China News Agency, Beijing, August 22. The World Preliminary Tournament will be rekindled.
The Chinese men's basketball team ended the European training and set off on the 21st local time to Kazakhstan, the venue of the fourth window period.
According to the rules, the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup qualifiers will be divided into two phases and six window periods, of which each phase has three window periods.
In the first stage, the top three of the 4 groups in the Asia region (Asia/Oceania region) advance to the second stage.
The 12 teams are then divided into two groups, and the top three teams in each group will qualify for the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup.
In the first stage, the Chinese men's basketball team won the Japanese team and the Chinese Taipei team twice, and lost 2 to the Australian team, and advanced with a total score of 4 wins and 2 losses.
In the second stage, the Chinese men's basketball team is in Group F with Australia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Bahrain.
Because the two sides in the first stage are no longer facing each other, the results will be brought into the second round. Therefore, the opponents of the Chinese men's basketball team in the second stage will be Kazakhstan, Iran and Bahrain.
As an old rival of the Chinese men's basketball team, the Iranian team won the Asian Championships three times in 2007, 2009 and 2013.
In the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, the Chinese men's basketball team also lost to the Iranian team and missed the semi-finals.
In the first stage of the game, the Kazakhstan team double-killed the Iranian team and became the biggest dark horse.
In mid-June, the FIBA released the World Preliminary Asian Regional Power Rankings for the men's basketball team, the Kazakhstan team ranked first, and the Chinese men's basketball team ranked fourth.
In the third window period, the Bahrain team beat the Kazakhstan team in an upset, showing good strength.
In the Asian Cup group stage in mid-July, the Chinese men's basketball team narrowly defeated Bahrain by only one point (80:79).
Because the Australian team, currently ranked third in the world, is difficult to shake the top spot in Group F. Therefore, if the Chinese team wants to qualify for the World Cup, every match in the second stage is crucial.
After the third window of the World Preliminaries ended, many Chinese men's basketball teams tested positive for nucleic acid, resulting in a serious line-up in the subsequent Asian Cup, ending in the quarterfinals, setting the worst record for a first-tier team to participate in the Asian Cup.
Now most of the players, including Zhou Qi and Guo Ailun, have recovered, but their state is unknown.
In preparation for the fourth window of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese men's basketball team went to Europe for training after the Asian Cup.
It is reported that the Chinese men's basketball team played several teaching games in Spain and 3 warm-up games in France, with 1 win and 1 loss, and one was interrupted due to venue problems.
Although there is no more information on the specific situation of the Chinese men's basketball team in Europe, the bad news has made many fans sweat-the main defender Zhao Jiwei injured his nasal bone during the warm-up match in France. Will he be able to play in a few days? Doubtful.
According to the schedule, the two games in the fourth window of the Chinese Men's Basketball World Preliminaries will be played on the evenings of the 25th and 29th, Beijing time, respectively. The opponents are Kazakhstan and Bahrain.
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