Men s Basketball Team was eliminated in the World Cup and missed the semi-finals! Three men s teams were beaten by referees: China loses Spain

In the 2025 Three-man Men's Basketball World Cup knockout round, the Chinese team faced Spain. This was originally a even-match game. However, the referee's several controversial penalty decisions at the critical moment ultimately resulted in the Chinese team's hopeless counterattack. They could only lose to Spain 16-21 and missed the semi-finals. However, it is worth mentioning that although the Chinese team unfortunately stopped in the quarterfinals, such a record is still the best record in the history of the Chinese three-man men's basketball team in the World Cup. Before that, the Chinese team's best result in the three-man World Cup was 15th, which is already a huge improvement.

In fact, since the Three-man Basketball World Cup, the overall results of the Chinese men's basketball team in the trio can only be said to be average. Although in the past few years, CBA professional players such as Hu Jinqiu, Zhang Ning, and Gao Shiyan have also represented the Chinese team one after another. However, in the World Cup and Olympics, the Chinese team failed to achieve a breakthrough. In the three-man World Cup, the Chinese team has been defeated repeatedly. After so many years of fighting, they have never advanced to the top ten. The best record in history is No. 15, at the middle and lower level of the world.

This time in the Three-Man Men's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese team took a change of team formation, and no CBA player played. All the players are from the Super League. Although these players are not as famous and strong as CBA players, they have been playing in the Super League for many years and are very familiar with the rules of three-man basketball, and their cooperation is also very tacit. At this point, Guo Hanyu, Zhang Dianliang, Wu Xingrui and Xiang Zhichao are indeed more secure than CBA professionals participating in the World Cup. They have the upper hand in terms of tacit understanding and experience.

In the group stage, they first defeated Puerto Rico and Canada, and then lost to Austria. The group stage ended. They defeated France in overtime and achieved 3 wins and 1 loss, thus advancing to the quarterfinals with the first place in the group. And in the knockout stage, their opponent is Spain. In fact, judging from the process of this game, the Chinese team also has a considerable chance to defeat this European powerhouse. During the game, when the Chinese team faced Spain, we were not at a disadvantage. However, the referee's phishing standards are indeed unpredictable, especially the phishing at critical moments, which directly ruined the Chinese team's great opportunity to chase points. In this game, the reason why the Chinese team had such a big opinion on the referee after losing the game is actually reasonable. Judging from the game process, the referees are not consistent in terms of the standards of the harsh punishment and have always been suspected of favoring Spain. The Chinese team was first called for an offensive foul when they made a layup at the basket, and then in the round, the Chinese team was called a foul by the referee without obvious foul action. Then, a layup of the Chinese team was interfered by Spain. As a result, this discerning person could see that it was interfering with the ball, but the referee chose to turn a blind eye. After these controversial calls, the mentality of Chinese players has actually exploded, and the final loss is also expected.

However, it is worth mentioning that although the Chinese team lost the game with controversial regret, they stopped in the quarterfinals and missed the final four. However, for the Chinese team, this is actually a great success. You should know that in the past decade, the Chinese team has never entered the top ten in the three-man World Cup, and its best record in history is only 15th. And this time, the Chinese team went directly to the quarterfinals from 15th in history. From this point of view, even though the Chinese team was eliminated by Spain and missed the semi-finals, they were still successful in this three-person World Cup.