Chinese team advanced to the semi-finals
Asian U18 Women's Basketball Championship held in Bangalore, India held the quarter-finals last night. The Chinese team defeated South Korea 70-53, advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2023 U19 Women's Basketball World Cup.
Chinese women's basketball has won five consecutive championships in the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Championships, but the Chinese team performed poorly in the group stage in this competition, losing to Japanese team and Chinese Taipei team , respectively, and qualifying as the third in the group.
Although the Korean team took second place in the other group, their strength was still somewhat different from that of the Chinese team. In the first quarter, the Chinese team beat the opponent 21-13 and maintained the advantage of about 10 points until the end of the third quarter. In the last quarter, Li Qingyang of the Chinese team made consecutive three-pointers, further widening the gap. The South Korean team became more and more anxious as they played, making frequent mistakes, and the Chinese team won the game steadily.
Li Qingyang made 6 of 14 three-pointers, scoring the highest 26 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and was the number one hero for the Chinese team to win. Li Wenxia scored 17 points and 8 rebounds, while Hu Duoling scored 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. The Chinese team fought fiercely in this game, and the whole team grabbed 24 frontcourt boards.
The Chinese team will play against the Japanese team in the semi-finals. In the group stage, the Chinese U18 women's basketball team lost to the Japanese team 59-76. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Zhiling)