On the 29th, the head coach of China men’s basketball, Qiao erjievic, said after the men’s basketball World Cup group of the International Basketball Federation was announced that his goal for the Chinese team was to qualify.

The group match draw ceremony was held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The Chinese team, South Sudan team, Serbia team and Puerto Rico team are divided into Group B and will participate in the group stage in Manila. The US team was divided into Group C, and the opponents in the same group included Jordan, Greece and New Zealand.

Georgievich told Xinhua News Agency that the South Sudan team and the Puerto Rico team in the same group were both of good strength, while Serbia was his motherland, and playing against the Serbian team would be a very special match, it will also make him very proud.

Qiao erjievich said that he was very proud and excited to lead the Chinese team to the men’s basketball World Cup. The Chinese team has formulated a training plan and will carefully prepare for this World Cup and strive to win every match in the best state.

This World Cup will be held in Manila on August 25. The Philippines, Japan and Indonesia will jointly host the group stage competition, among which the four groups A, B, C and D will be held in the Philippines, group E and Group F competitions were held in Japan, and Group G and group H competitions were held in Indonesia. The first two in each group will be promoted to the elimination match, and all the elimination matches will be held in the Philippines. The two teams that have advanced to the final will stage a peak showdown in Manila on September 10.

(WEN/Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Yan Jie)

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