At present, the 12-man roster for the first game has been confirmed. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese men's basketball team held the final training before the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers at the Sendai Stadium in Japan on the 26th. Player Guo Ailun

@People's Daily Sports reported on November 26 that at 11:05 am on the 27th, the Chinese men's basketball team will usher in the 2023 Basketball World Cup Asian Regional Qualifiers against Japanese team . At present, the 12-man roster for the first game has been confirmed.

Also, according to Xinhua News Agency , the Chinese men's basketball team held the final training before the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers against the Japanese team at the Sendai Stadium in Japan on the 26th. The player Guo Ailun said on the training ground that he was fighting for his country and was full of fighting spirit.

A group of 36 people from the Chinese men's basketball team arrived in Sendai on the evening of November 23. Previously, the whole team held an eight-day training camp in Beilun, Zhejiang. On the 22nd, they left Beilun, flew to Tokyo via Xi'an, and took a bus to Sendai.

According to the arrangements of the event organizing committee, under the leadership of coach Du Feng , the Chinese team first conducted an hour and a half training on the 26th. The Japanese team then also conducted an hour and a half training.

Guo Ailun said in an interview with FIBA on the court that he would face the Japanese team in the next two days and that Chinese players were very enthusiastic. In the Asian Cup qualifiers in June this year, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team twice in a row, but this game the Chinese team needed to strengthen defense and rebound to play their own characteristics.

Guo Ailun said that it is difficult to come to Japan to participate during the epidemic, and he will also be isolated after returning to China, but he maintains high fighting spirit for the country and the whole team is also very united.

The first match between the Chinese team and the Japanese team will be held on the 27th local time. All tickets for this game have been sold out, which means that nearly 4,000 fans will watch the game on the spot. The second game between the two teams will be held on the 28th.

The Asian qualifiers of this men's basketball World Cup are divided into four groups, and the Chinese team is divided into Group B. The opponents in the same group include Australia team , Japan team and Chinese Taipei team . The group stage adopts the home and away double round-robin , and the top three in the group advance to the next round. Due to epidemic prevention and control and other reasons, the home and away games between the Chinese team against the Japanese team will be held in Sendai.

Source: Pengpai