[Minnan.com]
On November 7, Beijing time, the 2018 Digital Sports Global Summit held by Tencent Sports will be held in Beijing. "The Great Basketball Era" will become the main concept of this summit. This concept is also a consensus among elite leaders in various industries in the sports field. (Click here to enter live broadcast)
2019 will have 92 exciting games in 16 days in 2019. At the first World Basketball Summit, the late FIBA Secretary-General Baumeria Baumerman, NBA President Xiao Hua and Chinese Basketball Association Chairman Yao Ming discussed the possibility of basketball becoming the world's number one sport. "Make basketball the world's number one sport and the most popular sport in the world," Bauman said at that time.
Whether it is the Digital Sports Global Summit or the World Basketball Summit, all the industry elites attending the conference feel that the 2019 basketball world is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to realize this possibility. Because the survey data from the Global Summit of Digital Sports shows that "China, which has the largest population and second largest economy in the world, now has more popular basketball than football and ranks first among all events."
Obviously, China will become the "first sport" of basketball, holding a trump card in hand, and the battle for influence between the Basketball World Cup and the Football World Cup is the main battlefield.
The value and historical significance of the Basketball World Cup
Make basketball the world's number one sport and is the long-standing vision of the FIBA. But to be in line with football and the World Cup, which is capable of decisively playing against the Olympics, is undoubtedly a long-term and arduous task.
Basketball originated in the United States and has lacked sufficient influence outside North America for a long time. However, with the integration of FIBA and the NBA and the development of the NBA's global operation strategy, basketball's influence around the world is increasing.
In order to establish an unshakable position in the Football World Cup, the late former FIFA president Avilanger challenged the International Olympic Committee with the threat of "football withdrawing from the Olympics". In the end, FIFA made the Olympic men's football matches set an age limit of 23. It is precisely because of this past event that the Football World Cup is now in terms of events, competition level and commercial value, and the men's football competition in the Olympics has become the second most youth competition.
Compared with FIFA, FIFA certainly does not have the power to force the Olympic Committee, but they do not want the Olympic men's basketball game to become the biggest event in world basketball, but rather want to create a special, independent and more influential event IP.
This is not difficult to understand. After all, the benefits of broadcasting, ticketing, advertising, etc. of the Olympic men's basketball competition are still subject to the Olympics itself. As for the Men's Basketball World Championships (the predecessor of the Men's Basketball World Cup), which originally existed as a special event, its influence has always been limited due to a series of reasons such as the hosting time and the Men's World Cup.
will update and restructure the original event and reinstall it in the name of the "Men's Basketball World Cup", and will be held at a staggered range from the Men's World Cup starting from 2019. It is also the response plan launched by the FIBA based on the above considerations. If the first competition after the name change - the 2014 Spanish World Cup, still has a tentative taste, then this one held in China next year will have a more declaration-like meaning.
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Not only that, in order to expand the influence of this event with important historical significance, the FIBA has also made a series of related adjustments - not only expanding the quota of participating teams from the previous 24 to 32, but also extending the qualifiers front line, forming a large-scale event that runs through the whole year and is similar to the league-like nature.
From the staggered peak of time, the expansion of the team, to the qualifiers schedule throughout the year, the determination to change the World Cup is everywhere. The purpose of doing this is to enhance the influence of the World Cup, thereby driving the development of the entire basketball sport, and achieving the goal of impacting football dominance in the future and competing for the world's largest sport.
Where is the best basketball World Cup?
FIBA's grand plan to revitalize basketball, as well as their series of plans for the World Cup renaming, have also been supported by the NBA.
In the last few years of NBA's former president Stern's reign, his idea of communicating with FIBA Secretary-General Bowman was: I hope the NBA will deeply participate in the organization and operation of the new men's basketball World Cup, shape the World Cup into a league format similar to the NBA but held around the world, and participate in the share.
Although the Basketball World Cup is an event led by the FIBA, if you want to succeed, the NBA's support and cooperation are indispensable. And now, the situation is moving in a positive direction. At the beginning of the new NBA season, the American media broke the news that next season, the NBA season will be postponed due to the Men's Basketball World Cup. This means that in order to ensure the quality of the Men's Basketball World Cup, the world's top leagues are willing to give way to it and protect it in this way.
Also, according to the data provided by the NBA official: the just-started 2018-19 season will be 108 players from 42 countries to compete in the NBA, and the previous data set a new historical record. Imagine how fierce the competition in the World Cup will be and how brilliant the starlight will be when these foreign players can represent their respective countries.
Of course, the US team is still the overlord of the world basketball world. This World Cup is so important that all teams will do their best, so the US team naturally dare not take it lightly. The older generation, like LeBron James, is still in excellent condition. Durant and Curry of the Mesozoic generation are already leading the trend, Westbrook and Harden are at their peak, and among the young people, there are also talented centers like Davis and Towns... Imagine if Team USA could send out such a lineup, could it be possible to restore the glory of the "Dream Team".
But even if the US team plays with the strongest lineup, they will not feel bored because their opponents are vulnerable - there are some new forces in the world basketball world that are growing secretly. According to the official NBA data, among the foreign players playing in the NBA in the new season, Canadian players are the most, with 11 players, followed by Australia and France, with 9 players each, and then the veteran powerhouse Spain (7 players).
Theoretically, it is not the United States. There are still 8 teams in the world who can line up a starting lineup composed of all active NBA players. Not to mention, these teams also have various powerful players like Antetokounmpo, Simmons, Gobert, and Gasol Jr. who are in the NBA's separatist side, and their strength is quite considerable.
: There is also our Chinese men's basketball team. Chairman Yao's reform has begun to show results. Half of the national team won the Asian Games championship this year, which has boosted the spirit of the Chinese people. In the World Cup next year, the red and blue teams will be combined into one. The new generation of men's basketball team with Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, Ding Yanyuhang and Guo Ailun as the core. Although there is still a gap compared to the world-class, according to Chairman Yao, the guaranteed goal is to qualify for the Olympics. At that time, at our own doorstep, I believe that the young men will definitely perform well.
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