Men's Basketball World Cup/Japan Olympic Tickets in Hand, China's Direct Paris Hope Is Slim

In a qualifying match for the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup, Japan's victory became a "nightmare" for other Asian teams.

In the first round of qualifying on August 31, the six Asian teams won 3-3. Among them, the Japanese team faced the Venezuelan team, and staged a super reversal under the adversity of 15 points behind in the fourth quarter, and finally won 86-77. China and Lebanon beat Angola and Ivory Coast respectively, while the Philippines, Jordan and Iran lost to South Sudan, Egypt and France respectively.

Group stage and qualifying 4 rounds of the game, the Japanese team 2-2, in the Asian region is still a standout; China and Lebanon are 1-3, "straight to Paris" hope is slim; The Philippines, Jordan and Iran all suffered four consecutive defeats and have withdrawn from the race for the Asian Olympic places.

There will be seven Olympic tickets available for the World Cup, including one for Asia. Since all six Asian teams failed to qualify for the round of 16, the Asian region's Olympic berth will be awarded in the 17-32 qualifying rounds. In the group stage, the Japanese team defeated the Finnish team, becoming the only Asian team with a win, in the Asian region of the Olympic ticket to occupy a favorable position.

According to the rules, the last two of the eight groups of this World Cup are divided into four groups for 17-32 qualifying (group stage results are brought into the qualifying stage), and the total results of each team in the group stage and qualifying will determine the final ranking of the team. Among them, the first place in the qualifying group will be ranked 17-20, the second place will be ranked 21-24, the third place will be ranked 25-28, and the fourth place will be ranked 29-32.

At present, the net score of the Chinese men's basketball team is -73 points, the Japanese team is -19 points, and there is a net score gap of 54 points between the two teams. In the second round of qualifying, the Japanese team will face the new World Cup team Cape Verde, if the win will directly obtain the "straight to Paris" qualification; The Chinese men's basketball team will take on the host country, the Philippines, and if they lose, they will completely withdraw from the Olympic ticket competition. If the Chinese men's basketball team wants to "direct Paris", there are only two ways: one is through the net score. While the Chinese men's basketball team beat the Philippines, the Japanese team lost to the Cape Verde team, and the sum of the winning points difference between the Chinese team and the Cape Verde team was more than 54 points.

The second is by ranking. The Chinese men's basketball team that won the final battle can rank among the top two in the group and enter the top 24 in this World Cup; At the same time, the Japanese team was squeezed out of the top two in the group by its rivals, and could only enter the ranking after 24.

The above two ways are extremely difficult, therefore, the Chinese men's basketball "straight to Paris" only exists theoretical possibility. At present, for the Chinese men's basketball team, the only "good news" is that the host Philippine team has missed the "straight through Paris" in advance, and its fighting spirit and winning heart will be affected, which will create opportunities for the Chinese team to win.

And the Chinese men's basketball team of 1-3 Lebanon, is the team that lost the most points in the group stage, it is more difficult to get a ticket to the Paris Olympic Games.

On September 2, the World Cup will conclude the second round of qualifying, the final ranking of the 17-32 teams, and the final destination of the Asian-African "straight to Paris" places will be settled.