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the first fiba ​​women's basketball asia league poster

sichuan online reporter zheng zhihao

on september 14, the reporter learned from the sichuan provincial basketball association that the first fiba ​​women's asia basketball league will be held at chengdu phoenix mountain sports park from september 26 to 28.

phoenix mountain sports park

in its official introduction to the event, fiba ​​stated that the event will be an important milestone for fiba ​​to promote the development of women's basketball in asia, and the holding of the event will push the development of women's basketball in asia to a new level.

the fiba ​​women's basketball asia league will include sichuan yuanda meiluo women's basketball team, the champion of the japanese women's basketball league fujitsu red wave, the indonesian league team surabaya fever and cathay life from taiwan. each team will play a single round-robin match, and the team with the best record will win the championship of this tournament.

on choosing chengdu as the host city for the fiba ​​women's basketball asia league, fiba ​​asia executive director hagop khajirian said: "the city's growing sports infrastructure and its strong support for women's sports were one of the main reasons the regional office decided to host the inaugural event in chengdu."

in this tournament, the sichuan women's basketball team will take advantage of the home court and will aim for its third championship trophy this year. after winning the league championship in april this year, the sichuan women's basketball team once again won the national women's basketball championship in august, achieving three consecutive championships and maintaining its benchmark status among the top domestic women's professional basketball teams.

in terms of opponents, japan's fujitsu crimson waves are considered a strong team. this dominant team in the japanese women's basketball league has a group of outstanding players such as machida ruyu, hayashi saki, and miyazawa yuki. it is known for its fast and flexible style of play and accurate shooting. three-pointers and fast break counterattacks are also quite threatening.

the sichuan women's basketball team has undergone intensive competition training this year. han xu, li meng and wang siyu returned to international competitions after returning from the paris olympics. their timely return will provide the sichuan women's basketball team with international competition experience support.

the new foreign coach miloš paden took over the sichuan women's basketball team and started the first official season. he led the team, which was mainly composed of new players, to win the national women's basketball championship and initially completed the team's technical and tactical integration. the young players of the sichuan women's basketball team got more playing time, and the team's mental outlook and combat effectiveness have improved. it is worth noting that the sichuan women's basketball team also introduced two star players of the jiangsu women's basketball team - jin vina and zhang manman, which added more possibilities to the team in terms of lineup and tactics.

(photo courtesy of sichuan basketball association)

(sichuan online)