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For Chinese sports fans, 2022 is definitely an exciting year, the Winter Olympics, universiade, Asian Games, World Cup and other international competitions will be staged in turn, coupled with a number of individual World Championships, it is foreseeable that 2022 will be quite lively. As the host of the three comprehensive events of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chengdu Universiade and the Hangzhou Asian Games, China will inevitably become the focus of the world's attention, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the super sports year of 2022 will be deeply marked as "China".
January
Women's Asian Cup Men's World Preliminary Tournament
In January, in addition to the Australian Open, which took the lead in launching, the Chinese women's football team and the Chinese men's football team will compete in the Asian Cup and the World Preliminary Tournament under the leadership of the new coach. For women's football coach Shui Qingxia, although the task of qualifying for the World Cup through the Asian Cup is not difficult, the debut after leading the team is full of expectations. Under the leadership of Li Xiaopeng, the Chinese men's football team will play the first game against Japan on the road, the first meeting of the top 40 matches, the Chinese team's small loss of one goal makes the outside world regretful, and now under the leadership of the new coach, the performance of the national football team is of concern.
February
Beijing Winter Olympics Men's Football World Preliminary Tournament
On February 4, the fourth day of the first lunar month, the Beijing Winter Olympic Games will officially start, and Beijing will become the first "double Olympic city" in the history of the Olympic Games. On February 4, the Beijing Winter Olympics officially opened, the games will last for more than half a month, and close on February 20. The Winter Olympics featured 7 major events, 15 sub-events and 109 minor events. As the host, the Chinese delegation is also making a final sprint for the Winter Olympics at home, the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team is not only expected to continue to maintain its advantages in short track speed skating and other ice sports, but also the Chinese athletes who have made breakthroughs in a number of snow sports are expected to break the existing pattern of "ice is strong and snow is weak", writing a new page in the history of China's ice and snow in the History of the Winter Olympics. In addition, the Chinese men's football team will continue to play in the World Preliminary Round on the road, against Vietnam.
March
Beijing Winter Paralympic Games Men's Football World Preliminary Tournament
Entering March, the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games will officially open. Like the Winter Olympics, China will welcome Paralympic athletes from all over the world with the same attitude, go to the ice and snow covenant, and share the ice and snow feast. Throughout March, the World Championships in ice and snow will be held throughout, with speed skating, ski jumping, short track speed skating and other competitions. During this period, the All England Open Badminton Championship and the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix were held successively. In late March, the Chinese men's soccer team will face Saudi Arabia and Oman, which is also the end of the World Preliminary Round of 40.
April
AFC Champions League World Snooker Championship
In April, the group stage of the AFC Champions League East Asia region will officially begin, and for Chinese Super League teams, whether to compete with the main squad needs to be decided. After the end of the World Preliminary Tournament at the end of March, the international players are likely to be in quarantine, the status can not be guaranteed, if the Chinese Super League teams choose to abandon the AFC Champions League again, the Chinese Super League may open at the end of April at the earliest. In mid-April, the Snooker World Championships will be held, and Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, who have made a breakthrough in their results in 2021, will meet the challenge again. In addition, at the end of April or early May, the World World Table Tennis Team Championships will be held in Chengdu, China, which will be an important competition for the main force of the Paris Olympic cycle to be trained.
May
Swimming World Championships, World Women's Volleyball League, Badminton Tangyou Cup
In May, the Chinese badminton team, the Chinese swimming team and the Chinese women's volleyball team will all appear in the competition. After winning the 12th Tangyou Cup in 2021, the Chinese badminton team will once again embark on the journey of defending its title. Subsequently, at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, the Chinese swimming team will go all out. At the end of the month, the Chinese women's volleyball team, which has not yet determined the manager' candidate, will officially start the world women's volleyball league competition. The 2022 World Women's Volleyball League will adopt the model of multiple national races, and finally decide the finals team after the game, and then play the finals.
June
NBA Finals : Chengdu Universiade
At the beginning of June, the NBA Finals officially began, whether the history-making Milwaukee Bucks can defend the honor, whether the Nets led by the "Big Three" can survive the crisis, whether the "old cannon" Paul can lead the team to stand out in the West, and whether the warriors with a neat lineup will be brilliant again, the mystery will be revealed one by one. In late June, the 31st Summer Universiade, postponed due to the pandemic, will be held in Chengdu, when sports fans will once again focus on China. The Chengdu Universiade is the third time that the Summer Universiade has been held Chinese mainland after the 2001 Beijing Universiade and the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade. As a world-class sports event, the Chengdu Universiade will attract university athletes from all over the world to participate in the competition, and young people around the world will also experience the unique Chinese style through the platform of the Universiade.
