2023 Basketball World Cup Draw: China, Australia, Japan and Taiwan in the same group, the situation is grim

Because the top three in the group can qualify, it is not difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to qualify in the first stage.

Beijing time August 31, the 2023 Basketball World Cup qualifier draw will be held at the headquarters of FIBA. This World Cup will be jointly organized by Indonesia and Japan. It is also the first time in history that the Basketball World Cup has been jointly organized by multiple countries. After a lottery, the Chinese men's basketball team shared Australia, Japan, and Chinese Taipei in Group B.

Grouping situation

Before the draw ceremony, the Chinese men’s basketball team was listed as the second-tier team in East Asia. The first-tier team was Australia and New Zealand . Jordan.

The 16 Asia Pacific teams are divided into 4 groups, each with 4 teams. According to the East Asia region, East Asia teams are divided into groups A and B, and West Asia teams are divided into C, Group D. The Chinese men's basketball team is in Group B with Australia, Japan and Chinese Taipei.

qualifying rules

Considering that Japan and the Philippines are directly qualified for the World Cup due to their host status, there are 16 teams competing for 6 World Cup seats in the Asia-Pacific region of this World Cup. .

However, like the last World Cup host China, the Philippines and Japan as the hosts will still participate in the first and second rounds of the World Cup and will automatically advance to the next stage. In addition, Indonesia needs to enter the top eight of the 2021 Asian Cup to automatically qualify for the World Cup.

The qualifying rules of this Asia-Pacific World Preliminary are similar to those of the previous World Cup, that is, the top three of the four groups will enter the final E and F groups, and then the final six qualifying places will be determined.

Situation analysis

The Chinese men’s basketball team is in the same group as the long-time beneficiary and the strongest Australian team in the Asia-Pacific region. It can be said that even if Australia does not send NBA lineup to play in the World Preliminaries, the Chinese men’s basketball team It is also difficult to defeat them. However, in the face of Australia, which is not a first-line NBA team, the Chinese men's basketball team is not without the strength of the first battle.

In addition, the Chinese men's basketball team is also in a group with the World Cup host Japan, but Chinese fans may not need to worry too much, because during the preliminaries window, Japan's two major NBA players and Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe is likely to be unable to return to the national team because of the NBA game. In addition, because Japan has no pressure to qualify, combined with the Asian Cup qualifiers that ended some time ago, the Chinese men's basketball team, which is all the main player, still has a good chance of defeating the Japanese team that lacks two NBA players.

As for another opponent in the same group, the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team, as long as the Chinese men's basketball team is playing normally, it is not a big problem to win the opponent at home and away.

Therefore, the Chinese men's basketball team in Group B, although it seems a bit uncomfortable with Australia and Japan in the same group, and even if Japan sends Hachimura to play, because the top three in the group can qualify, the Chinese men's basketball team is ranked first. It is not that difficult to qualify in the first stage.

window schedule

The world preliminaries will be held within 15 months, divided into 6 window periods, each window period will last 9 days, the first window period of the game will be November 22, 2021 From January to 30, the game is a home and away game.

The other 5 window periods are: February 21 to March 1, 2022, June 27 to July 5, August 22 to 30, November 7 To the 15th,And February 20-28, 2023.

The draw ceremony for the 2023 World Cup will be held in March 2023, and the World Cup will be held from August 25 to September 10 of that year.

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