The World Cup qualifiers are about to begin, the Chinese men s basketball team is in the same group as the Japanese men s basketball team

The 2025 Men's Basketball Team Asian Cup has ended for several days, and the outstanding performance of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team in this event is still memorable. As coach Guo Shiqiang said, the Chinese men's basketball team gained confidence after winning the runner-up in the Asian Cup. However, to get out of the trough, you must be in line with world basketball. As we all know, the development of the Chinese men's basketball team has been stagnant in the past decade. Looking at the rapid development of the men's basketball teams in other Asian countries, this makes people worry about the future of the Chinese men's basketball team.

The outside world did not have any illusions about the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup. After all, while still not moving forward, there were still many main players; but who would have thought that such a lack of soldiers and generals in the team actually passed the hurdles and finally almost defeated the Australian men's basketball team in the final. Although they missed the championship, the results achieved by this Chinese men's basketball team are enough to be recorded in history. This is also the key to why coach Guo Shiqiang said that the Chinese men's basketball team gains confidence. I personally believe that after the Chinese men's basketball team won the runner-up, they gained confidence while laying a solid foundation for future development and made sufficient preparations for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. According to the schedule, the Chinese men's basketball team will start the first window of the 27-year Asian qualifiers in the World Cup at the end of November this year. In the Asian division of the World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's basketball team was divided into Group B with the Japanese men's basketball team, the Korean men's basketball team and the Chinese men's basketball team. They will play against the Korean men's basketball team on November 28 and December 1. According to the previous matchup in the Asian Cup, the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is completely above the Korean men's basketball team, so there is almost no suspense to win the Korean men's basketball team, and the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team is also not an opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team. The only thing to pay attention to is the Japanese men's basketball team.

Although the Japanese men's basketball team's performance in this competition is not ideal, their main players will return one after another after coming to the World Cup. Obviously, the Japanese men's basketball team will be the biggest challenge for the Chinese men's basketball team in the World Cup qualifiers by then. However, before the World Cup qualifiers start, coach Guo Shiqiang will also change the roster of the Chinese men's basketball team. After all, many people failed in this men's basketball Asian Cup, so it is inevitable that they will leave the team.

Today we will take a look at the three people who are most likely to leave the team. First of all, the first player who may leave the team is Li Xiangbo. He has few opportunities to perform in this event. He only played in the group stage for 10 minutes. He did not get a chance to play in the knockout stage. He only played for 30 seconds on the New Zealand men's basketball team. He played for 6 seconds in the final and was completely pressed to death by coach Guo Shiqiang on the bench. According to statistics, Li Xiangbo averaged only 3 minutes in the Asian Cup and averaged only 1.2 points per game. Obviously, Li Xiangbo's poor performance could not have appeared in the World Cup qualifiers.

The second player who may leave the team is Zhao Jiayi. The only amazing thing in the Asian Cup was that he scored 17 points against the weaker Indian men's basketball team. However, in the following games, Zhao Jiayi basically spent the bench, so his presence was very low. According to statistics, Zhao Jiayi averaged only 3.8 points per game in this tournament, so it is unlikely that he will appear in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

The third player who may leave the team is Raymond. From the group stage to the knockout stage to the promotion stage, Raymond almost sat on the bench. In the final, Guo Shiqiang gave him a chance, but the two three-for-nothing in the last moment ruined the hope of the Chinese men's basketball team winning. In this game, Raymond averaged only 1.6 points per game. Obviously, Raymond could not appear in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

And these 7 people will return to the team, namely Zhou Qi, Sun Minghui, Zhang Zhenlin, Yang Hansen, Zeng Fanbo, Zhao Jiwei and Cui Yongxi. In this competition, these seven players were unable to play for their respective reasons, so this also brought great challenges to coach Guo Shiqiang in hiring people. However, Coach Guo led this incomplete lineup to play a very exciting game, which was obviously a reflection of his ability to lead the team. So in the next World Cup qualifiers, with the return of Zhou Qi and others, Coach Guo will have more choices in hiring people.