At 23:00 this evening, the Chinese men's football team faced the Australian men's football team in the 6th round of Group B of the World Preliminary Round in Asia. So, what is the historical confrontation between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Australian men's basketball team?
The first meeting between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Australian men's basketball team in an official international competition was at the 1990 World Championships in Argentina. At that time, the first game of the Chinese men's basketball team group stage was against the Australian men's basketball team, and finally lost 85-106.
At the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team and the Australian men's basketball team met again. In this game, Hu Weidong and Wu Qinglong scored 15 and 14 points respectively, but the Chinese men's basketball team still lost to the Australian men's basketball team 66-88.
At the 1994 World Championships in Canada, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in a golden generation. That year, the Chinese men's basketball team won the 8th place to create history, when the team had stars such as Adijiang, Gong Xiaobin, Hu Weidong, Liu Yudong, Shan Tao, Sun Jun, Wu Qinglong and Zheng Wu. But in that year's qualifying round, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Australian men's basketball team 57-95.
The China-Australia men's basketball team met again at the 2012 London Olympics. In that year's confrontation, Yi Jianlian was forced to leave the game due to a foot injury, and as a result, the Chinese men's basketball team once again lost to the Australian men's basketball team 61-81.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team suffered four consecutive defeats in the group stage. In this game, Australia has NBA players such as Bogut, Mills and DelaVertova, and the Result is that the Chinese men's basketball team lost again 68-93.
In the 2017 Men's Basketball Asian Cup, Du Feng led the Chinese men's basketball team to lead the team, including Guo Allen, Zeng Lingxu, Liu Xiaoyu, Wu Qian, Li Gen, Gu Quan, Ren Junfei, Hu Jinqiu, Han Dejun and Li Muhao. The Australian men's basketball team did not have any NBA players out this time. As a result, in the quarterfinals of that year, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Australian men's basketball team 71-97. In the end, the Australian men's basketball team won the championship of this tournament.
Judging from the above 6 encounters, the Chinese men's basketball team lost at least 20 points in each game, and the gap between the strength of the two sides is obvious. (Supine Braces/Hairy)