Xinhua News Agency, Tenerife Island, Spain, September 25 (Xie Yuzhi, Su Bin) China won the second place in Group D with 75:66 in the final battle of the 2018 Women’s Basketball World Cup group match on women’s basketball. After the game, coach Xu Limin said that the team could pass the test of the group match, and strength, luck and good mentality were indispensable.
China has ensured the top three of the group before women’s basketball, and the last battle of the group has also become the second battle of Group D. The victory against Senegal made China women’s basketball join the cross elimination match with two wins and one loss. Xu Limin believes that the value of this game lies in the training of the team: “Although it is only a competition for the second in the group, the result only affects who is the next opponent, but the importance of this game is reflected in our attitude-whether this team can withstand the attack and defense impact of Senegal, whether it can consistently go all out in any game, mobilize its own energy, play a certain level. This is a test for us. Today I think everyone has done it.”
During the resumption of the whole game, Xu Limin thought that the first battle better reflected the normal level of the whole team: “The mentality of the whole team was not very good at the beginning, we are still comparing the level of the match between US and the United States, but it is a super high level. There are few matches in this year, so there are some problems in the match. Finally, after communication, everyone adjusted their mentality slightly and reached a climax, reflecting our technical and tactical level, and finally grasped the victory.”
Summarizing the three group matches, Xu Limin pointed out that the team could enter the cross elimination match with the second result of the group, which was supported by three elements: “First, relying on the efforts of the whole team: everyone unified their thinking, hard training has achieved this goal together; The second is luck: we can escape from death and take down the country, which is not to say that absolute strength must be dominant, but there is still a bit of luck; the third is the response to difficulties: it is more difficult than I expected to reach today. We didn’t expect to play so hard with Latvia, nor did we expect to play so hard with Senegal, however, after encountering difficulties, everyone can adjust in time and make full preparations. There will be no chaos after problems occur, and some useful methods have been taken out, which has lasted until the end.”
According to the competition system, China women’s basketball will play the third team against Group C in the cross elimination match. Looking forward to the next game, Xu Limin said, “No matter who the next opponent is, we will, as always, adhere to our level and characteristics and give full play to the potential of each team member, don’t leave regrets for yourself.” He affirmed that the goal of the Chinese team was to hit the top eight: “Now the threshold of the top eight is waiting for us. China women’s basketball has no other choice. We can only hold our heads high and firm our faith, cross this step.”