On March 20, the Paris Olympics women's basketball group draw was announced, China, Serbia, Spain, Puerto Rico team was divided into Group A, the three games of the group stage time has been released, the number one rival of the Chinese team is the Serbian team, the victory or defeat of the Chinese team in the quarterfinals is related to the position of the Chinese team in the quarterfinals, the important thing is to do a good job of yourself, put down the burden, be able to attack and defend, and achieve ideal results.
The specific matches and schedule of the Chinese women's basketball team are as follows:
July 29 China Women's Basketball Team VS Spain Women's Basketball Team
On August 1, China Women's Basketball Team VS Serbia Women's Basketball Team
August 4 China Women's Basketball Team VS Puerto Rico Women's Basketball Team
The goal of the Chinese women's basketball team in the Paris Olympics is to strive for the top four, according to the Olympic women's basketball group stage promotion rules, the top two in each group and the two best third places advance to the quarterfinals, the Chinese women's basketball team to achieve the top two in Group A is not a problem, and strive to be the first in the group to avoid the United States and other strong teams in the knockout stage, and have the opportunity to look forward to the medals standing on the podium and being stable and far-reaching among the world's strongest teams. In recent years, the Chinese women's basketball team and the Serbian women's basketball team have won and lost each other in international competitions, while the Spanish women's basketball team is the runner-up of the 2023 European Championship.
Tracing back to the roots, the Chinese women's basketball team and the Serbian women's basketball team have won and lost each other many times in international competitions. On September 30, 2014, in the group stage of the Women's World Basketball Championship in Turkey, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Serbian team 63:65, and the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the Serbian women's basketball team 85:69 in the 5th to 8th place qualifying round. In August 2016, at the Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Serbian women's basketball team 72:80. In 2018, in the series of warm-up matches, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the Serbian women's basketball team 74:61. In August 2021, in the quarterfinals of the women's basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Serbian women's basketball team 70:77 and unfortunately missed the semifinals. The two sides played each other 5 times, the Chinese women's basketball team won 2-3, and the two sides won the warm-up game.
In the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Serbian women's basketball team, the loss was mainly due to the disadvantage of mistakes and rebounds, the Chinese women's basketball team made 23 mistakes and Serbia made 10 mistakes in the whole game, and the opponent grabbed 16 rebounds in the front court. It's not that enemies don't get together, after four years, the Chinese women's basketball team and the Serbian women's basketball team are in the same group at the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team ranks 2nd in the world, and the Serbian women's basketball team ranks 6th in the world. Although the Serbian women's basketball team has achieved average results in the World Cup and European Championship in the past two years, it has always been a world powerhouse and its strength cannot be underestimated.
To tell the truth, the world ranking does not explain the real gap between the two teams of the Chinese women's basketball team, there is no weak team in the European women's basketball team, and the women's basketball team of Belgium, Spain, France, and Germany is very strong. The WCBA playoffs will end in mid-April, and the Chinese women's basketball team will gather in early May to prepare for the Paris Olympics. Li Meng gave up the invitation of the WNBA team in the United States and concentrated on preparing for the Olympic Games with the national team, Wang Siyu can always show his heroic nature in the national competition, Han Xu, Li Yueru, Zhang Ru, Pan Zhenqi, etc. have experience in international competitions, Luo Xinqi grew rapidly, carefully prepared, trained hard, and strived to create new results in the Olympic Games. Looking forward to the Chinese women's basketball team winning medals at the Paris Olympics!