On February 10, the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifiers officially began. The Chinese women's basketball team will also play the first battle of Chinese basketball in the Year of the Tiger, facing Nigeria at 22:00 Beijing time on the 10th.
The World Preliminary Tournament, according to the arrangement of February 10-14, 16 teams in four divisions, and finally 12 teams advanced to the World Cup in Sydney, Australia in September this year, but the host Australia and the United States have locked up seats, they will still participate in the qualifiers.
In this qualifier, the Chinese women's basketball team was divided into Belgrade divisions, the same group of opponents are France, Nigeria, Mali, according to the rules of the qualification, the top three in the group to advance, it can be said that for the Chinese women's basketball team, it is not difficult.
The Chinese women's basketball team departed from Shanghai to Belgrade on February 5, and will arrive at 18:00 local time after nearly 12 hours of flight, and then start preparations.
For Belgrade, the Chinese women's basketball team is not unfamiliar. Two years ago, also in February, the Chinese women's basketball team got a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics here. In that game, the women's basketball team's pre-game cheering was impressive, and the team was also very competitive, winning, winning for the first time in 12 years, and winning the first game in 12 years, and beating South Korea by 40 points in the last game, and advancing to the Tokyo Olympic Games with the first place in the division.
This time, back here again, this is also a blessing for the women's basketball team, and for the game, the two African opponents in the same group can basically win one game to qualify.
According to the news on the official website before the game, the first 12 players list were: Han Xu, Li Yueru, Huang Sijing, Li Meng, Gao Song, Pan Zhenqi, Li Yuan, Wang Siyu, Wu Tongtong, Yang Liwei, Zhang Ru, Jin Weina, Wang Lili and Yang Shuyu failed to qualify, but they can be adjusted before each game, and they still have opportunities in the last two games.
World Preliminary Tournament, the Chinese women's basketball team will be 5 days 3 battles, and the 10th this game is also the first game of Chinese basketball in the Year of the Tiger, after the Chinese women's football team regained the championship a few days ago, I believe that the women's basketball team that has not disappointed the fans will also deliver a satisfactory result.
【China Women's Basketball Team Schedule】
February 10, 22:00 China vs Nigeria
February 11, 22:00 Mali vs China
February 14, 1:00 a.m. France vs China
【Chinese women's basketball team 14-person roster】
Han Xu, Li Yueru, Huang Sijing, Li Meng, Gao Song, Pan Zhenqi, Li Yuan, Wang Lili, Wang Siyu, Wu Tongtong, Yang Liwei, Zhang Ru, Jin Weina, Yang Shuyu