China News Agency, Beijing, February 19th. The Chinese men's basketball team set off for Hong Kong on the 19th to participate in the sixth window of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
The famous Serbian coach Djordjevic will also usher in his first show coaching the Chinese men's basketball team.
On the occasion of the Chinese men's basketball team's expedition, the Chinese Basketball Association announced the list of 16 players.
Among them, there are 3 centers: Zhou Qi, Hu Jinqiu, Wang Zhelin; 6 forwards: Zhang Zhenlin, Zhu Junlong, Zhou Peng, Zhu Xuhang, Zeng Fanbo, Jiao Boqiao; 7 defenders: Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei, Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan, Wu Qian, Cheng Shuipeng, Cui Yongxi.
A month ago, the Chinese men's basketball team issued a list of 18 people preparing for the sixth window of the world preliminaries.
In the current 16-man roster, Guangzhou team forward Zhu Mingzhen and Jiangsu Kendia team defender Cui Xiaolong unfortunately failed to be selected. The Chinese men's basketball team expressed "sincere thanks" to the two for their efforts during the training camp.
In order to prepare for the sixth window of the world preliminaries, the Chinese men's basketball team will start a new training session in Shanghai from February 1.
Although the Chinese men's basketball team has qualified for the 2023 FIBA World Cup ahead of schedule after the end of the fifth window period, the training and expedition of the Chinese men's basketball team is still attracting attention, because this is the Serbian coach Joe Jerjevic's first training and battle after taking charge of the Chinese men's basketball team.
In November last year, Djordjevic, who coached the Serbian men's basketball team to win the 2014 World Cup runner-up and the 2016 Olympic silver medal, took office in China.
The Chinese Basketball Association revealed that Djordjevic will lead the Chinese men's basketball team to play in the sixth window of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup qualifiers and the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup, striving to lead the team to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
During the training camp led by the team in Shanghai, "Qiao Shuai" said that in the upcoming world preliminaries, the coaching team mainly inspects the players, adjusts the team, adjusts the physical condition of the players, and at the same time allows them to better understand international competitions.
"What I do is make the players ready and confident to face any opponent."
This window period is also the last window period of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. The Chinese men's basketball team will play two games in Hong Kong: against Kazakhstan at 19:30 on February 23, and against Iran at 12:00 on February 26. (Both games are Beijing time).
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