Unconsciously, the footsteps of the men's basketball Asian Cup are approaching, and on the special day of the countdown to 150 days, the Asian Basketball Association officially released a promotional poster to spare the much-anticipated Asian Cup. From this huge poster, it can be seen at a glance that Zhou Qi, the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team, occupies a central position and looks full of rows.
In fact, the Men's Basketball Asian Cup was originally held in Jakarta in July last year, but the recurrence of the epidemic led to the postponement of this event, so the Asian Basketball Federation was postponed to July 202, and in the two-week period from July 12 to 24, the top 16 teams in Asia will gather together to attack the trophy representing the highest honor of Asian basketball. On February 18, Beijing time, the asian cup group draw will be launched, 16 teams will be divided into 4 groups, and the Chinese team is looking forward to getting a draw.
In the previous Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team performed very well, under the guidance of head coach Du Feng, the team won a wave of four consecutive wins and successfully obtained the ticket to the main game. The 16 teams participating in the Asian Cup this time, both The top Asian teams such as Australia, Japan and Iran, as well as potential dark horse teams such as the Philippines, Kazakhstan and Syria, especially the Australian and Filipino teams with many European and even NBA-level naturalized players, if they are grouped in the group stage with the Chinese men's basketball team, this will be a huge blow to the qualifying plan guided by Du Feng.
The Asian Cup is held every two years, and the History of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team in this competition is very brilliant, counting this time it is the 21st time to participate, during which the Chinese team won as many as 16 championships, which is the most successful team in the Asian Cup. But in recent years, with the withdrawal of Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi and other golden generation players, the Chinese team has also undergone a long reconstruction, in the 2017 Asian Cup, Du Feng only led the team to achieve the fifth place result, when the 1/4 final eliminated the Chinese team's official rising rivals Australia in these years.
However, it is gratifying that in recent years, the Chinese team has emerged a large number of outstanding players, especially Zhou Qi, who not only has played in the NBA, but also sits firmly in the main position of the Australian team, he is also the strongest player in the current men's basketball team, the Asian Basketball Federation put him in the most central position of the promotional poster this time, but also shows his fame and strength. Of course, in addition to Zhou Qi, players like Guo Allen, Zhao Rui, Wu Qian, Wang Zhelin and other players are also looking forward to re-proving themselves in the Asian Cup.
Therefore, in this competition, the ultimate goal of the Chinese team is to win the championship, like the Chinese women's football team, before this competition, the Chinese men's basketball team also had not won the Asian Cup for 7 years, before it was Gong Luming's team, the team reached the top of Asia in 2015. Now with the increasing maturity of Zhou Qi, and the strong support of Yao Ming, chairman of the Basketball Association, the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team has been greatly restored, and it is expected that in the upcoming lottery ceremony, the Chinese team can avoid the strong enemies such as Australia, Japan, Iran, which ranks first in Asia, and fall into a weaker group, after all, a good start is too important for the Chinese team.