Challenging the road to the Olympics: The Chinese women's basketball team prepares for the 2024 FIBA Qualifying Tournament.
Xi'an, 3 February 2024 – The excitement of the FIBA 2024 Women's Basketball Qualification Tournament is just around the corner, which will take place simultaneously in four regions around the world, from Belém in Brazil to Shopron in Hungary, Antwerp in Belgium and Xi'an in China. This article will delve into how the Chinese women's basketball team meets this challenge, hoping to go straight from Xi'an to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The 2024 FIBA Olympic Women's Basketball Qualification Tournament will produce three Olympic tickets in China. China's women's basketball team's opponents include France, New Zealand and Puerto Rico. The French team has already qualified early because they are the hosts of the Paris Olympics. Therefore, the Chinese women's basketball team will compete with the New Zealand team and the Puerto Rico team for the qualification of the Paris Olympics.
The Chinese women's basketball team is currently ranked second in the world, while France and Puerto Rico are ranked seventh and twelfth respectively, and New Zealand is ranked 23rd. It is clear from the FIBA rankings that in terms of strength, the Chinese team has a clear advantage. Coupled with the home court advantage, the Chinese women's basketball team has taken the lead on the road to Paris.
The New Zealand women's basketball team was the first team to arrive in Xi'an. Head coach Guy Molloy said the absence of key players had an impact on the team. However, in the face of the Chinese women's basketball team, they can only use their existing personnel to prepare for the game. New Zealand's style of emphasizing physical confrontation and counter-attacking with fast breaks is similar to Australia's. In the absence of the three main players, how can the New Zealand women's basketball team cope through tactical and personnel adjustments, or become the winner of the game.
The French women's basketball team is the bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympics and the number one rival of the Chinese women's basketball team in this group. The two teams met in the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup 1 4 finals, and the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the opponent 85-71. However, in the European training in June 2023, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to France 63-76 in the absence of several core players. There is no pressure on the French women's basketball team on this trip, and it will be interesting to see what kind of strategy and mentality the team will face the game.
The Puerto Rico women's basketball team is a traditional powerhouse in the Americas, finishing second in the qualifiers. Despite losing to the Chinese women's basketball team in the Women's Basketball World Cup, FIBA.com has high hopes for the core player of the Puerto Rico team, Arela Girantes. She led the team to the quarter-finals of the Women's Basketball World Cup in history, and now the team is eager to reach the Olympics again, and fans are expecting her to excel in the game.
As the backbone of China's "three balls" women's project, the Chinese women's basketball team has won the runner-up in the Women's Basketball World Cup, the Asian Cup and the Asian Games in the past two years. The team's core players include Han Xu, Li Yueru, Wang Siyu, Li Meng, etc., whose outstanding performance has provided strong support for the competitiveness of the Chinese women's basketball team in the international arena. This time at home, the Chinese women's basketball team aims to be in Paris with the pride of "fearless Jinlan".
Zheng Wei, head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, said that the styles and characteristics of the three opponents in the same group are not the same. On a tactical level, she needs to be flexible to meet the challenges of different opponents. For the problem of absent players, the Chinese women's basketball team needs to find the best alternative in the existing personnel. The wisdom and preparation strategy of Zheng Wei's coaching team will be the key to determining the direction of the game.
At this moment full of expectations, the Chinese women's basketball team stands at the starting point of challenging the road to the Paris Olympics. It is not only a basketball game, but also a feast of strength comparison and wisdom collision. The Chinese women's basketball team will use practical actions to show their hard work and determination for the fans, and go all out to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. May this fearless Jinlan write a glorious chapter for them in the land of Xi'an!
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