On February 13, Beijing time, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in 2024, the Chinese women's basketball team won the second place in the group with a record of two wins and one loss after three rounds of matches in the Xi'an Division of the Olympic Women's Basketball Qualifying Tournament, locking a direct ticket to the Paris Olympics in advance. In contrast, the New Zealand team in the same group lost all three games and failed to advance.
After the qualifying round, FIBA made an important announcement. First of all, they announced the new women's basketball power rankings, and the Chinese team dropped from second to fifth in the world. The specific rankings are as follows: the United States women's basketball team is still at the top of the list, the Belgian women's basketball team has risen to second, the host France women's basketball team has risen to third, the Australian women's basketball team has risen to fourth, the Chinese women's basketball team is temporarily fifth, and the Japanese women's basketball team has also risen two places to sixth.
In addition, in the power list, Li Meng's name was selected for the promotional poster. This reflects FIBA's recognition of her strength and the performance of the Chinese women's basketball team. Li Meng is now the leader of the Chinese women's basketball team, and she has performed well in the WNBA league in the past year, and her form is stable, far better than the previous Women's Basketball World Cup. Her performance is a reminder to young players to take bold steps and challenge the WNBA if they have the chance.
The second news is that FIBA has announced the list of 12 teams participating in the Paris Olympics, including the host team France, the United States, Belgium, Australia, China, Japan, Spain, Germany, Canada, Serbia, Nigeria and Puerto Rico. The 12 teams are strong, and the Chinese team is expected to beat Puerto Rico and Nigeria, while the other opponents are improving the overall level of competition. Even against Japan, our matches in last year's Asian Cup and Hangzhou Asian Games were quite thrilling. Therefore, we need to carefully analyze and address the problems that have been identified, and continue to hone our skills and improve the overall strength of the team during the preparation period.
Therefore, I think that the five players Li Meng, Li Yueru, Han Xu, Huang Sijing and Li Yuan should work together to make it to the WNBA League. Li Meng, Li Yueru and Han Xu can be described as the mainstay of the Chinese women's basketball team, they have all performed well in the WNBA league and have the strength to compete again. Huang Sijing excels at the power forward position, has excellent physical fitness, excellent outside projection, flexible movement, and tough defense. She has what it takes to enter the WNBA, but she needs to further improve her offensive skills and confrontation ability. Li Yuan is a post-00 rookie, known as "Zhao Jiwei of women's basketball", and his performance in last year's Asian Games and Asian Cup was eye-catching. In this Olympic qualifying tournament, she also played well, scoring and assisting many times, showing excellent organizational skills. Her agility is a highlight of the team, but she needs to improve her outside projection. If she can enter the WNBA league, she has a promising future and is expected to become an important member of the Chinese women's basketball team.
Although the leader of the women's basketball team has been replaced by Wang Fang, Yao Ming, chairman of the Basketball Association, still came to watch the game in person. Yao Ming said that the women's basketball team has achieved exciting results in the past two years, which is the result of ten years of accumulation. However, after making progress, we still need to calmly analyze and continue to formulate scientific and reasonable plans to promote the sustainable development of women's basketball. The Chinese team has been very fierce against strong teams such as Australia. Yao Ming and Zheng Wei, the leader of the women's basketball team, encouraged young players to have the courage to go abroad and challenge the WNBA league, and the Basketball Association and the women's basketball team will always fully support them.
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