Chutian Metropolis Daily News on September 8th reporter Deng Pengwei
There are no miracles! When the Chinese team lost to Nigeria 73:86, ending the last game of this World Cup, due to Iran 95: 75 victory over the Philippines, the Chinese team failed to become the best team in Asia and lost the direct Tokyo Olympics qualification.
In the future, the Chinese men's basketball team can still compete for Olympic tickets by losing the qualifying rounds, but the hope is slim.
The UAE may bid farewell to the national team
27 points! But the Chinese team only has one Yi Jianlian ! In the post-match interview, although Yi Jianlian was as calm as ever, his voice was obviously trembling and choked. In an interview, Yi Jianlian admitted that he was very sorry to lose the game. At the same time, he also admitted that there is still a long way to go and the Chinese men's basketball team needs to continue to go back step by step. In an interview in English,
said that this is likely to be the last game of his national team career. For Chinese fans, this will be a farewell moment for the Chinese men's basketball team.
When commenting on the game after the game, famous mouthpiece Su Qun said that Yi Jianlian's best time was not waiting for the best men's basketball team. Maybe if he were 3 years younger, he could have some good things waiting for him.
The Olympic quota is really up for grabs
The Chinese men’s basketball team will participate in the Olympic qualifying tournament next year, that is, the qualifying round. Compared with entering the Olympics through the World Cup, the qualifying round is extremely difficult, and is even as difficult as entering the semi-finals in the World Cup.
The 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup will directly produce 7 Olympic teams, namely the two best European teams, two American teams, one best Asian, African, Oceanian team, and then Including the host country Japan, 8 of the 12 Olympic men's basketball quotas will be determined, and the remaining 4 quotas will be determined in the losing games.
Among the teams that failed to directly obtain Olympic tickets in this World Cup, there are 16 top-ranked teams, plus 2 teams each from Europe, America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, for a total of 24 teams Will participate in the Tokyo Olympic Men's Basketball Qualifying Tournament at the end of June 2020. 24 teams are divided into four groups, with six teams in each group. The first place in each group will win Olympic tickets.
Let’s take a look at the list of teams participating in the qualifying round: Russia, Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Canada and other teams, plus Britain and Slovenia who failed to enter the World Cup, and maybe even strong teams like Greece. The Chinese team has to It’s too difficult to qualify!
Since the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, the Chinese men's basketball team has never missed the Olympics. This time, it may really have to say goodbye!
