Beijing News Sports | Reporter Li Yuanfei
In the early morning of October 10, Beijing time, at the 2022 three-man basketball U23 World Cup held in Romania capital Bucharest , the Chinese women's team lost to the Netherlands 18-21 in the bronze medal battle, and unfortunately missed the podium. But compared with the previous two sessions, their performance has improved significantly.
Chinese team Chen MinglingIn the match against the United States
On the 9th local time, the Chinese three-man basketball U23 women's team played 3 games in total. In the first game, they defeated Hungary 21-12 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals. This has surpassed the best team record in this event. At the first three-man basketball U23 World Cup in 2018, the Chinese women's team defeated Uganda and Romania in Group A, but also lost to Germany and Hungary, and finally won the third place in the group and missed the knockout stage. In the second event in 2019, the Chinese women's team won three wins in the group stage, including defeating the Hungarian team in the same group and narrowly defeating their own 1-point. After ranking in the Netherlands, they advanced to the knockout stage with the second place in the group. In the quarterfinals, the Chinese women's team lost to the French team 17-18, and unfortunately missed the semi-finals.
Chinese team Luo Xinqi In the match with the Netherlands
After advancing to the knockout stage this time, the first opponent of the Chinese women's team is the Hungarian team, which had confronted the previous two sessions. Unlike the first loss of 1 point and the second victory of 10-7, the Chinese women's team showed an overwhelming advantage this time and advanced to the semi-finals with a 21-12 performance against his opponent. In the semi-finals, despite the Chinese girls trying their best, they finally lost 10-15, and then lost to the Netherlands in the bronze medal battle to win fourth place. France eventually defeated the United States in the final to win the championship.
For men's, the Chinese team advanced to the knockout stage with the second place in Group A, but lost to Poland 17-21 in the quarterfinals. The Polish team reached the finals and finally narrowly defeated Serbia 21-20 to win the championship.
