In the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup, the qualifying competition began on August 31, and the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Angola to win the first victory. Although the Chinese men's basketball team won the game, the Japanese men's basketball team then reversed Venezuela, making the hope of the Chinese men's basketball team going straight to the Olympics extremely slim. Of course, it is not completely out of chance, but the initiative is not in their hands, and it is hoped that Cape Verde will beat Japan by 17 points in the final round and Finland in the final round.
17-32 place qualifying standings
Angola men's basketball team 76-83 China men's basketball team
The Chinese men's basketball team won the game, Hu Jinqiu, Li Kaier, Hu Mingxuan and Zhou Qi scored doubles, helping the Chinese men's basketball team win the first World Cup. Since the Chinese men's basketball team did not win in the first stage, it was worse to lose 80 points in three games. When comparing with other groups, the total points, total net victory, and total score will be compared in turn, and the net victory point of the Chinese men's basketball team is obviously disadvantageous, so it is very unfavorable when comparing with the points horizontally.
Ivory Coast Men's Basketball 84-94 Lebanon Men's Basketball
In this game, Ivory Coast was only one step away from fighting back and almost equalized the score, but was repelled by Lebanon's key three-pointer at the last minute. Lebanon had no chance of securing its first victory in the World Cup. However, Lebanon's performance in the first stage was worse than that of the Chinese men's basketball team, with a net minus of 100 points in three games in the group stage. The match will win 10 points, and Lebanon's current total win score is minus 90 points, which is still lower than that of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Japan men's basketball 86-77 Venezuela men's basketball team
The Japanese men's basketball team won the game, trailing Venezuela by nine points at the end of the third quarter, and fought back with a strong 33-15 attack in the final quarter to reverse Venezuela. The Japanese men's basketball team wins the tournament and holds the initiative in the Olympic direct seat in the Asian zone, and as long as it wins in the final round, it must be the first place in the group, and it can enter the 17-20 range. Asian teams from other groups did not win in the first stage and basically could not finish first in the group.
The Japanese men's basketball team is currently ranked first in Group O, and in the final round against the Cape Verde men's basketball team, as long as it wins, it must be the first in the group. Even if the Japanese men's basketball team loses to Cape Verde in the final round, the Japanese men's basketball team has a high probability of winning the top two in the group. The Chinese men's basketball team will play 1 game against the Philippines, and if it loses, it will have no chance, and it must go all out to win the Philippines. In addition, the situation in South Sudan is better than that of the Chinese men's basketball team, and South Sudan is likely to be the first in Group M.
The Chinese men's basketball team minus 80 points in the first stage, and after shrinking by 7 points in this round, the Chinese men's basketball team currently has a net win score of 73 points. The Japanese men's basketball team lost 28 points in the first stage, outscored Venezuela by 9 points in this round, and currently has a net win score of minus 19 points. If the Japanese men's basketball team loses to Cape Verde in the final round and ends up in second place, and the Chinese men's basketball team beats the Philippines and ends up in second place; Then in this case, the two sides will have 7 points together, and the horizontal comparison will directly compare the difference score. Now there is a gap of 54 points between the two sides, which shows that the probability of the Chinese men's basketball team wanting to recover is very small.
On the whole, the Chinese men's basketball team is really getting farther and farther away from the Paris Olympics, and the situation in all aspects is passive, once the Japanese men's basketball team defeats Cape Verde in the final round, the Chinese men's basketball team will inevitably not have the opportunity to directly qualify for the Olympic Games. Even if the Japanese men's basketball team ends up in second place in the group, the Chinese men's basketball team is at a disadvantage. It can be seen that after the Japanese men's basketball team defeated Venezuela, the situation of the Chinese men's basketball team was completely desperate, and the hope of going directly to the Paris Olympics was basically dashed.
Of course, the Chinese men's basketball team is not completely without opportunities, but it does not have the initiative and can only resign itself to fate. There is also one turning point in the situation, that is, Cape Verde's final round defeat against Japan, pushing the Japanese men's basketball team to third in the group. Cape Verde lost 23 points to Finland, which had previously lost 10 points to Japan. Therefore, if Cape Verde beats Japan by 17 points or more in the final round, and Finland beats Venezuela, Finland, Cape Verde and Japan form a chain of points, and the three teams compare each other's net scores, and the Japanese men's basketball team will be squeezed into third place in the group.
In short, the Chinese men's basketball team and the Paris Olympics have almost settled at this moment, and there is a high probability that 2 consecutive Olympic Games will not be reached.