Source: People's Daily - Australian Channel
People's Daily Sydney, September 29 (Li Hanyue) On the 29th, Chinese women's basketball defeated the French women's basketball team 85:71 and advanced to the semi-finals. It will face the host Australian women's basketball team in the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup semi-finals on the 30th. This is another breakthrough since the Chinese women's basketball team entered the semi-finals in the women's basketball World Championship (the predecessor of the World Cup) 28 years ago.
Chinese women's basketball team advanced to the semi-finals, and a group photo after the game (photo provided by FIBA)
It is worth mentioning that the 1994 Women's Basketball World Championship was also held in Sydney, Australia. Zheng Wei, who was a Chinese women's basketball player at that time and is now the head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, said that Sydney is a "blessing land" for the Chinese women's basketball team.
Chinese women's basketball captain Yang Liwei said calmly after the game: "All efforts are worth it, we did it." There was a joy that could not be hidden at the corner of her mouth. Faced with the next higher intensity game, she also said that she would continue to fight and do her best.
Chinese women's basketball captain Yang Liwei (photo by Li Hanyue)
Faced with a small disadvantage in the beginning, all-around forward Huang Sijing said that some of the bad touch at the beginning did not represent the whole game. As the game progressed, the rhythm gradually returned to our own side, and the three-pointers and breakthroughs returned to normal. Huang Sijing played for 38 and a half minutes in this game, and the semi-finals will be held tomorrow. Regarding the physical test, she said: "I firmly believe in our training level."
Chinese women's basketball all-around forward Huang Sijing (photo by Li Hanyue)
In addition, Li Yuan , who performed very well in this game, said that this is the most open-minded game he has. She also emphasized that winning this game depends on the accumulation of daily training, and the next game will be based on fighting and start from defense.
Chinese women's basketball guard Li Yuan performed well (photo by Li Hanyue)
Chinese women's basketball head coach Zheng Wei said at a media conference after the game that the most important thing in this game is to defeat herself, because we have rushed to this place several times but have not taken it over, so it is a knot in our hearts. Today we took this step. She also joked that Sydney is a blessed land for the Chinese women's basketball team, because the Chinese women's basketball team once won the second place in the world. "Actually, we had the opportunity to make it to the championship at that time. Unfortunately, we missed that opportunity and missed the championship, so I really wanted to lead the team further here."
Facing the Australian Women's Basketball Team that is about to face, Zheng Wei said that Australia is a very strong team. We have met many times, so both sides also know each other very well. We will cherish this game very much, and we will study it carefully when we go back today and strive to play better in the next game.
Congratulations to the Chinese women's basketball team, and we also look forward to them becoming more and more courageous in the next game and making new history.
2022 Women's Basketball World Cup Schedule (Picture provided by FIBA)
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