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Women's Basketball World Cup Twelve Teams Brief Review (below)

China strives for breakthrough, U.S. stands proud

By yunick jovittaPublished 2 years ago 6 min read
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Women's Basketball World Cup Twelve Teams Brief Review (below)
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6、Canada (World ranking: fourth)

Although the world ranking is high in the fourth, Canada also has a small possibility of not advancing to the knockout stage, if in the game against France, Serbia can not play a good state, the team in the group of death is likely to lose a place in the line. And their super point guard Kiyanurth, will be the key to the team, after a long injury absence, Kiyanurth is finally ushered back, but her state recovery to a few percent still needs to observe.

However, Canada's depth is deep enough, they have a super coach Victor La Peña, with him leading the team, Canada's style of play will become more elusive and variable, with a higher ceiling. And even if Nurse has a hard time getting back to her best, they still have a top power forward like Natalie Achonwa and an equally strong small forward in Bridget Carlton. If Nurse can successfully return to form and contribute to the team, then this Canada will be very competitive, but if not, then Canada may need their bench to support the two stars, only, from the past, Canada's bench performance does not seem to be able to expect, but if Canada wants to go far, the bench must shine.

5、Belgium (World Ranking: 5th)

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From the perspective of the final announced lineup, Belgium can match their world ranking, the team's lineup is very complete, and four years ago in Tenerife when the debut of the difference is not much, the interior has Emma Messman, the outside has Allemande control, the former in addition to ensuring that the team's interior, but also with a series of three-pointers to hit the opponent, is deservedly big killers, the latter's penetration and breakthrough is also The latter's penetration and breakthrough are equally sharp. In addition to the two, Julie Vanu, Antonia Delaire, and Kayla Lincecence can also help the team.

Of course, Belgium's bench also boasts several players capable of changing the situation, such as rising stars like Billie Macy, Lissowa Mbaka, and of course, talented players like Ben Abdelkader, whose talent can bring enough variables to the game when the team is in a stalemate, especially after their legendary star Kim Mesa chose to retire. The team should have little trouble getting out of the tournament, but if they want to go far, their two group games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and China will be worth watching.

4. Japan (World Ranking: 8th)

Amazingly, Japan showed its strength inside for the first time in their lineup, and the team has several exciting names on the front line that would have been unthinkable in the past. Although the absence of two big backcourt players, Lin Sakihi and Machida Rukwei, is a slight loss of color in their backcourt, but they have recently shown a dominance under the basket that has never been seen before. Perhaps in this tournament, Japan will play in a different style of game, no longer pursuing the efficient and strong fast push of the past, but daring to fall into position and make good use of their inside advantage.

Of course, in the height confrontation is not false opponents, Japan's original shooting skills will not be lost, amazingly, all the big men of the Japanese team, have good shooting ability, which makes their court space will become incomparably wide. This year's tournament is believed to be a strong return for Ramon Watakashiki after missing the Tokyo Olympics due to injury, and Stephane Mavouri is ready to continue to show her strong breakout, and of course, the 20-year-old Aika Hirashita is something to look forward to. The 20-year-old superstar's selection to the final roster has excited Japanese fans, as she has a chance to show off her dazzling breakout skills and scoring ability on the world's highest stage.

3. China (World Ranking: 7th)

In the past few years in the Asian Championships, the Chinese team is seen as one of the favorites to win the title, but the team has never been able to complete a breakthrough in the past few Asian Championships ended with a silver or bronze medal, and in the world arena, the team's performance is also relatively general, last year's Tokyo Olympics, the team only collected the fifth, the last World Cup, the team was Australia's 41-point bloodbath, these results are quite frustrating, before, the team Perhaps can also be explained by the reason of inexperience, but this year, they will have no excuse, they are capable of playing better.

The team has such amazing players as Han Xu, Li Yueru, Huang Sijing, and Li Meng, their ball running is also impressive, and their internal and external linkage is also very well done, there is no doubt that if it is in normal condition, this Chinese team is capable of playing against any team in the world, they only have one problem, is whether the team can maintain stability in the face of heavy pressure and whether the backcourt players can continue to come up with when facing pressure The only question for them is whether the team can maintain consistency under heavy pressure and whether the backcourt players can consistently perform under pressure. After all, this Chinese team has not been able to put up a dazzling performance in previous tournaments, although Li Yueru and Han Xu were not in at that time.

2、Australia (World Ranking: 3rd)

Although in the "Group of Death", Australia finally broke through, I believe there is no problem, the biggest point of the group stage is the legendary Lauren Jackson, who retired and came back, can play what level after getting full support. And in addition to LJ, Australia also has a strong enough lineup to carry the team to the breakout. Margot Bego is in great shape, Whitcomb is playing well enough, Rebecca Allen's ability is unquestionable, and Mariana Toro and Kayla George's experience can also help the team in critical moments.

The team's only small problem may be the lack of an elite-level point guard to help them control the backcourt, in addition, as the hosts, they can get a lot of fan support, but also may take on more pressure. Of course, I believe that for the players, there is no doubt that it is worth the excitement to play at home, and in any case, I believe that this Australian team is ready to challenge the United States.

1、USA (World Ranking: No.1)

To be honest, it seems too difficult to pull the United States off the top of the world. Is it completely impossible? Not necessarily, because without Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, this U.S. team seems to be slightly less experienced than before, but otherwise, the depth of their roster and the talent shown by their players is horrible, and this team is ready to get their 11th World Cup and complete their 4th consecutive title.

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