China News Service, Beijing, July 22. With the score of the New Zealand team and the South Korean team fixed at 88:78, the East Asian team's final hope of advancing to the semi-finals of the 2022 Men's Basketball Asian Cup was dashed - the top three in East Asia, China, Japan and South Korea All missed the semi-finals, which is the first time in the history of the Asian Cup.
The 2022 Men's Basketball Asian Cup ended in the quarter-finals in Jakarta, Indonesia on the evening of the 21st. The defending champion Australia defeated Japan 99:85, and New Zealand defeated South Korea 88:78.
In the first two quarter-finals, the Chinese men's basketball team with an uneven lineup lost to the upstart Lebanon team in West Asia by 3 points (69:72), and the Jordan team upset the last runner-up Iran team.
The Men's Basketball Asian Cup, formerly known as the Asian Men's Basketball Championship, was founded in 1960 and has been held for 28 sessions.
After 2015, the Men's Basketball Championship was renamed the Men's Basketball Asian Cup.
Therefore, following the Asian Championships, the Asian Cup of Men's Basketball has been in its 30th session so far.
In the first 29 events, the East Asian team has never missed the podium.
In the previous 7 Asian Cups (Asian Championships), apart from the East Asian teams Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei, only the Philippine team has entered the top three.
The Chinese men's basketball team participated in the 8th Asian Championships for the first time in 1975, and won 16 championships and 19 podiums in the first 22 competitions.
In the three events (2007, 2013, 2017) where the Chinese men's basketball team failed to rank among the top three, the South Korean team won the third place.
In 2017, after the Oceania team joined the Asian Cup, it changed the pattern of Asian basketball. The world powerhouse Australia team became the new overlord of the current men's basketball Asian Cup. At that time, the Chinese men's basketball team was defeated by them in the quarter-finals. Eliminate the missed top four.
The New Zealand team also entered the semi-finals of the Asian Cup. Unfortunately, they encountered the Australian team in the semi-finals and missed the final.
After the semi-finals of this Asian Cup, the Asian basketball world has formed a pattern of confrontation between West Asia and Oceania for the first time.
The two semifinals that will be played on the evening of the 23rd will be civil wars in West Asia and Oceania: Lebanon vs. Jordan, Australia vs. New Zealand, which also means that the final of this men’s basketball Asian Cup will meet. The ultimate matchup between a team from Malaysia and a team from Oceania.
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