On the evening of April 29, the draw ceremony for the men’s basketball World Cup ended in Manila, Philippines. Under the witness of Yao Ming, the chairman of China Basketball Association, and the coach of China men’s basketball, Joe Evich, China was assigned to Serbia, Puerto Rico, men’s basketball, group B where South Sudan is located. From August 25 this year to September 10, the men’s basketball World Cup 2023 will be held in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
Joe Shuai encountered the mother team, and there was no weak team in the group match.
According to the division situation previously announced by the International Basketball Federation, China, the 27th in the world, became a sixth-tier team men’s basketball. According to the draw rules, the team will be assigned to the same group as the second, fourth and eighth teams. All 32 teams, except 12 teams in the European division, need to follow the principle of avoidance on the same continent.
In the end, China landed in Group B men’s basketball. The same group of opponents included the second-tier team Serbia, the fourth-tier team Puerto Rico, and the eighth-tier team South Sudan.
As the world basketball team, Serbia is currently ranked 6th in the world. It has won the runner-up in the World Cup in 2014, the runner-up in the Olympics in 2016 and the fifth in the World Cup in 2019. The star player is jokiki, the MVP winner of the two NBA regular season matches. When Serbia won the above honors, then the coach was the current coach of China men’s basketball, jordevich.
In addition, during the player period, cholevich also helped Serbia win the runner-up of the 1996 Olympic Games and the champion of the 1998 World Championships (the predecessor of the World Cup). In this year’s World Cup, Joel jevich will face the most familiar mother team and former disciples as the coach of China men’s basketball.
Currently, Puerto Rico ranks 20th in the world and is a traditional strong team in America. The most familiar star in Puerto Rico is Pelican player Alvarado. In just two years, he quickly established himself in NBA and became an indispensable role player of Pelican, at the beginning of this year, he was elected as the MVP (the most valuable player) of the all-star new show.
As for South Sudan, which ranks 62th in the world, although it is regarded as the weakest team in Group B, it is better for China men’s basketball not to belittle this African opponent who made the World Cup debut. In the African region qualifier, South Sudan advanced strongly with a record of 11 wins and 1 loss. There were not only NBA players such as garibel and Bohr, but also CBA Tongxi foreign aid achur, strength cannot be underestimated.
If you want to go straight to Paris, you need to compete with five Asian rivals.
The men’s basketball World Cup record in 2023 is linked to the seats of the Paris Olympics, and 7 teams can advance to the Paris Olympics. Seven direct places will be allocated to teams with higher World Cup rankings, including two European and American teams, and one place for African, Asian and Oceania teams. Similar to the men’s basketball World Cup in 2019, China will compete with five other Asian rivals for an Olympic ticket men’s basketball.
I believe many people still remember the painful experience of China’s men’s basketball in the men’s basketball World Cup in 2019. Four years ago, six Asian teams including Iran, China, South Korea, Japan, Philippines and Jordan failed to advance to the top 16. After the group match and qualifying match, both China men’s basketball and Iran won 2 wins and 3 losses. Because the goal difference was lower than the latter, Iran won the 23rd place in the World Cup, and China failed to reach the Tokyo Olympic Games with the 24th place in men’s basketball. In the later Olympic unsuccessful race, China’s men’s basketball failed to break through and eventually failed to reach the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Compared with 4 years ago, China’s men’s basketball is less than home court advantage, and the hosts of the men’s basketball World Cup in 2023 are Japan and Philippines. Judging from the results of the group draw, Japan was assigned to the “death group”, with Germany, Finland and Australia in the same group E. The Group A teams where the Philippines is located are Angola, Dominica and Italy.
As for the three West Asian teams in Jordan, Iran and Lebanon, the team’s qualifying situation is also not optimistic. Jordan and the United States, Greece and New Zealand are in Group C, Iran and Spain, Ivory Coast and Brazil are in Group G, Lebanon and Canada, Latvia and France are in Group H. Compared with the promotion to the top 16, the more realistic goal is to strive for a victory.
In other words, the grouping situation of Japan, Philippines, Jordan, Iran and Lebanon is similar to that of China men’s basketball. In the group match, we will strive to win the next victory. In the face of strong teams, we will lose less. Finally, we will give a shot in the 17th to 32nd qualifying matches, which may be the common task of six Asian teams.
If you want to stand out and go straight to the Paris Olympic Games in this space duel, you must not only go all out in every game, but also compete for every score. Every win or defeat and every goal difference may affect the final World Cup ranking. Less than four months before the opening of the 2023 World Cup, China men’s basketball should be fully prepared to meet the upcoming challenges.
(Text/Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin)
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