At 18:00 on August 31, Beijing time, the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifying draw ceremony was held at the FIBA headquarters - Patrick Bowman Basketball Home. In the Asia-Pacific division draw, the Chinese men's basketball team was divided into Group B with Australia, Japan, Chinese Taipei .
The 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup is co-hosted by the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan and will be held from August 25 to September 10, 2023. The group stage matches will be held simultaneously in Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines, and the finals matches will be held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
The Philippines and Japan have already gained direct access to the main draw of the World Cup, while Indonesia needs to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup to advance directly to the main draw of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
The specific grouping of in the Asia-Pacific region is as follows:
Group A: New Zealand , South Korea, Philippines, India
Group B: Australia, China, Japan, Chinese Taipei
Group C: Jordan , Lebanon , Indonesia, Saudi Arabia
D group: Iran , Kazakhstan , Syria , Bahrain
Before the official draw, the teams from the four regions were divided into different brackets. Teams in the African and European qualifiers are divided into brackets based on their FIBA world rankings. The 16 teams in the African Division are divided into 6 pots and will jointly compete for 5 qualifying places leading to the main draw; the 32 teams in the European Division are divided into 8 pots and will jointly compete for 12 qualifying spots leading to the main draw. Quota. In the American and Asia-Pacific qualifiers, teams are divided according to geographical principles and combined with the FIBA world rankings. The 16 teams in the Americas Division are divided into 8 pots and will jointly compete for 7 qualifying places leading to the main draw; the 16 teams in the Asia-Pacific Division are divided into 8 pots and will jointly compete for 6 qualifying spots leading to the main draw.
According to the lottery rules, grades 1, 3, 5, and 7 are divided into groups A and B, and grades 2, 4, 6, and 8 are divided into groups C and D.
Australia and New Zealand in the first tier are ranked first in Groups A and B respectively, while Iran and Jordan in the second tier are ranked first in Groups C and D respectively. China and South Korea in the third pot are ranked second in Groups A and B respectively, and they will be drawn in this order. Before the official draw, the Chinese men's basketball team will be selected from Australia and New Zealand in the first pot, Japan and the Philippines in the fifth pot, and Chinese Taipei and India in the seventh pot.
According to the rules, the top three in each group can advance to the next stage of the competition.
Because the Philippines and Japan have already obtained quotas, they are not competing for these 6 quotas. In the end, whether there are 5 or 6 teams left to participate in the qualifiers depends on whether Indonesia can complete the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup The goal.
Judging from the final results, the Chinese men's basketball team is in the same group with Australia and Japan, two relatively strong teams in the Asia-Pacific region. It is true that the score is much more difficult to beat in the group of New Zealand, Philippines, and India. In the group, there is the Australian team , ranked third in the world and third in the Tokyo Olympics. He must be the first in the group. The Chinese men's basketball team is already scheduled to lose one game before the game, but the Chinese men's basketball team that is second in the group may not be unable to compete.
The Japanese team has greatly improved its strength with Yuta Watanabe and Rui Hachimura. However, it is difficult for the Japanese team to recall the two main players who played in NBA in the qualifiers. Facing such a Japanese team, will the Chinese men's basketball team definitely lose?
This World Cup qualifying tournament consists of 6 window periods, which last 15 months, and each window period lasts 9 days. Starting in November, 80 national teams will play 420 home and away games during the window period, and 30 teams will eventually be selected to participate in the Men's Basketball World Cup together with the Philippines and Japan, which have already qualified.
The competition in the first window period will be held from November 22 to 30, 2021. After the first three window periods, the top three teams in each group, a total of 12 teams, will advance to the second round of qualifiers, and then the best results will be determined The top 6(5) qualify.
On November 25, 2021, the Chinese men’s basketball team will start its first contest with the Japanese team.
Since the last World Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team has fallen into a trough. Not only has it lost the qualification to directly qualify for the Olympics, it has also created the worst record in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team participating in the World Cup ( World Championship ). However, the Chinese men's basketball team, which has fallen into a trough, is still the top four teams in the entire Asia-Pacific region. With the last 6 tickets, even if Australia, New Zealand, Iran, and South Korea all obtained tickets, the Chinese team still has room to get World Cup tickets.
The Chinese men's basketball team is undergoing a blood change. China's current young players Hu Jinqiu , Shen Zijie and even the younger Zhang Zhenlin and Liu Chuanxing will have more opportunities to play for the national team. The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games will be a big test to test the achievements of the Chinese men's basketball team during this period. If all goes well, by the 2023 World Cup, I hope that the younger Chinese men's basketball team can avenge its shame.
