Chinese women's basketball team, go all out to fight every point

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　　From September 22 to October 1, the 2022 FIBA ​​Women's Basketball World Cup will be held.

At present, the Chinese women's basketball national team has arrived in the World Cup competition area and will usher in the first match of the group stage on the first day of the competition.

The 4-year Women's Basketball World Cup is the highest level event in today's women's basketball world. There are no underdogs in the participating teams. The victory or defeat depends to a large extent on the performance on the spot. The Chinese team needs to do their best to fight for every point.

　　From September 22 to October 1, the 2022 FIBA ​​Women's Basketball World Cup will be held in Sydney, Australia.

At present, the Chinese women's basketball national team has arrived in the competition area for pre-match adjustment and training in the sprint stage.

　　Zheng Wei, head coach of the Chinese team, said that the Chinese women's basketball team is based on hard work, and will definitely complete the task of this game with the best mental outlook and state of the game.

The Chinese team will usher in the first match of the group stage on the 22nd against the South Korean team.

　　"The team practices while playing, and every warm-up match is a good test"

　　In order to prepare for the Women's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team organized an 80-day training camp from late May. The previous month focused on restoring physical condition and training personal skills. Then the whole team concentrated on practicing techniques and tactics and went to Europe to participate. Warm-up match.

During this period, the Chinese women's basketball team has successively played 7 warm-up matches with the French women's basketball team, the Spanish club team, the Belgian women's basketball team and the Serbian women's basketball team.

　　After arriving in the World Cup competition area, the Chinese team also played warm-up matches with Australia, Canada and Puerto Rico. Australia is the host of the World Cup and Puerto Rico is the opponent of the World Cup group stage.

　　Affected by the epidemic, fewer games have become the biggest difficulty in preparing for this battle, so the importance of these 10 warm-up games is self-evident.

"The team is practicing while playing, and every warm-up match is a good test. We found a lot of problems, and the team's state is getting better and better." Zheng Wei said that the Chinese team is working hard to solve how to break the pressure Weak links such as defense, reducing mistakes, and improving confrontation.

　　FIBA recently announced the world rankings of the national women's basketball teams, with the Chinese team temporarily ranked seventh.

In this regard, Zheng Wei believes that from the point of view of the world ranking points, in addition to the obvious advantage of the US team ranked first, the points of the other top ten teams are not much different. The outside world has high expectations for the Chinese women's basketball team, but The team will remain calm, especially prepare for difficulties, and put themselves in a position of fighting and rushing.

　　"The players have their own characteristics, there are pitchers and insiders, and they can organize with speed"

　　The Women's Basketball World Cup is held every 4 years and is the highest level of the women's basketball event today.

Before the 2018 World Championship was renamed the World Cup, the best result in the history of the Chinese women's basketball team was the runner-up, and the Chinese team won the sixth place in the 2018 Women's Basketball World Cup.

　　According to the grouping of this competition, the Chinese team is in Group A with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, South Korea, Puerto Rico and the United States.

The Chinese team has played against Belgium and Puerto Rico in the Tokyo Olympics group stage and both won. Facing the old Asian rivals South Korea and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is ranked 26th in the world, the Chinese team also has a relatively dominant overall strength. party.

　　In various positions, the inside line has always been the advantage of the Chinese women's basketball team.

After a season of experience in overseas leagues, Chinese center Han Xu and Li Yueru gained growth and confidence.

"I need to take more responsibility, no matter offense or defense, I hope to make more contributions to the team." Li Yueru said.

　　After Han Xu and Li Yueru joined the national team for the first time, they took advantage of the last few warm-up matches to get in touch with their teammates, in order to improve their tacit understanding under the new technical and tactical system as soon as possible. I am confident in my overall strength.

"The team members have their own characteristics. There are pitchers and insiders. They have speed and can organize. Our lineup can be said to be very comprehensive." Han Xu said.

　　According to the schedule, the Chinese team will play 5 games in 6 days in the group stage.

In the face of such a competition intensity, the entire team has been prepared in advance in training, and on weekdays, simulation training and competitions are carried out according to the arrangements of the competition day.

　　"The teams entering the World Cup finals are all very strong. Who wins and who loses mainly depends on the performance on the spot"

　　In this World Cup, the Chinese team sent a team of old, middle-aged and young people. Compared with the Tokyo Olympic lineup, the two main players, Shao Ting and Sun Mengran, were not in the lineup. Competitiveness.

　　Before the game, FIBA ​​was very optimistic about the prospects of the Chinese team in this World Cup, and ranked the Chinese team at the forefront of the World Cup team strength rankings for many times.

　　The FIBA ​​official website commented: "The Chinese team has two outstanding players in every position, and they have reason to step onto the podium." This evaluation is due to the Chinese team's complete victory in the World Cup qualifiers. , especially against the fifth-ranked French team in the world. The Chinese team beat the opponent by 33 points. The official website of FIBA ​​commented on the game: "They defeated the French team in an amazing way."

　　In this regard, the Chinese team maintained a calm attitude.

Zheng Wei said: "The teams entering the World Cup finals are all very strong. Who wins and who loses depends on the spot." Talking about the upcoming group stage, Han Xu believes that the experience of overseas leagues in the past season will not only help her Limited to improving the level of basketball, competing with outstanding players from all over the world has also accumulated a lot of experience for her.

"I know the situation and characteristics of the main players of the opponent, such as the Belgian defender and center, and the center of Bosnia and Herzegovina." Han Xu is looking forward to the World Cup.

　　As a member of the Chinese women's basketball coaching staff, Zheng Wei followed the Chinese team to the north and south, and has assisted 3 head coaches to participate in the World Series.

The Women's Basketball World Cup is Zheng Wei's first on-the-spot coaching as a head coach.

"From the current situation, each team has a complete lineup and is fully prepared. We hope to give full play to the characteristics of the players, and we have made a lot of targeted preparations for the opponents in the group stage." Zheng Wei said, "The Chinese team has been very long. We don’t have time to enter the semi-finals of the World Series, we cherish this opportunity very much and strive to play our best level.”