Image source: Official WeChat of the Chinese Basketball Team

　　China News Service, Beijing, July 9. Prior to this, the Chinese Basketball Association released news that it was confirmed that many Chinese men's basketball players who finished the third window of the World Preliminaries in Australia and were about to participate in the Asian Cup had nucleic acid positives. The national team urgently recruited 5 domestic players. Players fly to Jakarta to prepare for the game.

At noon on the 9th, the official account of the Chinese Basketball Team answered questions from the media and fans.

　　After finishing the third window of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese men's basketball team went to Jakarta, Indonesia, where the Asian Cup is held in two batches.

The first group arrived on July 6 and the second group is scheduled to depart on July 10 or 11.

The players currently staying in Melbourne still live in the hotel where they stayed during the preliminaries, and live alone, with three meals a day delivered by the hotel to the door of the room.

The team leader and team doctor of the Chinese men's basketball team will stay in the local area to provide necessary help to the players, and experts from the Sports Medical Institute of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China will provide medical and psychological support to the players online.

The players are currently in stable physical condition and in a good mood.

　　Regarding the selection of the 5 replacement players, the team had prepared a contingency plan for emergencies as early as the start of the national team training camp in May. After consulting the opinions of the players and the club, a 24-person visit was prepared. The roster includes the five players who were urgently called up to the team this time.

　　When the first batch of players departed from Melbourne on July 6, the team had already determined the list of replacement players, and contacted the players themselves and their clubs as soon as possible. Both the players themselves and the clubs responded positively. Everything is based on the national team. need to be a priority.

In the next few hours, with the cooperation of many parties, the foreign affairs procedures, the addition of new equipment, and the Fuzhou rendezvous of players were completed.

　　At present, the national team is in Jakarta for normal preparation and training as planned.

The five replacement players have successfully arrived in Jakarta at noon on July 7. According to the team's arrangement, they have already started training in the afternoon of the arrival day and are familiar with the tactics.

　　The 2022 Asian Cup Futsal will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from July 12 to 24, with the Chinese team in Group B along with South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Bahrain.

The three-person basketball Asian Cup will be held in Singapore from July 6 to 10. The Chinese three-person men's basketball team will play the first qualifying round on July 7, and the Chinese three-person women's basketball team will start the group stage on the 9th.

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