The women's basketball world preliminary round group stage is all over, and the 12 finals of the 2022 World Cup are also officially produced, and China, the United States, Australia and other teams have all advanced. However, the absence of one team surprised us, as the world's No. 2 super team, Spain did not qualify for the World Cup, which is really unexpected. The absence of this super team has also made the World Cup less beautiful.
As we all know, in the history of women's basketball world basketball, the United States team is the unyielding super hegemon, whether in the Olympic Games or in the World Cup, few teams can compete with it. If you have to find one or two teams, Australia, which owns Campbeck, is one and the other is Spain.
However, after the release of the top 12 of the Women's Basketball World Cup, fans familiar with the world women's basketball team may have to wonder. Why, as the world's No. 2 Spain, they are not in the top 12 list. In fact, not only did Spain not appear in the final round of 12 list, they did not even qualify for the World Preliminary Round.
At last year's European Championship, Spain not only lost in the group stage for various reasons, but also lost to Serbia and Russia in the knockout stage. In particular, in the key qualifying battle of 5-8 places, Spain lost to Russia, which also led to their final ranking in 7th place in the European Cup, missing the opportunity to qualify for the World Preliminary Round.
Unable to qualify for the World Cup through the European Championship, Spain still has a chance. That is to win the Tokyo Olympic Championship, you can directly qualify for the World Cup. However, unfortunately, although Spain achieved a good record in the Olympic group stage, it lost to France in the knockout round, missing the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup.
First lost the World Cup qualification in the European Cup, and then missed the opportunity to pass through the Olympic Games, after losing twice in a row, which also directly led to the former European super-hegemon not being able to qualify for the World Cup. However, for the Chinese team that aspires to impact the medal, this is a good news, and there is one less strong opponent on the road to the medal.