The men's basketball world preliminary round is in full swing, but as the old rival of the Chinese team in Asia, the South Korean men's basketball team suddenly announced its withdrawal, which also directly sent New Zealand, the Philippines and India to the opportunity to directly advance to the next round. After missing the next round of the World Preliminary Round, the South Korean team also missed the World Cup in advance. In other words, between now and the 2027 World Cup, South Korea may not have the opportunity to compete in the World Series again.
As a traditional strong team in Asia, although the overall strength of the Korean team in recent years is not as good as that of China, Japan and other teams in the new and old stages, the strength of the Korean team in Asia is still obvious to all. They may not have a chance in the fight for Olympic tickets. However, in the World Cup, where there are more tickets, the South Korean team got a ticket, and the problem is still not big.
This time, the South Korean team and New Zealand, the Philippines and India are divided into the same group, according to the rules of the competition, they only need to get the top three in the group, they can advance to the next round and participate in the World Cup seat competition. Considering the strength of the South Korean team, in fact, they are still very much expected to advance to the next round.
However, after the South Korean team withdrew, their group stage match was also directly declared 0-20, losing to the opponent, so that the three teams in the same group lay down to pick up the leak and successfully advanced to the next round. Especially for the weaker Indian team, they were lucky enough to advance to the next round.
After missing the next round of the World Preliminary Round, this means that the South Korean team will not qualify for the 2023 World Cup. For the South Korean team, this is indeed a big blow. After missing the World Cup, they lost the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games, which means that before 2027, the South Korean team will never have the opportunity to participate in the World Series. In addition, they also became the first team in the 80 teams in this World Preliminary Tournament.