The CBA league is nearing its end, and after the season, the Chinese men's basketball team will assemble again to welcome the national team matchday two months later. Since missing the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team has not had a big game task for more than two years, and this summer, the men's basketball team will face three competitions in the World Preliminary Round, the Asian Cup and the Asian Games, and the task is very heavy.
The first is the 2023 Basketball World Cup qualifier in June, this time, the Chinese men's basketball team will travel away from home, playing Australia and Chinese Taipei twice each. Although Australia, the world's third-ranked country, will send a second team to participate in the World Preliminary Tournament, with the current strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, it still cannot despise the opponent.
The CBA Finals are expected to end in mid-May, and in a few days, the Chinese Basketball Association will determine the national team roster, leaving the national team with about a month to prepare. Fans should be most concerned about the issue of whether the main players can play, including the big brother Yi Jianlian. It is reported that the UAE League will return to the national team this summer, at least the World Preliminary Tournament he will go out with the team, as for the asian cup and asian games later, it is not accurate. Another main center, Zhou Qi, is playing in the NBL league and is expected to join the team in Melbourne.
The World Preliminary Tournament will end on July 4th, and after eight days, the men's basketball team will embark on the journey of the Asian Cup. According to the arrangement of the Asian Basketball Federation, the Chinese men's basketball team will face the first opponent of the Asian Cup, South Korea, on July 12, followed by July 14 and July 16 against South Korea and Chinese Taipei, respectively, the schedule of 5 days and 4 games is indeed a great test for the men's basketball players, not to mention that the Asian Cup schedule and the World Preliminary Round are so closely linked.
After the end of the Asian Cup, there will be no major competitions in the middle of a month, until the Hangzhou Asian Games in September, the Chinese men's basketball team will embark on the journey again. At the last Asian Games in Jakarta, Zhou Qi led half a men's basketball team to suppress Iran to win the championship, hoping that this Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team can continue to be brilliant and defend its title at home.