On June 30, Beijing time, in the final of the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup tonight, although the Chinese women's basketball team has Zhang Ziyu, a giant, the other players are too bad, and in the end, Zhang Ziyu is difficult to support, and the Chinese team lost to the Australian team 79-96.
At the beginning of this game, the Chinese team has always been on the side behind to catch up, until the third quarter of the Australian women's basketball team's offense suddenly lost power, the Chinese team overtook the score, but then Australia played a wave of 10-0 and was on the side behind again; In the fourth quarter, the Chinese team was once hopeful, but as several guard players played randomly, Australia continued to counterattack to widen the difference, plus Zhang Ziyu committed 4 fouls, the Chinese team no one scored, and finally the Chinese team lost the final 79-96.
According to statistics, since the establishment of the U18 women's basketball Asian Youth Championship in 1970, as of this session has been held 26 games, in these 26 competitions, the Chinese U18 women's basketball team from 1992 to this year is 15 consecutive finals, plus the previous few times, the Chinese team has entered the finals of the Asian Youth Championship a total of 22 times, and has achieved 16 championships and 6 runners-up.
Calculated from near to far:
The first time was the final of the 26th Asian Youth Championship this year, losing to Australia 79-96;
The second time was in the final of the 25th Asian Youth Championship in 2022, when the Chinese U18 women's basketball team lost to Australia by 26 points 55-81;
The third time was in 2008, when the Chinese team lost to Japan in the final, which was also the only time that the Chinese team lost to Japan in the final of the Asian Youth Championship;
The fourth time was in 1992, when the Chinese team lost to the South Korean team in the final;
The fifth time was in 1980, when the Chinese team lost to the South Korean team in the final;
The sixth time was in 1977, when the Chinese team lost to the South Korean team in the final.
The six runners-up lost to South Korea 3 times, Australia 2 times, and Japan 1 time.