From May 30 to June 4, the 2023 Three-a-side Basketball World Cup will be played in Vienna, Austria, and the Chinese women's team will once again play. It is worth mentioning that this will be the first important event for the Chinese basketball national team to compete in this summer. And at the Three-a-side Basketball World Cup, we have fond memories.
In 2019, the three-man women's basketball team won the World Cup and won the first world championship of Chinese basketball. Last year, it was the women's team, and they won the bronze medal. This year, they will play as the No. 4 seed to challenge for the title again.
In this competition, the lineup of the women's team is Wang Lili, Zhang Zhiting, Wan Jiyuan, Zhang Yi, compared with last year, Zhang Yi replaced Cao Junwei, but the core three have not changed.
The women's team will play in the group stage on May 31 and June 2, facing Israel, Lithuania, Romania and Italy. According to the format, the first four matchdays are group stages, the first of each group directly advances to the 1/4 final, and the second and third crosses of each group play the 1/8 final; Matchdays 5 and 6 are playoffs.
As an important event in the Paris Olympic points cycle, the top 3 teams of men and women in the World Cup will advance to the Olympic qualification round!
【Group Stage Chinese Team Schedule】
31 May, 17:00 China vs Israel
31 May, 19:00 Lithuania vs China
June 2, 17:00 China vs Romania
2nd June 19:00 Italy vs China
【Chinese basketball key competition this summer】
5.30-6.4 Three-a-side Basketball World Cup: Women's Basketball (Location: Vienna, Austria)
6.24-7.2 U19 Men's Basketball World Cup (Venue: Debrecen, Hungary)
6.26-7.2 Women's Basketball Asian Cup (Sydney, Australia)
7.15-7.23 U19 Women's Basketball World Cup (Venue: Madrid, Spain)
8.25-9.10 2023 Basketball World Cup (Location: Manila, Philippines)
9.23-10.8 Hangzhou Asian Games