On June 28, Beijing time, according to the FIBA updated men's basketball U17 power rankings, the United States, France, and Spain ranked in the top 3, and the Chinese men's basketball team ranked 14th. For the Chinese men's basketball team, the current group can be called the group of death, the United States and France are both outstanding teams, with a number of young talents who impact the NBA, they are also likely to be the favorites to win the U17 World Cup, and the Chinese men's basketball team wants to compete for the right to qualify for the group stage compared to them, and the overall difficulty is quite large.
The specific rankings are as follows: United States, France, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Germany, Turkey, Puerto Rico, Guinea, New Zealand, China, Egypt, Philippines.
The 12-member list of the Chinese men's basketball team participating in this U17 is as follows:
Inside: No. 15 Xun Sinan, No. 14 Liu Li, No. 13 Wang Hongze.
Forward: No. 12 Fu Wenhao, No. 11 Zhang Boyuan, No. 10 Chen Xiaoyi, No. 9 Jing Bo, No. 8 Feng Yubo.
Defenders: No. 7 Shen Wudi, No. 6 Li Yuezhou, No. 5 Liu Yuan, No. 4 He Wenwei.
Xun Sinan, an interior player who has attracted much attention from the outside world, has a height of 213 cm and a arm span of 230 cm, and is currently studying at Windermere Preparatory High School in the United States, and is rated as a "4-star" high school student by the American media.
Forward Zhang Boyuan averaged 20.5 points, 5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in the Asian Youth League last year, the first core of the team, and the top scorer of the U17 World Cup, and was selected into the top 10 new star lineup officially announced by FIBA.
The two defenders, He Wenwei and Shen Wudi, have each proved themselves in different competitions, and whether they can prove themselves in the FIBA arena deserves attention from the outside world.
U17 Men's Basketball World Cup (no elimination in the group stage, A and B, C and D will be played against each other according to the group rankings for the round of 16, the winner will advance to the quarterfinals, and the loser will enter the 9-16 qualifying round)
Group stage
June 29 22:00 China vs Guinea
June 30 19:30 France vs China
July 2, 17:30 China vs United States
July 3 Round of 16
July 5 1/4 finals and 9-16 qualifying
July 6 Semi-finals and qualifying rounds 5-8, 9-12, 13-16
July 7 3rd and 4th place and 5-16 qualifying
July 8, 1:00 Finals