On February 7, Beijing time, the Chinese Basketball Association (hereinafter referred to as the Chinese Basketball Association) officially announced the training list for the 2025 Men's Basketball Asian Cup Qualifiers. This list includes a group of rising stars and experienced players in the domestic basketball world, aiming to build a stronger Chinese men's basketball team through selection and training to meet the challenges of the upcoming Asian Cup qualifiers.
The training camp will start on February 12 and last until February 25, during which a series of training and selection work will be carried out to fully prepare for the upcoming Asian Cup qualifiers. Djordjevic, head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, said that more candidates will be introduced in this training camp in case of emergency. "Some players were not selected due to injury, and there were also some players who were not selected for other reasons," he said. But as soon as conditions allow, we will welcome them with open arms, as always. ”
It is worth mentioning that there are many new faces on the list of this training camp, including Liao Sanning, a player from Beijing Holdings, and Yang Hansen, a rookie from the Qingdao team. Their participation has injected new vitality and hope into the Chinese men's basketball team. At the same time, there are also some familiar faces of fans who were not selected for this training camp, such as Zhou Qi, Zhao Rui, Wang Zhelin, Zhang Zhenlin, Zeng Fanbo and others. Regarding this situation, Djordjevic said that their absence was due to various unavoidable reasons, but the team was ready accordingly.
Djordjevic made no secret of his goal for the Asian Cup qualifiers: "Our goal is the same as always – to qualify for the Asian Cup by securing victory in the qualifiers. He stressed that the Chinese men's basketball team will go all out to achieve good results in the qualifiers and lay a solid foundation for the next Asian Cup.
According to the schedule, at the end of this month, the Chinese men's basketball team will play two Asian Cup qualifiers, which are at home against Mongolia on February 22 and away against Japan on February 25. These two games are very important for the Chinese men's basketball team, not only related to whether the team can successfully qualify for the Asian Cup, but also an important opportunity to test the team's strength and tactical level.
Chinese men's basketball team 16-man training list:
Defenders: Zhao Jiwei, Hu Mingxuan, Liao Sanning, Cheng Shuaipeng, Xu Jie.
Forwards: Cui Yongxi, Du Runwang, Zhao Jiayi, Wang Ruize, Zhu Junlong, Qi Lin, Abdul Salamu, Fu Hao.
Center: Hu Jinqiu, Yang Hansen, Yu Jiahao.