The Chinese Basketball Association released a report on the development of the Chinese basketball sport, and Zhou Qi was selected as the public's favorite Chinese player, and he was preceded by Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Guo Allen and Wang Zhizhi. Alongside a number of high-quality idols, Zhou Qi won this weight honor, which surprised many people. At the 2019 Homegrown World Cup, Zhou Qi made a fatal mistake in the match against the Polish men's basketball team, resulting in the reversal of the Chinese men's basketball team. Zhou Qi was regarded as the great sinner of the Chinese men's basketball team, and was once called and beaten.
There have been lows, but Zhou Qi is also fully worthy of this honor, because since the youth team, he has continued to contribute to the country. In 2009, at the age of 13, Zhou Qi entered the national youth team. Two years later, 15-year-old Zhou Qi became the pillar of China's U16 men's basketball team, leading the team to win the championship of Turkey's U16 International Invitational Tournament. In 2013, Zhou Qi led the national youth men's basketball team to compete in the U19 World Youth Championships, and won the 7th place. This is also the best record of the Chinese national team in the world series, and Zhou Qi has made great contributions to the Chinese youth team.
The results are excellent, and Zhou Qi continues to win crazy data. In the Turkey U16 International Invitational Tournament, Zhou Qi scored 41 points, 28 rebounds and 15 blocks in a single game in the semifinals against Germany. In the final, facing Turkey, Zhou Qi scored 30 points, 17 rebounds and 8 blocks. In the U16 Asian Youth Championship, Zhou Qi lost 43 points, 19 rebounds and 12 blocks against South Korea. The title of the Great Devil has not gone away, and Zhou Qi has also become a meritorious figure in the history of the Chinese national youth men's basketball team, which is enough to be worshiped by countless descendants.
After entering the Chinese men's basketball team, Zhou Qi became a meritorious figure for the team to return to the peak of Asia. At the 2013 Asian Championship, the Chinese men's basketball team was defeated by the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team in the semi-finals, and finally only finished 5th. The Chinese men's basketball team created the worst record in history, and the Basketball Association decided to rebuild the national team. Gong Luming re-emerged as the manager of the Chinese men's basketball team and carried out a major blood change. In 2014, Zhou Qi, who had not yet played in the CBA at that time, was favored by Gong Luming and entered the national team.
Without disappointing BoLe, Zhou Qi played at a high level when he first entered the national team. In the FIBA Asian Cup that year, Zhou Qi played 7 times for the Chinese men's basketball team, averaging 11.3 minutes per game, scoring 8.8 points, 6 rebounds and 12.4 blocks. In the 2015 Changsha Asian Championship, Zhou Qi was even more explosive, especially in the battle against the South Korean men's basketball team, he scored 13 points in the last quarter to help the team complete the reversal. In that game, Zhou Qi got 21 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, becoming the number one contributor to the victory. In the end, Zhou Qi helped the Chinese men's basketball team regain the championship and entered the best team of the tournament.
Since then, Zhou Qi has become the main force of iron fighting in the national team. In the 2018 Asian Games, in the absence of Yi Jianlian Guo Allen, Zhou Qi led the Chinese men's basketball red team to win the championship as an absolute core. It is the 2019 local World Cup, although Zhou Qi has made fatal mistakes, but in terms of overall performance, he is still the best Chinese player outside of Yi Jianlian.
The overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is not good, and the then head coach Li Nan's platoon deployment is also problematic, but Zhou Qi has never publicly defended himself, but chose to remedy it with action. Before the Chinese men's basketball team lost the qualifiers, Zhou Qi underwent eye surgery, but he took a huge risk to play for the country and played well. Before the start of the season, Zhou Qi went to play in the Australian League, but when negotiating a contract with the Southeast Phoenix, he put playing for the national team in the first place. Zhou Qi honored the bold words, in the World Preliminary Tournament of the Chinese men's basketball team against the Japanese men's basketball team, and played the core level.
Du Feng, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team at the time, was also the head coach of the Guangdong men's basketball team, known for his strict coaching, and there were many famous scenes of angry disciples. But for Zhou Qi, Du Feng has always been full of praise. "I want to be here to admire and be proud of Zhou Qi's professional attitude and professionalism, as well as the desire to serve the country, as Zhou Qi's coach, I am very happy and happy to have such a team member." He flew to join the team immediately after the second day of eye surgery, he knew that the team was very difficult, in this case there was a game, which brought a lot of energy to the game, here on behalf of the national team to express my heartfelt thanks to Zhou Qi. Du Feng said.
Zhou Qi's dedication to the country touched not only Du Feng, but also countless fans. "People who have no faults, but can change, good is great", Zhou Qi is a mistake, but he has been working hard to remedy, this attitude is also worthy of appreciation. In the following years, Zhou Qi will inevitably be the pillar of the national team.
It is worth mentioning that now Zhou Qi has also made a name for himself in the NBL. In several games in Australia, Zhou Qi continued to shine and became the core of the Phoenix team's interior line. In the overseas league to win glory for China, it has been a long time since the players have done it, and Zhou Qi's reputation has further risen.