 and successfully won tickets for the Tokyo Olympics with a record of three consecutive victories.
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China News Service, Beijing, July 15th. A few days ago, the FIBA website released the women's basketball expert commentator Paul Nielsen's ranking of the strength of each team participating in the Olympic Games. The Chinese women's basketball team ranked fourth.
The top three are the United States, Serbia and Australia.
It is understood that this ranking is based on comprehensive considerations such as the recent performance of each team, the list of personnel, injuries and preparations.
Prior to this, the Chinese women's basketball team has announced the list of 12 people participating in the Olympic Games, including: Pan Zhenqi, Wu Tongtong, Li Meng, Li Yuan, Wang Siyu, Sun Mengran, Huang Sijing, Li Yueru, Yang Liwei, Shao Ting, Zhang Ru, Han Xu.
Among them, Shao Ting, Sun Mengran and Huang Sijing have participated in the Rio Olympics, and the inside "Twin Towers" Han Xu and Li Yueru are the key to whether the Chinese team can go further in Tokyo.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team was in the same group as Australia, Belgium, and Puerto Rico.
The Chinese women's basketball team had twice ascended the Olympic podium before, including runner-up in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, which is also the best record in team history so far.
A few days ago, the Chinese women’s basketball team held a public training session at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center. The head coach Xu Limin revealed that in the past few months of training, the Chinese women’s basketball team has conducted targeted exercises in technical and tactics, and the team’s tacit understanding has been improved. .
But he also pointed out that the objective reality lies ahead. The one-year postponement of the Olympic Games has disrupted the team's preparation process and rhythm. The team has encountered a problem that has never appeared before: it has been unable to compete with international opponents for a long time and faces unknown comparisons. Big.
Xu Limin said: "In the past, warm-up matches with European and American teams were held every year to increase the experience of international competitions. However, now due to the epidemic, I can’t go out or come in. I can only practice against the men’s youth team to increase the intensity of confrontation. ."
According to the plan, the Chinese women's basketball team will depart for Tokyo on July 19.
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