China News Service Beijing, September 18 , the Chinese basketball team officially announced the 12-man list to participate in the 2021 Women's Basketball Asian Cup on the 18th, and the famous players Shao Ting and Sun Mengran were unexpectedly defeated.
The Women's Basketball Asian Cup will be held from September 27 to October 3 in Amman, Jordan, and the 12 players of the Chinese team are: Yang Liwei, Li Yuan, Wang Siyu, Wu Tongtong, Zhang Ru, Li Meng, Pan Zhenqi, Huang Sijing, Yang Hengyu, Li Yueru, Han Xu and Li Yifan.
Comparing the Lineup of the Chinese Women's Basketball Team in Tokyo, it is not difficult to find that Shao Ting and Sun Mengran, the absolute main players of the Chinese Women's Basketball Team, are not on the list, and are replaced by 26-year-old center Yang Hengyu and 23-year-old big forward Li Yifan.
Xu Limin, head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, said that the reason for adjusting the Asian Cup roster is mainly because of the age and injury problems of the two veterans, but also to provide more young players with some exercise opportunities and let them accumulate more experience in the competition.
A total of 8 teams participated in the first level of the Women's Basketball Asian Cup. The Chinese women's basketball team will face the three opponents of the group stage, the Philippines, The Chinese Taipei and Australia, on September 27, 28 and 29, respectively, and the other group will have four teams from Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and India.
According to the schedule, the first place in the two groups will advance directly to the semi-finals, and the second and third places in the two groups will be cross-knockout on September 30 to determine the places for the other two semi-finals. The semi-finals will take place on 2 October, with the winner of the Asian Cup on 3 October.
At the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese women's basketball team won a complete victory in the group stage, although it stopped in the quarterfinals, but its outstanding performance can still make people see that the strength of this former world runner-up is obviously recovering.
In order to warm up for the Asian Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team just participated in the current National Games in the name of the "Olympic United Team", and won the championship with an absolute advantage of winning 5 games and winning an average of 52 points per game. On September 23, the Chinese women's basketball team will depart for Jordan.
The biennial Women's Basketball Asian Cup has been held for 28 times, and the Chinese women's basketball team, which first participated in 1976, won 11 championships in 23 competitions, second only to the Korean women's basketball team with 12 championships. However, in the past decade, the Japanese team has risen rapidly and has won four consecutive championships. (End)
Source: China News Network
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