
accurately defeated the Australian team, Chinese women's basketball team took a photo with the national flag. Photo/IC photo
htmlOn October 1, in Sydney, Australia, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the defending champion US team in the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup final, ranking second. Looking at the performance of this World Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team has won 6 wins and 2 losses in 8 games, and has only lost to the US team in the group stage and finals, and has become one of the top-tier teams in the world women's basketball world.Before the start of this World Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team coached by Zheng Wei was highly anticipated. It is generally believed that the team is likely to enter the semi-finals of the World Championships again after many years.
htmlOn September 22, the Chinese women's basketball team officially started its World Cup journey. In the first two games, they played against South Korea and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. The two opponents did not cause too much trouble for the team. The Chinese women's basketball team won 63 points and 47 points one after another. Rather than trying to qualify for the group, it is better to train for the knockout round in advance. htmlOn September 24, the team encountered the first difficulty of this World Cup. Facing the strongest opponent in the group stage and the defending champion of the United States, the girls of women's basketball team, have had an offensive slump and have also been catching up when they were behind in large scores. Although they eventually lost, everyone saw the spirit and hidden potential of the players.The last two games of the group stage were against Puerto Rico and Belgium, and the coaching staff made sufficient preparations for difficulties. However, the entire team has been running into the best state through the World Cup matches, and its momentum is in full swing. The opponents who did not dare to take it lightly did not pose too much threat to the Chinese women's basketball team. There were two more big wins with more than 30 points, and the team advanced to the knockout round as second in the group. The draw of the draw for the
html top 18 knockout match was divided into the half-zone where France, Australia and Belgium were located, and the opponent in the quarter-finals was the French team. Objectively speaking, if it were a previous World Championship, the grouping situation would not be optimistic, but in this World Cup, it seems difficult for a team to stop the pace of the Chinese women's basketball team from reaching the finals. The women's basketball girls did not play easily in the1/4 final against the European powerhouse France team. The lead in the second half was once narrowed to 1 point. Fortunately, the team blossomed at multiple points, and the team finally advanced to the semi-finals and entered the semi-finals again after 28 years.
exciting semi-finals. Facing the Australian team, which has never been able to win in the past few years, the Chinese women's basketball team not only replicated the miracle of 28 years ago, but the entire game was also very similar to the plot of the two teams confronting the group stage of the Tokyo Olympics. At the Olympic Games last summer, the Chinese women's basketball team won the game with the free throw of Li Yueru , advanced to the quarterfinals early, came to the World Cup arena, and replaced by Wang Siyu , making a meritorious in free throws. In the final final of
, like traditional strong teams such as Australia and Spain, the Chinese women's basketball team failed to shake the US team's dominance in the World Championships. Even so, the women's basketball girls have greatly improved their position in the world women's basketball world with their outstanding performance in this World Cup.
China Women's Basketball Team 2022 World Cup
Group match
9/22 China 107-44 South Korea
9/23 China 98-51 Bosnia-Herzegovina
9/24 China 63-77 United States
9/26 China 95-60 Puerto Rico
9/27 China 81-55/2 Belgium
1/4 final
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semi-finals
9-30 China 61 to 59 Australia
finals
1 October 1 China 61 to 83 US
Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin
Editor Bao Hongguang