Women's basketball World Cup semi-finals, although Li Meng missed the game because of fever, but the Chinese women's basketball team relied on Wang Siyu's free throw to kill and narrowly defeated Australia 61-59, after 28 years, once again reached the World Cup final, the opponent is the United States, the two sides will compete for the World Cup championship at 2 pm tomorrow. The losing Australian team will compete with Canada for the bronze medal, and the bronze medal battle and the final will be played tomorrow.
In the cycle of history, the best result of the Chinese women's basketball team in the history of the World Cup was the runner-up in 1994, when the competition place was Sydney, Australia, and the semi-final Chinese team defeated the host Australian team to advance to the final for the first time. Now that the time has come to 2022, 28 years have passed, and the Chinese women's basketball team has defeated Australia in Sydney and semi-finals to advance to the final.
At the same time, there are also Zheng Wei and Wang Fang, Zheng Wei is the current manager of the Chinese women's basketball team, only this year, Wang Fang is the deputy leader of the Chinese women's basketball team, the two in 1994 is the runner-up of the Chinese women's basketball World Cup, and now as the manager and leader of the team, they once again led the Chinese women's basketball team to the World Cup final.
Of course, everyone also hopes that it can be different from 28 years ago, because in 1994, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to Brazil by 9 points in the World Cup final, and Zheng Wei director still lamented that the game at that time had great regrets when talking about this game, and almost won the victory and championship. Now that the opportunity is once again in front of Zheng Wei's guidance, the Chinese women's basketball team has reached the World Cup final for the second time, naturally hoping to win the championship, even if the opponent is the absolute hegemonic team of the women's basketball world, the United States, but the Chinese women's basketball team still has a chance.
Chinese men's basketball coach Du Feng congratulated the Chinese women's basketball team on social media, saying: "Praise the Chinese women's basketball team, surpass the dream, and bloom brilliantly, this is the power of sports and the power of faith!" After a long period of grinding and brewing, this Women's Basketball World Cup, the girls of the Chinese team let the fans of the country feel the excitement of a long time, following the performance of being shortlisted for the top four again after 1994, which is enough to explain the efforts of the whole team, and this is not the end semi-final facing the Australian team, everyone in the squad is obviously constrained, still go all out to win, tactics, ability outside, such a tenacious fighting spirit is worth our learning and salute, you are fantastic! Standing on the decisive battlefield, we still need the final blow, now do not need any pressure, I believe that the Chinese team can continue to defeat themselves, to strive for the most wonderful finish, go all out, all the way to a new journey! ”
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese men's basketball team led by Du Feng failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup for two consecutive years, and previously did not qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games. At present, the performance of the Chinese women's basketball team is undoubtedly better, and it has reached the final of the top game World Cup, and the gap is obvious.
Also look forward to the next performance of the Chinese women's basketball team in the final, the overall strength of the Chinese team is indeed in the ascendant, Li Meng still has illness, but in the final, everything may happen, looking forward to the Chinese women's basketball team to stage a miracle battle and win the championship.