July
World Women's Volleyball League, East Asian Cup, Men's Basketball Asian Cup
In July, the Chinese men's basketball team will go to the Men's Basketball Asian Cup held in Indonesia, and the Chinese team, which is divided into the first gear, has the opportunity to return to the top of Asia. After more than a month of competition, the World Volleyball League Finals will be officially staged, and the Chinese women's volleyball team has the opportunity to show its style on the world stage again. In mid-July, the 22nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics will be held in Eugene, USA, and "Asian Flyer" Su Bingtian is fully preparing for this event. In late July, the men's and women's football teams have competed in the East Asian Cup, which is another competition led by Shui Qingxia and Li Xiaopeng after more than half a year, and the performance of the Chinese team is worth looking forward to.
August
Badminton World Championships Men's Basketball World Cup Qualifiers
Entering August, the Bundesliga and the Premier League will take the lead, and although the specific start time of La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 has not yet been announced, it is likely that the competition will start in August. At the same time, the IAAF Diamond League will be held in Shenzhen, China, and Chinese track and field athletes will play at home. At the end of August, the Badminton World Championships will come to Japan, and the Chinese badminton team will also return to Japan, which has created a good result at the Tokyo Olympic Games. After the Chinese men's basketball team finished the Asian Cup game, it was necessary to enter the World Cup qualifiers with a slight adjustment, which was a big challenge for the team.
September
Hangzhou Asian Games Women's Volleyball World Championships
In September, the Hangzhou Asian Games officially arrived, and Hangzhou will become the third city in China to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou. The Hangzhou Asian Games has a total of 40 major events, including 31 Olympic sports and 9 non-Olympic sports, of which e-sports and break dancing will become the official events of the Asian Games. The Hangzhou Asian Games are expected to produce a total of 482 gold medals in 16 match days, and the Chinese legion will also launch an attack on the top podium of the Asian Games. Four years ago, at the Asian Games in Jakarta, the Chinese team won 132 gold medals, and the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese legion fighting on the ground is expected to achieve a new leap forward.
October
Hangzhou Asian Para Games Gymnastics World Championships
In October, the Asian Para Games after the Asian Games will arrive as scheduled. At the end of the month, the AFC Champions League final, which the Chinese team has been missing for six years, will be staged. At the same time, the Gymnastics World Championships will be held in Liverpool, England. At the 2021 Gymnastics World Championships, the Chinese gymnastics team competed with a new lineup, winning 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze results, beating Japan and ranking first among all participating teams. In the new Olympic cycle, the Chinese gymnastics team has set sail again, and they are also looking forward to continuing their outstanding performances. Although the exact timing of the competition has not yet been determined, in October, the World Weightlifting Championships will be held in Chongqing, China, which will be the second time that the World Weightlifting Championships will come to China after 27 years in Guangzhou in 1995.
November
Qatar World Cup Men's Basketball World Cup Qualifiers
The 2022 Qatar World Cup, which opens on 21 November, is a feast for football fans. Due to the hot summer weather in the Middle East, the World Cup will also be ignited for the first time in winter, when the top 32 teams in world football will gather in Qatar to release passion and sweat, just so that they can finally touch the Hercules Cup. At present, in the European Zone, where strong teams are gathered, the defending champions France and 10 teams such as Germany, England and Spain have locked up the World Cup regular place in advance, while the two traditional Italian and Portuguese have fallen into the World Preliminary Round European Play-offs, and they will compete with 10 other teams for the last three regular places. Brazil and Argentina, the two most powerful teams in South America, also successfully qualified for the main competition, while the Asian region, which includes the Chinese team, also needs to determine the final 4.5 places through qualifiers.
December
BWF World Tour Finals
At the end of the year, the BWF World Tour Finals will be held in Guangzhou, China. Since 2018, the BWF World Tour Finals have been settled in Guangzhou for four consecutive years, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the finals have not been held in Guangzhou for two consecutive years, the 2020 finals have been held in Thailand, the 2021 finals are held in Indonesia, and in 2022, the event will finally return to China.
(Due to the epidemic situation, the above event time may still be changed)