According to the previous plan, the Red Team of China Men's Basketball Team will participate in all the World Cup qualifiers as the China team. In the list of 23 people announced earlier, this time it was reduced to the last 16, led by Ding Yan Yuhang, who has made a hit recently. The other contestants are Wang Zhelin, Zhao Jiwei, Liu Zhixuan, Zhao Rui, Zhai Xiaochuan, Fang Shuo, Meng Duo, Shen Zijie, Dong Hanlin, Xi Rejiang, Wang Zirui and Wang Zirui.
As the host of the next World Cup, China automatically qualified. Therefore, after Yao Ming took office as president, there was no performance requirement for two consecutive games, one was the finished Asian Cup and the other was the upcoming World Cup. Therefore, the China men's basketball team did not send the strongest team to participate. The Red Team is dominated by young players and reserves talents for the 20 18 Olympic Games and the 20 19 World Cup.
From 20 15, a new international basketball policy was introduced. From 20 17, the Intercontinental Championship will be officially renamed the Intercontinental Cup, and the competition results will no longer be linked to the Men's Basketball World Cup and the Olympic Games, but will become a separate cup. FIBA will hold qualifiers on all continents to determine the qualifications of these two competitions, but the Intercontinental Cup can bring points to each team, and the points will affect the qualifications of the Olympic Games.
Therefore, judging from the intensity of this year's continental cup, most national teams have lost their enthusiasm for this event. The second Australian team won the Asian Cup, Tunisia won the African Cup, Slovenia won the European Cup for the first time, and the American Development Alliance team narrowly beat Argentina to win the America's Cup. The lack of attention of the national team has also spawned many unpopular games.
China's men's basketball team has lost its absolute dominance in Asia since it retired in Yao Ming. Coupled with Wang's retirement and the rise of Iranians and Lebanese, China can only be regarded as the first team in Asia, but it is no longer a super team.
The biggest reason for this situation is that China's metabolism is too slow and he relies too much on the contributions of old players. Due to the fading out of Zhu, Wang and Sun Yue, and Wang Zhelin are still unable to take over, relying only on Yi Jianlian's China. What's more troublesome is that this year, when Australia was merged into the Asian Basketball Association, the China team is about to face a difficult time.