On the evening of July 28th at 19:30 Beijing time, China's women's basketball team will usher in a key matchup in the group stage of the Olympics against the powerful
Spain Women's Basketball
. As the first game of the Olympic Women's Basketball Group Stage, this matchup will undoubtedly be a tough test for the Chinese team.
China women's basketball team
In this year's Olympics, they are in the same group as Spain, Serbia and Puerto Rico. According to the Olympic system, the 12 teams are divided into three groups, with the top two from each group advancing directly to the last eight, while the remaining two spots in the last eight will go to the two teams with the best results among the third-place finishers in each group. The Chinese women's basketball team, currently ranked second in the world and runner-up at the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup, has struggled in warm-up matches leading up to the Olympics, posting just 2 wins and 11 losses, including losses against Spain and Serbia.
Spain's women's basketball team, on the other hand, is the fourth-ranked powerhouse in the world and the leader in Europe. Despite not playing in the World Cup in 2022, they won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and reached the Elite Eight at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well. The Spanish women's basketball team had a solid warm-up campaign this summer, posting a 4-2 record. The team is loaded with players like Gustafsson, Casas, and Torrance, all of whom have high individual ability.
The Chinese women's basketball team has welcomed the return of two core players, Li Yueru and Li Meng, as they prepare for this game. The return of these two players is crucial to improving the team's overall strength and tactical execution ability. However, facing such a strong team as Spain, the Chinese team still needs to overcome the difficulties of injuries and integration, and play at the best level.
In a warm-up game on June 23, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated Spain 46:70, a game that lacked Li Meng and Li Yueru, but still exposed the gap between the strength of the Chinese team and its opponents. For the Chinese women's basketball team, in order to achieve good results in the Olympic Games, it must go all out in the match with Spain to achieve good results and lay the foundation for the subsequent matches.
All in all, this match between China Women's Basketball and Spain Women's Basketball will be a high-level duel, and China Women's Basketball will face a huge challenge. But no matter what the result is, this is an important opportunity for the Chinese women's basketball team to show themselves and accumulate experience in the Olympic Games.
