At 18:00 on June 30, Beijing time, the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup A-level finals, China vs. Australia will officially start, this game will definitely receive great attention from many fans, and Zhang Ziyu, who is 2.24 meters tall in the Chinese team, will be the focus of attention of many fans, and the following brings detailed information.
The competition was held in Shenzhen, and the Chinese women's basketball team U18 was fighting at home, and the goal was undoubtedly to win the championship at home! A total of 16 teams participated in this competition, divided into two levels, A and B, with 8 teams in each level. Among them, the overall strength of the A-level teams is stronger, and the B-level teams are weaker, such as the Philippines, Lebanon, Iran and other teams are all in the B class.
The tournament is a relegation system, in this competition in the competition for 7-8 places in the A class, Malaysia narrowly defeated Indonesia by 1 point after overtime 67-66, so Malaysia won the 7th place in the A class, and the thrilling relegation was successful, while Indonesia was relegated to the B class in the next event.
Looking back, let's look at the battle situation of the 8 teams in the A category, the 8 teams are divided into two groups, A and B, Group A is Australia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, and Malaysia; Group B is China, Japan, Indonesia, and New Zealand.
According to the rules, the group will play a single round-robin, the first place in the two groups will directly advance to the semi-finals, and the second and third places in each group will cross over for the semi-final play-offs.
The results of the Chinese team's 3 group games were: 109-50 Indonesia in the first game; Second 90-68 New Zealand; Final Battle 97-81 Japan; Australia's three group stage results were: 124-38 Malaysia in the first match; Second game 85-52 South Korea; The final battle was 90-67 Chinese Taipei.
South Korea won 2-1 (75-63 Chinese Taipei; 75-35 Malaysia; 52-85 Australia) ranked second in Group A; Chinese Taipei 1-2 (90-34 Malaysia; 38-124 Australia; 35-75 South Korea) ranked third in Group A; Malaysia have lost all three games and finished bottom of the group.
Japan 2-1 (84-57 New Zealand; 80-29 Indonesia; 81-97 China) ranked second in Group B; New Zealand 1-2 (70-50 Indonesia; 47-84 Japan; 68-90 China) ranked third in Group B; Indonesia are bottom of the group after losing all three games.
The results of the two semi-final play-offs were: South Korea 86-66 New Zealand; Japan 76-70 Chinese Taipei. So far, China, Australia, South Korea, and Japan have advanced to the top four of this competition!
In the semifinals on June 29, the Chinese team defeated South Korea 79-61; Australia narrowly defeated Japan 68-63, and now China and Australia will compete for the championship of this competition! It is worth mentioning that Australia is the defending champion of this competition, and the Chinese women's basketball team U18 is about to face the strongest opponent since the start of the competition, so this final will definitely be very fiercely contested!
The Chinese women's basketball team U18 is fighting at home, occupying the right time and place, and at the same time, we have Zhang Ziyu who is more than 2.20 meters tall in the team, according to Zhang Ziyu's own reply, her current net height is about 2.23 meters and 2.24 meters, and Zhang Ziyu who wears sneakers should be the height of 2.28 meters that the outside world has gone viral.
No matter how tall Zhang Ziyu is at present, one thing is for sure, Zhang Ziyu is definitely a crushing level in the same age group, and even such a height is definitely rare in the adult group!
In the past 4 games, Zhang Ziyu has shown super dominance, and he is a crushing presence in the offensive and defensive companies, and Zhang Ziyu's strength has even alarmed many media in the United States. With Zhang Ziyu's explosive performance in this competition, it should be a certainty to log in to the WNBA in the future, after all, the current Zhang Ziyu is only 17 years old, and the minimum age for international players to log in to the WNBA is 20 years old.
Take a look at how terrifying Zhang Ziyu's data is, in the past 4 games, Zhang Ziyu played an average of 20.5 minutes per game, and could score an average of 33.3 points per game.
Looking forward to this China-Australia final, Zhang Ziyu will definitely give the opponent a headache, but the opponent is the defending champion after all, and he has not tasted defeat in the past 4 games, and his overall ability is very strong. The most important thing that the Chinese women's basketball U18 needs to do in this final is that after Zhang Ziyu is off the court, other players can stabilize the situation, which is very important.
In any case, the Chinese team with Zhang Ziyu must be the favorite to win the championship, and I look forward to this exciting final! The young players of the Chinese women's basketball team U18 can achieve the goal of winning the championship at home, and I wish them good luck! Zhang Ziyu, come on! Chinese women's basketball U18 come on!