Beijing time on October 4, Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team announced that Zhou Qi may arrive early. Australia is expected to play against New Zealand spoilers on October 15. Phoenix team official described it as follows: Good news, Chinese superstar Zhou Qi is expected to arrive early. Last season, Zhou Qi played for Melbourne Phoenix, who averaged 11 points and 7 rebounds per game, was one of the team's main scorers.
. It is worth mentioning that the men's basketball national team's fourth window ended. After the end of the fourth window of the men's basketball national team, Xinjiang men's basketball made pre-registration for Zhou Qi. When everyone thought that Zhou Qi might continue to stay in CBA league , Zhou Qi applied for basketball association again. The arbitration of basketball association said that he was unwilling to play in Xinjiang team, but the Basketball Association was in a dilemma. The final result has not yet come out. On September 27, Zhou Qi announced on Weibo that he would sign a contract with Melbourne Phoenix, with a contract of 300,000 yuan a year.
Zhou Qi's performance in the Asian Cup averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds and was selected into the best team of the Men's Basketball Team in the Asian Cup. Zhou Qi averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds per game in the World Cup qualifiers, and won the fourth window MVP, which is the absolute core of the current Chinese men's basketball team .