As the Chinese men s basketball team wins second place in the Asian Cup, Guo Shiqiang faces 3 good luck and 2 worries for the World Cup, Su Qun hits the nail on the head

The Chinese men's basketball team won the runner-up in the 2025 Asian Cup, which is of great significance to the Chinese men's basketball team!

From the perspective of reaching the 2027 World Cup quota and striving to enter the 2028 Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team won the second place in the Asian Cup, which has three absolute positives! For Guo Shiqiang, he still faces two major difficulties. The three absolute positives are the first to win the fundamental trust foundation for Guo Shiqiang, the Chinese Basketball Association, and the national team to prepare for the 2027 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics. This is the biggest good news! After all, both Guo Shiqiang's role as the head coach, Guo Shiqiang's selection and employment of personnel, and the national team's tactical playing style have been widely questioned from the outside world. Now he has won the runner-up in the Asian Cup and has won universal and extensive support in "unifying thoughts and building consensus"! It's so important for preparation!

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2 This has enhanced confidence in the 2027 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics. These are two dimensions: on the one hand, the competition with the main opponents has greatly increased confidence! In this Asian Cup, we defeated New Zealand and lost to Australia by 1 point; on the other hand, we have confidence in technical and tactical playing styles, and the Chinese men's basketball team can play fast offense and defense! This has laid a solid foundation for tactical innovation in the next two years.

Third, the talent situation of young players has improved greatly. Judging from this Asian Cup, the young Wang Junjie soared into the sky, bringing people a huge surprise! Judging from this year's personnel, players such as Yu Jiahao, Yang Hansen, Lin Wei, and Zeng Fanbo are actively "going out", and Guo Shiqiang's material selection is wider in preparation for 2027!

Two major concerns

First, there has been no substantial progress in naturalization work. Although teams with naturalized players such as Qatar and Lebanon in this Asian Cup have average results, Lawson and Goodwin's personal strength has indeed been proven to be far beyond Asia! Considering that NBA-level naturalized players such as Clarkson have not participated in the Asian Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team needs to work harder in promoting naturalized players.

The second is a hidden danger of injury. Seven Chinese men's basketball players in this Asian Cup were not called up due to injuries. Considering that the competition tasks in 2027 and 2028 are very heavy, how to ensure the health of core athletes is a systematic project.

Su Qun hit the nail on the head

After the Chinese men's basketball team won the runner-up in the Asian Cup, the famous basketball commentator Su Qun expressed his personal opinion on naturalization. He pointed out incisively, "Naturalization is the world trend, just like giving everyone equipment first when playing games, you don't want to."

From this perspective, the Chinese men's basketball team still has a lot of important work to advance in the World Cup and the Olympics! come on!