On June 30, Beijing time, the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup entered the last match day, and this match day will be the first to compete for the third place, and the final between China and Australia will be played later.
The third-place match is played by the Japanese team against the South Korean team, the South Korean team and the Japanese team are two wins and one loss in the group stage, ranking second in Group A/B respectively, according to the competition system, the two groups of two and three cross-matches, the winner advances to the semi-finals, the loser will not advance to the semi-finals, in the semi-final qualifiers, the South Korean team defeated the New Zealand team 86-66, and the South Korean team advanced to the semi-finals. So far, the South Korean team has also locked up the qualification for next year's U19 Women's Basketball World Cup, and the South Korean team lost to the Chinese team 61-79 in yesterday's semifinals.
Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 76-70 in the semi-finals qualifying round, and Japan advanced to the semi-finals and also qualified for next year's U19 Women's Basketball World Cup. In yesterday's semi-finals, Japan lost 63-68 to Australia.
In the first quarter of the game, the Japanese team got the first wave of the ball, Tian Center easily made a layup to make it 2 + 1, and then she hit a shot, Sone Fei Mei Xiang also scored three points, the Japanese team started 8-0 lead, Li Minzhi broke through the layup to help the South Korean team break the scoring drought, the South Korean team frequently hit the iron, the Japanese team completely controlled the situation on the court, with Matsumoto Rio Na hit two three-pointers, the Japanese team led 16-2, and then the two sides hit each other, Higashi Kohime cut the layup and scored, Tian Center hit three more points, and broke through to 2+1, the Japanese team opened the score to more than 20 points with a wave of 9-0 offensive, the South Korean team was completely beaten, the South Korean team shot in the whistle, only scored 4 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the first quarter, the Japanese team led 25-4.
In the second quarter of the competition, Cui Yise hit a three-point shot, Horiuchi Sakura hit a shot and also hit the color, Yamada Yingzhen scored under the basket, the Korean team made mistakes, and the Japanese team's bench lineup still beat South Korea, with Suzuki Hanain playing 2+1, the Japanese team led 32-7, Li Minzhi hit two three-pointers in a row to help the Korean team stop the bleeding slightly, and then the Korean team recovered, but the Japanese team always maintained a lead of about 20 points, at the end of the game, Li Minzhi hit a three-pointer, Cui Yise hit a jumper, and the halftime was over, Japan leads South Korea 37-22.
Yibian fought again, Tian Center easily broke through the layup and scored, Dong Xiaohime scored under the basket, the South Korean team hit three points, and then the two sides began to fight the iron battle, Li Minzhi made two free throws to break the deadlock on the court, Song Yunhe basket and easily scored, the South Korean team chased the difference to about 10 points, Matsumoto Riona three-point shot to help the Japanese team stabilize the situation, Horiuchi Sakura hit a stop-up jump shot, the Japanese team re-established a 15-point lead, with Tian Center's ultra-long three-point shot, the Japanese team led 51-33, and the Japanese team blossomed more at the end of the game, Liu Hae-eun responded with a three-pointer to give Japan a 55-38 lead at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, the South Korean team blossomed inside and outside to narrow the difference, Yamada Yingzhen made consecutive baskets to make free throws to help the Japanese team stabilize the situation, as Li Jiaxian hit a three-point arc top, the South Korean team fell behind 47-59, and the shooting rate of both sides declined in the second half, Tian Center broke through the layup and scored, Zheng Xuan made two free throws, Tian Center hit a three-point shot, and in the last two and a half minutes, the Japanese team held a 16-point lead, the South Korean team scored 4 points in a row, Sone Fei Mei Xiang responded with a three-point shot, there was not much left in the game, and the game was also closed. In the end, the Japanese team defeated the South Korean team 69-54, and the Japanese team won the third place in the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, and the South Korean team ranked fourth.