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Hongguan News·Nanchang Evening News reporter Xu Huichenwen/Picture On October 16, the 2024 National U18 Three-person Basketball Championship hosted by the Chinese Basketball Association ended in Zhangjiagang in the quarter-finals. The Jiangxi Zhongtian Qilin U18 team defeated the Jiangsu team 20-19 to advance to the national semi-finals. This is also the best result in the history of Jiangxi youth basketball.
There are 27 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams from all over the country in this competition. Jiangxi Zhongtian Qilin U18 team represented Nanchang in this tournament. The men’s competition is divided into four groups. Before the game, Jiangxi Zhongtian Qilin U18 team was divided into the “Group of Death” Group A. In the group were Liaoning, Shaanxi, Hubei and other traditional basketball teams.
On October 13, the Jiangxi Zhongtian Qilin U18 team, which played three games a day, defeated the Heilongjiang team (21-13), Liaoning team (21-20), and Shaanxi team (21-11) respectively. On the 14th, they defeated the Xiamen team (21-21). 17), defeated the last two opponents in the group, Xinjiang Construction Corps Team (21 to 15) and Hubei Jiang Sturgeon Team (21 to 19), on October 15th, thus winning 6 games and winning the first place in the group and directly advancing to the top 8 .
On the afternoon of the 16th, facing the Jiangsu team in the quarter-finals, the Jiangxi Zhongtian Qilin U18 team played extremely hard. After the regular time, the two sides tied at 18, and finally defeated the opponent 20-19 through overtime. Advancing to the semi-finals is also the best result Jiangxi Youth Basketball has achieved in a national basketball competition.
It is understood that the Jiangxi Zhongtian Qilin U18 team is an echelon built by the Zhongtian Qilin Club itself. The team is jointly built by the Jiangxi Provincial Ball Sports Management Center, Nanchang Sports School, and Jiangxi Zhongtian Qilin Basketball Club. Two of the four main players on the field are from Nanchang.
