Listed on "News Broadcast"! The Chinese men s basketball team won the runner-up in the Asian Cup and won the best results in ten years

On August 18, the Chinese men's basketball team lost 89-90 to the final of this year's men's basketball team in the Asian Cup, but they still achieved the best results in the past decade. Now that the Chinese men's basketball team has won the runner-up in the Asian Cup and appeared on CCTV's "News Broadcast", it is naturally a recognition of the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team in this competition.

CCTV's "News Broadcast" stated in its report: "Early this morning, the 2025 Men's Basketball Team Asian Cup final was held in Saudi Arabia. The Chinese team competed with the Australian team until the last moment. In the end, the Chinese team lost to the seventh-ranked Australian team in the world with a difference of 89-90, and won the runner-up of this Asian Cup. This is also the best result of the Chinese men's basketball team in the past 10 years."

Missed the group qualifying for the two consecutive World Cups in 2019 and 2023, and missed the final in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (actually held in 2021) and the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Chinese men's basketball team has been at its lowest point in recent years.

In the past two men's basketball team Asian Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team only won the fifth and eighth places respectively, and their results were extremely unsatisfactory. However, in this men's basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team lacked the seven main players Zhou Qi, Yang Hansen, Zhao Jiwei, Zeng Fanbo, Cui Yongxi, Zhang Zhenlin and Sun Minghui, only Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Rui and Hu Mingxuan had experience in the Asian Cup. As many as 9 people participated in the Asian Cup for the first time.

The Chinese men's basketball team was not widely favored, but they were able to pass the hurdles and advance to the Asian Cup finals, especially the successive elimination of old opponents, the South Korean men's basketball team and the "divorce" New Zealand men's basketball team. As for the strong Australian men's basketball team in the final, the Chinese men's basketball team was at most 15 points ahead. Although they regretted losing 89-90, they almost forced the Australian men's basketball team to a desperate situation. Such a result is undoubtedly satisfactory.

CCTV's "News Broadcast" also affirmed the report of the Chinese men's basketball team, especially praised the last moment and the runner-up to create the best results in the Asian Cup history in the past 10 years, and is also looking forward to the future performance of the Chinese men's basketball team.