The worst in the past 5 years! The three-man Chinese women s basketball team was defeated by Mongolia in overtime and missed the quarterfinals of the three-basketball team in the World Cup

On June 27, when the Chinese three-man men's basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Three-man Basketball World Cup for the first time in history, it made history, but the Chinese three-man women's basketball team lost 2 points in the quarter-finals and was defeated 19-21 by the host Mongolia team overtime, and unfortunately missed the quarter-finals to create the worst result in the past five years.

In the past four three-person women's basketball World Cup, the Chinese three-person women's basketball team have all performed quite well. They won the fourth place in the fourth session in 2018 and the seventh session in 2023. They won the championship with a record of 7 wins in 2019, becoming the first world championship in Chinese basketball, and the sixth session in 2022 was the third place.

This year is the 8th Three-man Basketball World Cup in 2025. The Chinese Three-man Women's Basketball Team sent a young lineup to participate. The past meritorious players Wang Lili and others were all absent. Instead, Li Wenxia, ​​Yang Hengyu, Zhang Wanglai and Zhou Mengyun played.

The Chinese three-man women's basketball team won 2 wins and 2 losses in the group stage, and advanced to the quarterfinals play-off with the third place in the group. Now in the quarter-final qualifying round of the Three-man Basketball World Cup, the Chinese three-man women's basketball team ushered in a showdown with the host Mongolia team. The Chinese three-man women's basketball team led 3-0 at the beginning, and the Mongolian team overtook 2 points with a 6-1 offensive, and the Chinese three-man women's basketball team scored 2 points in a row to tie.

The two sides then fought fiercely, from 6-6 to 7-7 to 8-8, and then fought to 10-10, and the Mongolian team scored 3 points in a row to gain a lead. The three Chinese women's basketball team scored 4 points in a row to overtake the score, the Mongolian team scored 2 points in a row, Yang Hengyu scored a layup with Li Wenxia scored a tip-in, and the Mongolian team continued to tie.

Yang Hengyu and Zhang Wanglai made layups one after another to maintain the lead 18-17. Zhang Wanglai made a fatal foul and sent his opponent to make two free throws over to overtake by 1 point. Zhang Wanglai hit the key and tied the mid-range shot. In the overtime game, the Mongolian team took the lead in scoring 2 points in a row, and the Chinese three-man women's basketball team lost to the Mongolian team 19-21 and missed the quarterfinals.

Chinese three-man women's basketball lineup: Li Wenxia, ​​Yang Hengyu, Zhang Wanglai and Zhou Mengyun

(text/Zuiwo Fusheng)