2023-08-25 09:46:02
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[Sports News]The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games men’s basketball event was suspected of suddenly changing the competition system earlier. The qualifying round was canceled and the 16 participating teams were determined by ranking, and the Hong Kong team was not seen in the schedule on the Internet.The Hong Kong Basketball Association held a press conference yesterdayThe announced situation refers to the inability to participate in the competition in accordance with the procedures and without being notified. The Hong Kong Association sent a letter to the Olympic Council of Asia asking for an explanation and did not receive a reply. The incident made further progress today. The Hangzhou Asian Games official website updated the schedule to implement that there will be no qualifying competition, and the original part explaining the qualifying competition system was deleted. The 16 participating teams continued to have no Hong Kong team, which means that the Hong Kong men’s basketball team has a great chance of missing out Go to Hangzhou to play in the Asian Games.
According to the competition system listed earlier on the Hangzhou Asian Games official website, the men’s basketball competition has a main match and a qualifying match, which will be held during the Asian Games. There are 16 participating teams in the main match. If more than 16 teams sign up, the ranking of the Asian Basketball Association will be used. The top 12 teams will directly get the main match seats, and the remaining teams will compete for the remaining 4 main match seats in the qualifying round. . The Hong Kong men’s basketball team failed in the qualifying rounds in both the 2010 Guangzhou and 2014 Incheon Asian Games. In 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, due to the small number of participating teams, the Hong Kong team directly qualified for the main match.
The original explanation of the competition system at the bottom of the basketball page of the Hangzhou Asian Games official website is divided into main match and qualifying match, but the explanation part is no longer available today with the update of the schedule
However, last Friday, the mainland media reported a group list for the Hangzhou Asian Games men’s basketball team. They found that the 16 teams for the main match had been determined, and the Hong Kong men’s basketball team, which ranked 25th in Asia, was not included. The ranking determines the 16 participating teams. At that time, the local media inquired with the Basketball Association. The Basketball Association pointed out that it had not received any notification from the tournament or the Hong Kong Federation and Olympic Committee that the men’s basketball team was unable to participate, and that the men’s basketball team was actively training and preparing for the game. On the same day, the Hangzhou Asian Games official website announced that tickets for the basketball games that were originally scheduled to go on sale on August 18 and 21 will be rescheduled on the grounds that “due to the adjustment of the game schedule, the basketball event is not eligible for ticket sales.” The official website of the Asian Games updated the schedule to version 2.3 the next day, and there was no specific schedule for the basketball event.
The Basketball Association held an unexpected press conference yesterday to report on the participation of the Hong Kong men’s basketball team. Chairman Chen Ruitian pointed out at the press conference that the Hong Kong team has always aimed at the Hangzhou Asian Games Qualification Tournament and strives to become one of the 16 teams participating in the main match. Notification of competition system changes. Chen Ruitian pointed out that following learning regarding the online reports, he had learned from “senior friends” and was informed that the Asian Games had changed to no qualifying rounds, and the fact that the Hong Kong team might not participate should be true. He pointed out that the National Basketball Association has been in communication with the Hong Kong Federation and the Olympic Committee. Neither party has received an official notice that the Hong Kong men’s basketball team failed to participate. will decide. The Basketball Association then requested the Hong Kong Association to send a letter to the Olympic Council of Asia, requesting clarification and explanation of the situation, but no reply was received as of the press conference.
Things have progressed today,Hangzhou Asian Games official websiteUpdated the basketball game schedule, deleted the part explaining the competition system at the bottom of the page, and did not specify that the 16 places in the main competition will be contested by the top 12 teams and the 4 qualifying teams. It can be seen from the schedule that the 16 participating teams of the men’s basketball team will directly compete in the group stage of the main match, which means that there will be no qualifying rounds for the competition, and the 16 teams are also the same as the grouping list reported by the mainland media earlier. They also did not see the Hong Kong team, which means that The Hong Kong team has no chance to play in the Asian Games.
The official website of the Hangzhou Asian Games updates the basketball schedule today
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