The Chinese women's basketball team lost to Japan again, don't worry, this time, it is not the Chinese team and the Japanese team that have lost to the opponent. Instead, in the battle to lock in the World Cup qualification, the Japanese team preemptively locked in the World Cup qualification.
The Women's Basketball World Preliminary Tournament officially started, and the Chinese women's basketball team made a good start, defeating African powerhouse Nigeria with a big score. After the first match of the group stage, of the 15 teams participating in the World Preliminary Round, 5 teams have already locked up the World Cup qualification in advance. The Chinese team is only one goal away from locking up the World Cup qualification, and they only need to win one more game in the next game to lock up the World Cup seat.
A total of 16 teams competed in the World Preliminary Tournament, which was divided into 4 groups. There are 4 teams in each group, and these four teams will play a single round robin PK, and the team that finishes in the top three in the final record will qualify for the World Cup. However, it is worth mentioning that Olympic champions the United States and host Australia have both locked up a World Cup qualification in advance.
After the United States and Australia locked up the World Cup seat, in fact, the first round of the group stage has not been fully played, and there are 3 teams that have locked the World Cup qualification in advance. Of the 4 teams in Group C, the absence of Belarus also left them with only 3 teams left in their group. Therefore, Japan, Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina will all directly qualify.
In several other groups, the Chinese team, the French team, Belgium and Serbia are relatively strong in each group due to their strength. In the case of 4 to 3 in the group, the probability of these teams advancing is also very high. For example, the Chinese team, after beating Nigeria, they have actually stepped into the World Cup with half a foot.
After defeating Nigeria, the two remaining opponents of the Chinese team are Mali and France. In terms of strength, it is not very difficult for the Chinese team to beat Mali. As long as it can successfully defeat Mali, the Chinese team will qualify for the World Cup. The only suspense in the group stage is to play against France and see how strong China is against strong teams.