China News Service, Beijing, October 29th. In preparation for the fifth window of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team announced a new training list on the 29th, and Zhou Qi, who returned to the Australian NBL League, is on the list. , Liaoning team star Guo Ailun and Zhao Jiwei were absent.
The new Chinese men's basketball training team has a total of 17 members, namely: Sun Minghui, Zhu Junlong, Wang Zhelin, Ren Junfei, Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie, Wu Qian, Lu Wenbo, Wang Yibo, Zhou Peng, Shen Zijie, Gu Quan, Jiang Weize, Zhu Mingzhen , Abdusalamu · Abdurexiti, Zhou Qi.
In this list, it is striking that the Liaoning team, which was once known as "half the cradle of the national team", was not selected, and well-known players Guo Ailun and Zhao Jiwei were not included in the list.
Veteran Zhou Peng and Xinjiang team Abdu Salamu, who missed this summer's World Cup preliminaries and the Asian Cup due to injury, returned to the national team.
Zhou Qi, who returned to the Phoenix team in southeastern Melbourne, Australia this season, is still on the list.
According to the introduction of the "Chinese Basketball Team", in the fifth window period of the Asian region of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese team will usher in two games with Iran and Bahrain. The Chinese men's basketball team will play in Guangzhou from October 31 to November 7. Chimelong started training and then set off for Tehran, Iran.
The Asian qualifiers for the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup are divided into two stages. Each stage of the competition is divided into three window periods. It has now entered the second stage.
The 12 teams in the second stage are divided into two groups. Except for the host team, the top three of 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 the 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 temporarily ranked second in the group with a total score of 6 wins and 2 losses, 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 direct access, 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 between China, Iran and Kazakhstan.
According to the schedule, the Chinese men's basketball team will face Iran on November 11 and Bahrain on November 15.
The last window (the sixth window) of the World Preliminaries will be held in February next year. The Chinese team will play against Kazakhstan and Iran respectively.
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