"Every year the flowers are similar, but every year they are different." As we ring out the old and welcome the new, what are some of the games to look forward to in the upcoming year of 2023?
As the world's number one sport, soccer seems to be a constant theme in the sporting world, and in the summer of 2023, the Women's World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, will take place from 20 July to 20 August. The opening match will be held in Auckland on July 20 and the final in Sydney on August 20, with all 64 matches to be played in nine cities across Australia and New Zealand.
The 2023 Women's World Cup will be expanded to 32 teams for the first time. In the group stage, the Chinese team will encounter England, Denmark and other teams, out of the pressure is not small. However, the Chinese women's soccer team has always dared to fight hard, and in the Asian Cup in early 2022, the "Clanging Roses" once again won the championship, once again proving the tenacity of the Chinese women's soccer team.
In the past year, many women's international soccer players have joined overseas clubs, adding to the anticipation of their World Cup journey.
In addition to women's soccer, there is also men's soccer. 2023, the most important task for Chinese men's soccer is the Asian Cup. Without the Qatar World Cup, the Asian Cup is one of the few training grounds for Chinese men's soccer. Only by keeping their feet on the ground and taking one step at a time can they find their way out.The 2023 Asian Men's Cup will be held in Qatar.
This summer we will also have the Men's Basketball World Cup. Co-hosted by Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines, the Men's Basketball World Cup will be held in August. The Chinese men's basketball team has already locked up its ticket.
Not long ago, Aleksandar Djordjevic officially became the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team. The Serbian has already started scouting for players in the domestic league, laying out the Chinese Men's Basketball World Cup in advance.
As a player, Đorđević has won numerous Olympic, World Cup and European Championship medals. As a coach, he has coached many top clubs with excellent results. This time, the youngsters of the Chinese men's basketball team gather under their command, which is something to look forward to!
The postponed Chengdu World University Summer Games will be reinstalled from July 28 to August 8 this summer.
As a sporting event for university athletes from all over the world, the World University Summer Games have been successfully held twice in mainland China, namely the 2001 Beijing Universiade and the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade.
Chengdu has a long and rich history and culture, and its food is spicy and delicious. During the Universiade, students and athletes from all over the world will not only be able to show their youth in sports competitions, but will also be able to fully appreciate the cultural atmosphere of Chengdu.
In early fall September, the tide of the Qianjiang River rises. The Hangzhou Asian Games will hold another postponed event from September 23rd to October 8th.
The city, which has been known for its beauty for thousands of years, is ready to welcome guests and friends from all over the world with its most beautiful appearance. There are some changes in the program setup for this year's Asian Games. E-sports and breakdancing have been added as official events. E-sports is an "intellectual sport" and breakdancing is a "sports dance". This will add more youthful vigor to the Asian Games.
In the last Asian Games in Jakarta, the Chinese Army performed well in the medal table and unquestionably continued to be the Asian leader. In this home campaign, the Chinese delegation will once again be in the hunt for gold and silver.
In addition, the first National Student (Youth) Games will be held in 2023, hosted in Guangxi. The first Student Youth Association has initially set up 67 competition programs. Young people and students from all over the country will be waving their youth and sweat in the arena. They will grow and gain friendship in the competition.
The ice season is on schedule for early 2023. The World University Winter Games will be held January 12-22 in Lake Placid, USA. We are looking forward to the youthful elegance bringing a bright red color to this cold winter. In addition, the individual World Championships for figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating and other ice and snow events will be held in February and March. China's ice and snow athletes will endeavor to bring more joy to the Chinese people.
This year, many World Championships, Intercontinental Championships and other events will take place as scheduled. These competitions are important occasions for the World Championships, where various specialists compete for a ticket to the Paris Olympics, practicing their line-ups and getting to know their opponents, such as swimming, athletics, table tennis, badminton, weightlifting, gymnastics and others. The pace of the Paris Olympics is getting closer and closer.
Elsewhere in the world, traditional events such as the Dakar Rally, the Snooker World Championships, the four Grand Slams of tennis and the Tour de France will continue to attract attention.
In 2023, several multi-sport games will be held around the world.From June 17 to 25, the Special Olympics World Summer Games will be held in Berlin, Germany. The Special Olympics is a major integrated games for people with intellectual disabilities and is part of the Olympic family.From October 20 to November 5, the Pan American Games will be held in Santiago, Chile. The Pan American Games were founded in 1951 and are held every four years. In addition, the European Games will be held in Poland and Ghana will welcome the All-African Games this year. (END)
