On the 28th, the 2023 Basketball World Cup Asian Regional Qualifiers continued to be held in Sendai, Japan, and the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Japanese team 106:73 away. Japan's "Baozhi News" said after the game that the 35th-ranked Japanese team lost to China, wh

wins in two consecutive games! On the 28th, the 2023 Basketball World Cup Asian Region Qualifiers continued to be held in Sendai, Japan, and the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Japanese team 106:73 away. , which sprained his right ankle in the third quarter of the last game, Zhou Qi, entered today's 12-man roster, but did not make it.

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The Chinese men's basketball team, which blooms inside and outside, has been in the lead since the beginning of the game. Statistics from the official website of FIBA show that the Chinese men's basketball team's 2-point shooting and 3-point shooting percentages were 70% and 58%, respectively, far higher than the opponent's 47% and 25%. Japan's "Baozhi News" said after the game that the 35th-ranked Japanese team lost to China, which ranked 28th in two consecutive games, and the 33-point defeat shows the gap between the two teams.

Japanese website "Basketball King" said that in the last quarter of the game, the two teams played evenly, and Japanese men's basketball even exceeded the opponent by 1 point in a single quarter, but such changes cannot affect the overall situation. In addition, the scene in the game left a deep impression on many fans: shortly after the second quarter started, and when the Chinese team led the score, head coach Du Feng chose five up and five down to replace the second team, which showed its ability and courage on the spot.

2023 Men's Basketball World Cup will be jointly organized by Indonesia , Japan and the Philippines. A total of 16 teams in the Asian region participated in two rounds and six windows, competing for 7 main competition places. According to the official website of the FIBA, the above three hosts also need to participate in two rounds of qualifiers, but their respective promotion mechanisms are different: the Philippines and Japan will automatically advance to the World Cup, and the Philippines does not occupy the quota of the Asian region, and Japan occupies one place. Indonesian needs to advance to the quarterfinals in the Asian Cup competition in July next year to obtain a place in the main competition.

In the first round of competitions between November 2021 and June 2022, the top three of the four groups in the Asian region advanced to the next round, and the results of the first round will also be brought into the second round. In the second round of the game, the 12 advanced teams will be divided into two groups to showdown. If the Indonesian men's basketball team enters the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup, they will automatically get a place in the main competition. In addition, the top two groups in the two qualifiers and the third group with the best results will be qualified for the World Cup. If the Indonesian men's basketball team ultimately fails to enter the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup, the top three in the two groups in the second round of the qualifiers will advance to the World Cup.

(Original title: World Cup qualifiers , Chinese men's basketball team beats Japanese men's basketball team, Japanese media: 33-point defeat shows the gap between the two teams)

Source: Global Times

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