China News Agency, Beijing, September 28, on the evening of 27th local time, the women’s basketball World Cup in 2022 announced the situation of the elimination match in Australia by drawing lots. The Chinese team won the bid and is expected to rejoin the podium of the World Competition 28 years later.
According to the draw results, China women’s basketball is in the same area as Australia, France and Belgium. The four teams in the second half are USA, Canada, Serbia and Puerto Rico.
According to the rules, the 12 teams participating in this Women’s Basketball World Cup are divided into two groups, and the top four of each group are promoted to the top eight. In the top eight, the top two of each group will face the third and fourth place of the other group. The specific situation of the match will be decided by lottery.
In the group match, in addition to losing to the US team by 14 points, China women’s basketball won the other 4 games with 63 points, 47 points, 35 points and 26 points respectively, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Puerto Rico team and the Belgian team promoted as the second in Group A. The Chinese women’s basketball, who performed well in the group match, also won the favor of the lucky goddess, and won the signing in the draw against the top eight. It will face the fourth French team in Group B in the 1/4 final.
Although the French team is the bronze medalist of Tokyo Olympic Games, and the current world ranking is also above the Chinese team (the 6th of the French team and the 7th of the Chinese team), China has a psychological advantage women’s basketball meeting it. The last confrontation between the two teams was during the European training this summer. China women’s basketball was reversed by France at 52:58 in the warm-up match, however, Han Xu and Li Yuelu, the Chinese team “twin towers” who played for WNBA at that time, have not yet returned to the team. In the women’s basketball World Cup qualifier in February this year, the Chinese team won a big victory by 33 points (103:70).
Nowadays, the French team’s lineup is not complete, and several major players, including the popular star Johannes, will be absent, which will inevitably lead to the loss of the team’s strength. It is reasonable for the Chinese team to win again.
If the Chinese team ranks among the top four, it will face the winner of the world’s third Australian team and the world’s fifth Belgian team. The Belgian team was the defeated member of China in the group match women’s basketball; The Australian team also lost to the Chinese team at 74:76 in the group match of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In the pre-World Cup warm-up match, China defeated Australia women’s basketball 70:63 again. Therefore, no matter which team you face, the Chinese team has the chance to win and advance to the final. Even if they fail, they still hope to strive for the bronze medal in the battle of 3 or 4.
The 1990 s was the golden period of China’s women’s basketball. It won silver medals in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 and the world championships in 1994 (the predecessor of the World Cup). However, since 1994, China women’s basketball has never been on the podium of the World Series again. The best result was the fourth place in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In the last World Cup, the Chinese team ranked 6 TH, which was also the best result of China’s women’s basketball in the World Cup (World Championship) after 1994.
The women’s basketball 2022 World Cup 1/4 final will be held in Australia on 29th local time. The situation in the second half is: US team VS Serbia team, Canada team VS Puerto Rico team.
(China News Network)