China News Agency, Beijing, August 30th, at 80:67, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Bahrain for the second time in the past two months, won two consecutive victories in the fourth window of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup qualifiers, and advanced to the World Cup. The prospect of the game is good.
The fourth window period is the first game period of the second stage of the World Preliminaries. The opponents of the Chinese men's basketball team are Kazakhstan and Bahrain.
In the recent confrontation with the Kazakhstan team, the Chinese men's basketball team won 68:56.
On the evening of the 29th local time, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the second opponent Bahrain.
In the Asian Cup group stage in mid-July, the Chinese men's basketball team, which was plagued by injuries and had a seriously uneven lineup, narrowly defeated Bahrain by only 1 point (80:79).
This time we met again, and the injury situation of the Chinese team has greatly improved. Although the main defender Guo Ailun, who started the game against Kazakhstan, was sidelined due to injury, the overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, which had improved significantly a month and a half ago, was 80: 67 won easily, the scores of the four quarters were: 25:11, 17:22, 20:13, 18:21 (the Chinese team was in front).
In this game, the "big devil" Zhou Qi was still the pinnacle of the sea, scoring a team-high 22 points and contributing 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.
Zhu Junlong, a teenager from Zhejiang Guangsha, who was selected for the national team for the first time, became a surprise soldier. In 18 minutes of playing time, he scored 14 points and 5 rebounds.
During the Asian Cup, Zhu Junlong was unable to play due to illness.
In addition, Hu Mingxuan scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Zhao Jiwei, who had a broken nose and played in a mask in Europe, contributed 4 assists.
In the three window competitions in the first stage of the world preliminaries, the Chinese men's basketball team won two wins against Japan and Chinese Taipei, and two losses against Australia, and advanced with a total score of 4 wins and 2 losses.
The 12 teams in the second stage are divided into two groups. Except for the host team, the top three teams in each group will advance to the World Cup.
The Chinese men's basketball team is in Group F with Australia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Bahrain.
According to relevant rules, the two sides will no longer face each other in the first stage of the World Preliminaries, and the results will be brought into the second round. Therefore, the opponents of the Chinese team in the second stage are Kazakhstan, Iran and Bahrain.
After the end of the fourth window period, the Chinese men's basketball team replaced the Kazakhstan team with a total score of 6 wins and 2 losses to take the second place in the group, and the Australian team with 8 consecutive victories ranked first.
Temporarily ranked 3-6 in this group are Iran, Kazakhstan, Bahrain and Japan.
Because the Japanese team as the host has been qualified for the direct pass, the Australian team's first position in the group is difficult to shake, and the Bahrain team has basically been eliminated. Therefore, the competition for the World Cup places in Group F is mainly the competition between China, Iran and Kazakhstan.
At present, the Chinese men's basketball team, which has ushered in two consecutive victories in the fourth window period, also occupies a relatively active position in the competition for the World Cup main race seats.
According to the schedule, the Chinese men's basketball team will usher in two games in the fifth window period in November this year, against Iran and Bahrain respectively; the last window of the World Preliminary Championship will be held in February next year, and the Chinese team will face each other. Kazakhstan and Iran.
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