In the just-concluded Paris Olympics women's basketball qualifying tournament in China, the Puerto Rico team defeated the New Zealand team. According to FIBA analysis, it is impossible for the New Zealand team to be better than the Chinese women's basketball team in the group ranking, so the Chinese women's basketball team has actually won the Paris Olympics ticket in advance.
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A total of 16 teams participated in the women's basketball qualification tournament for the Paris Olympic Games, divided into four regions, and the top three teams in each region qualified for the Olympic Games. The Chinese team is in the Xi'an region of China with the New Zealand team, the French team and the Puerto Rico team.
Ahead of the qualifying rounds, hosts France and 2022 FIBA World Cup winners USA have qualified for the Paris Olympics. For the Chinese women's basketball team, the team is facing a situation of "3 for 2" with the New Zealand team and the Puerto Rico team.
In the first game on the evening of the 8th, the Chinese women's basketball team easily defeated the New Zealand team 94:47 and got off to a good start. But in the second round of the game that ended earlier on the 10th, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the French team 50:82.
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Whether it is the Puerto Rico team or the New Zealand team, there is a significant gap between them and the Chinese team in terms of overall strength. Therefore, for the Chinese women's basketball team, the most valuable game this time is the competition with the French team. However, the Chinese women's basketball team ended up losing by 32 points to its opponent, which was a surprise.
The Chinese women's basketball team is currently ranked No. 2 in the world, and the French women's basketball team is ranked No. 7. It was supposed to be a close and powerful conversation, but it turned out to be one-sided. Judging from the process of the game, the Chinese women's basketball team has been at a disadvantage since the second half of the first quarter, and the team is obviously not in shape, and it is unable to achieve a reversal in the end.
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Therefore, although the Chinese team qualified for the Olympics ahead of schedule, which is considered to have achieved a small goal of this competition, looking forward to the Paris Olympics, for the Chinese women's basketball team with higher goals, the team still needs to improve a lot.
After the match with the French team, Zheng Wei, the coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, apologized: "I'm sorry for playing a very stinky ball. She said that the team will adjust as soon as possible to prepare for tomorrow's game.
At 19:00 on February 11, the Chinese women's basketball team will welcome the last opponent of this competition, the Puerto Rico team. The change of the team, it needs to start with this game.
Editor in charge: Wang Yiqun