Beijing, May 5 (ZXS) -- On the 31st Beijing time, the Chinese three-man women's basketball team linked Israel and Lithuania to win two consecutive victories in the 31 FIBA Three-a-side Basketball World Cup.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Chinese three-man women's basketball team ushered in the debut of this World Cup. Facing Israel, which was relatively weak in this group, the Chinese team had a large advantage in the whole game, and finally won easily 21:4 to get off to a good start.
Wang Lili, a 31-year-old veteran, scored a game-high 12 points, and Zhang Yi, who participated in the World Cup for the first time, contributed five points and three rebounds.
That night, the Chinese three-man women's basketball team welcomed the second opponent of the group stage, Lithuania, which is also the strongest competitor of the Chinese team in this group. A year ago, the Chinese three-man women's basketball team "double-killed" the Lithuanian team in the group stage and the three- and four-place final, winning the bronze medal in the 2022 World Cup.
This time they met again, and the Chinese team is still the dominant player. Although Lithuania briefly narrowed the gap to one point, the Chinese team then played a 1-9 climax and finally won two consecutive group stage wins 0-17.
In this game, World Cup newcomer Zhang Yi still performed brilliantly, contributing 5 points again; Wanjiwon, who scored 3 points in the previous game, scored a game-high 8 points.
According to the rules of the tournament, the first place in each of the four groups of men and women in this World Cup will directly advance to the quarterfinals, and the second and third places in each group will play cross-matches to compete for the other four quarter-final places. The Chinese women's team, which has won two consecutive games in the group stage, is expected to advance directly to the quarterfinals as the top of the group.
The 2023 FIBA Three-a-Side Basketball World Cup was held in Vienna, Austria, from May 5 to June 30, with 6 teams each competing in the men's and women's categories. Due to the lack of top three in the qualifiers, the Chinese three-man men's basketball team unfortunately did not qualify for this World Cup. The 4 World Cup champion and the last bronze medalist, the Chinese three-man women's basketball team, was shortlisted as a seeded team, which is also the first major international event faced by the "national brand" team in Chinese basketball this year.
In this World Cup, the Chinese three-man women's basketball team is in Group D with Lithuania, Italy, Romania and Israel. On the afternoon and evening of June 6, Beijing time, the Chinese team will play against Romania and Italy respectively. (End)