super heavy artillery

Chapter 721 The Curtain Opens
At 8:30 p.m. on August 8, in the BJ Water Cube Olympic Hall, amidst the audience's countdown, the opening ceremony of the 2019 FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup began.

The passionate basketball boy staged the energetic "I'm Basketball Crazy".As 32 teenagers wearing ball uniforms and holding basketballs with elements of 32 participating countries came to the middle of the stage one by one, the host read out the 32 participating countries of this World Cup one by one.As the host, the Great Heavenly Dynasty was naturally the last one to appear.As the little boy representing the Great Heavenly Dynasty appeared in front of everyone holding a bright red basketball, there was a huge cheer on the scene.

Although the players did not participate in the opening ceremony, the enthusiasm of the audience was not affected in the slightest.When the five-star red flag was rising, everyone sang the March of the Volunteers in unison.At that moment, countless Chinese sons and daughters will be extremely proud.

Then there are some cultural performances.The program was very exciting. The cultural performances at the opening ceremony showed China's splendid culture and art through four links: "Sonata of Dreams", "Capriccios of Dreams", "Rondo of Dreams" and "Capriccios of Dreams". The Chinese people welcome athletes from all over the world. enthusiasm.

To be honest, the basketball of Datianchao is not strong.But the general public has very high expectations and attention to this sport. In the BJ Olympic Games in 2008, the men's national basketball team was the only advanced group that did not win the championship but was praised by the country.It can be seen that everyone's expectations for the men's basketball team and the influence of basketball as a sport.

Building a sports power has always been an important part of the great cause of national rejuvenation.Especially basketball, which is becoming more and more influential, is the top priority.It is a great opportunity to host high-level events. The 2019 Basketball World Cup is the first top basketball event held by China.For Datianchao, holding such an event is not a piece of cake, but it is by no means a difficult task.On the contrary, after it was held, it brought great difficulties to the successors behind.Just like in 2008, Datianchao hosted an unparalleled Olympic Games, which only eclipsed those subsequent Olympic Games.

After the opening ceremony, the World Cup has begun.32 basketball teams from all continents of the world will compete fiercely in the eight cities of BJ, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Foshan and Dongguan.These represent the goals that teams from various countries compete for. In addition to achieving the best results in this World Cup, there is another very important goal, which is to qualify for next year's Tokyo Olympics.According to the competition rules, the seven teams with the best performance in this World Cup from each continent will directly qualify for the 7 Tokyo Olympics.The rest of the teams can only compete for one place in the Olympic Games.

Therefore, for players like An Luo, it is not only necessary to perform better than every possible opponent they may encounter, but also to perform better than those other teams that belong to the same continent as themselves.This is not an easy thing!

After the reform of FIBA, the Asian region was expanded into the Asia-Pacific region. The original Asian basketball world suddenly had two more teams, Australia and New Zealand, two years ago.In this World Cup, a total of 8 teams from the entire Asia-Pacific region participated.There are only two teams that can directly qualify for the Olympics, and Australia will undoubtedly occupy one of them.New Zealand's strength is also good, but it has not reached the level of Australia.In addition to Australia, Japan, as the host of next year's Olympic Games, can directly get a place in the competition.In other words, for the six teams including Datianchao, they must do better than the other five teams in order to be eligible to directly qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.If not, they need to participate in the losing competition.Its difficulty will definitely not be lower than this World Cup.

Of course, the men's basketball team is very confident about this direct promotion quota.For a team targeting the World Cup quarter-finals, it was nothing but a breeze.Taking a step back, even if you don't make it to the quarterfinals, it's not that difficult to qualify for the Olympics.After all, the current Asian basketball world, especially those old strong teams, have declined one by one.

On August 8, the World Cup kicked off the group stage competition.The 31 participating teams were divided into eight groups. Datianchao, as the host, was assigned to Group A as the first seeded team.The other three teams in the same group are Côte d'Ivoire, Poland and Venezuela.In comparison, Côte d'Ivoire is the weakest, and Poland and Venezuela are strong.The ranking of the World Basketball Federation is above the Great Heavenly Dynasty.The Polish team should be the strongest team in Group A. Although it is not considered a strong team among European teams, there are no weak teams in Europe. Their strength is still competitive in the world arena.Venezuela is also very strong. They are overall balanced and coordinated, and they pay attention to teamwork and defensive confrontation.Of course, with the current strength of the national men's basketball team, it is basically no problem to beat Côte d'Ivoire and Venezuela.As for Poland, there should be no problem.At least, An Luo thinks so.

首先开始的是来自D组的安哥拉对阵塞尔维亚。这是一场实力悬殊很大的比赛，塞尔维亚汗都没出就击败了安哥拉。这是一场大胜！塞尔维亚在40分钟的比赛时间里砍下了105分，而他们的对手才得了59分。博格达诺维奇是这场比赛最亮眼的明星，整场比赛，他两分球3中3、三分球7中5、罚球3中3，轻松砍下24分。

Compared with this match in Group D, An Luo and others paid more attention to the subsequent match between Poland and Venezuela.After all, teams in Group A will meet two teams sooner or later.

The result of this game was not different from what everyone had guessed before the game.Poland beat Venezuela 80:69 to get off to a good start.It can be said that Poland took the initiative throughout the game. The core players Ponitka and Sokolowski played well, especially Sokolowski, who was in a hot state and relied on his excellent physical fitness , Inwardly protruding outwardly, causing continuous damage.He played 21 minutes in this campaign, shooting 9 of 7 shots, 16 points and 9 rebounds.The condition is really good!
After this game, the entire men's basketball team fell into a state of joy and worry.The good news is that Venezuela is indeed not strong; the good news is that Poland is stronger than imagined.

(End of this chapter)