China News Service, Beijing, July 17th. The 2022 Men's Basketball Asian Cup ended in Jakarta, Indonesia on the evening of the 16th. The competition between the two groups of AB ended. The Chinese men's basketball team won 2 and 1 loss, and advanced to the play-offs as the second place in Group B. Compete with the third place in Group A and the host Indonesia team for a place in the quarter-finals.

　　According to the rules, the first place in the four groups of this Asian Cup will directly advance to the quarter-finals, and the second and third places in each group will be crossed for a play-off to determine the other four quarter-finals.

As the first place in the two groups of AB, Australia and South Korea took the lead in advancing to the quarter-finals, and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, the last of the two groups, were eliminated early.

The third-placed Chinese Taipei team in Group B will compete with the second-placed Jordan team in Group A for another quarter-final spot.

　　In this Asian Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team is in an unprecedented predicament.

In addition to the positive nucleic acid after the end of the World Preliminaries in Australia, which caused Liaoning double stars Guo Ailun and Zhao Jiwei to miss the Asian Cup, other players also suffered injuries to varying degrees.

Even though 5 players were urgently recruited from China and arrived in Jakarta to supplement the lineup, before the Asian Cup, there were only about 6 players in the Chinese men's basketball team who could insist on normal training.

　　In the first match of the Asian Cup group match against South Korea, the Chinese team, which lacked major players such as Zhou Qi, Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei and Wang Zhelin, lost 81:93.

In the second game, facing Bahrain, the weakest team in the group, Zhou Qi, who had just arrived in Jakarta from Australia, has not yet played. The two main point guards, Zhao Rui and Sun Minghui, suffered two technical fouls and were sent off, making it worse for the Chinese team.” The gutter capsized", and finally defeated the opponent with only a slight advantage of 1 point (80:79).

　　In the final battle of the group stage on the evening of the 16th, in the contest with the Chinese Taipei team, Zhou Qi finally ushered in his debut in this Asian Cup.

Although the physical and mental state has not yet fully recovered, the "big devil" who came back from the fire line still scored 10 points and 8 rebounds, leading the Chinese men's basketball team to a 95:80 victory and advancing to the play-offs as the second place in the group.

　　The battle between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Indonesian team will be held on the 18th.

This campaign is not only a life-and-death battle to decide which team can enter the quarter-finals of this Asian Cup, but also has more important significance for the host Indonesian team.

　　The 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup will be played in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.

At present, the Japanese team and the Philippines team as the hosts have been qualified for the World Cup, but as another host, the Indonesian team still needs to rank among the top eight of the Asian Cup before they can get tickets for the World Cup.

　　Therefore, in the battle on the 18th, the Indonesian team, which has the advantage of the host, will go all out. The Chinese men's basketball team, which has an uneven lineup and is still shrouded in the haze of injuries, will usher in another test.

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