China News Agency, Beijing, June 21st. The 2022 FIBA ​​Three-person Basketball World Cup kicked off on the 21st. The Chinese women's team in the one-day double game won one and lost one. 14:17 regrettably lost to the Japanese team.

　　This three-person Basketball World Cup is the seventh, and will be held in Antwerp, Belgium from June 21 to 26, with 20 men's and 20 women's teams participating.

In the group stage, the Chinese women's team was in Group A with Germany, Romania, Lithuania and Japan; the Chinese men's team was in Group B with Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland and Japan.

　　In the sixth three-person basketball World Cup in 2019, the Chinese women's basketball team and the American men's basketball team won the women's and men's championships respectively.

As the defending champion of the competition and the bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympics, the goal of the Chinese three-person women's basketball team's trip is naturally to be on the podium again.

In addition to the "popular king" Yang Shuyu of the Tokyo Olympics, who is preparing for the Australian Futsal Women's World Cup with the Chinese women's basketball team, Wang Lili, Wan Jiyuan and Zhang Zhiting, who competed in the three-person basketball World Cup this time, are all bronze medalists in the Tokyo Olympics. Cao Junwei replaced Yang Shuyu.

　　The three-player basketball game is divided into two halves. The total time of a single game is 10 minutes. The team with the higher score at the end of the game wins, and the team that scores 21 points first during the regular game time can win early.

　　At 18:50 on the 21st, Beijing time, the Chinese three-person women's basketball team made their debut in this competition in the confrontation with the Romanian team.

After taking the lead with 7:3, the Chinese team reached 21 points before the end of the regular game time, and won the start with 21:12 ahead of schedule.

Among them, Zhang Zhiting and Wan Jiyuan performed strongly, scoring 8 points each, while Wang Lili and Cao Junwei also scored 3 and 2 points respectively.

　　The match between the Chinese women's basketball team and the Japanese team will take place two and a half hours later.

In this campaign, the Chinese women's basketball team was trapped by fouls, and after a passive start with 0:4, it has been in a backward position.

With more than 1 minute left in the game, the Chinese team chased the score to 14:14.

But at the critical moment, the Chinese team repeated the same mistakes, the number of fouls reached 10, the Japanese team made two free throws and finally won the final victory with 17:14.

　　According to the schedule, among the 4 groups of the men’s and women’s teams in this three-person basketball World Cup, the first place in each group will directly advance to the quarter-finals, and the second and third place in each group will have a play-off to compete for the other 4 1 /4 finals seats.

In the group stage, the Chinese men's and women's teams are all one-day doubles. The women's team will play on the 21st and 23rd; the men's team will appear on the 22nd and 24th, and its debut in this competition is in Beijing. Time against the Netherlands at 17:25 on the 22nd.

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