The US team arrives in Lanzhou
China Gansu Network September 30 (Reporter Ye Manshan of this website) The 2019 FIBA Three-man Basketball (U23) World Cup will be held at the Gansu International Convention and Exhibition Center from October 2 to 6. This competition is one of the important points before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A total of 40 men and women teams from 33 countries and regions from five continents participated in this competition. The reporter learned from the competition organizing committee on the 29th that the favorites to win the championship, the U.S. men and women's national teams, the French women's team, the Dominican women's team, the Hungarian women's team, etc. have arrived in Lanzhou. The French team conducted adaptive training in the indoor stadium of the Sports Park on the day of arrival.
It is understood that in June 2017, International Olympic Committee announced that three-person basketball became the official competition event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the past two years, three-person basketball has developed rapidly under the promotion of the FIBA. The Chinese Basketball Association has promoted three-person basketball in China since 2013 and has achieved phased results. In June 2019, Chinese women's basketball won the three-person basketball World Cup championship, and the men's basketball team won the third place in the Asian Cup. The international points ranking of the Chinese men's and women's team has been stable in the top three in the world, laying the foundation for the Chinese three-person basketball men's and women's team to directly obtain 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualification. It is reported that this is also the first international Class A basketball event held in our province.
This competition is sponsored by the FIBA, China Basketball Association, Gansu Provincial Sports Bureau , and Lanzhou Municipal People's Government, and hosted by Gansu Provincial Basketball Association and Lanzhou Municipal Sports Bureau. The event ticketing is handled by Damai.com . Fans can purchase tickets through the website's ticketing platform, or go to the International Convention and Exhibition Center to purchase tickets on site during the game.
Chinese men's and women's team group stage schedule information:
1 October 2
women's team 19:15 China vs. Netherlands
women's team 22:30 China vs. Switzerland
October 3
men's team 16:45 China vs. Romania
men's team 20:30 China vs. Kazakhstan
October 4
women's team 16:00 Hungary vs. China
women's team 20:15 Sri Lanka vs. China
October 5
men's team 16:45 Latvia vs China
men's team 20:45 US vs China