China's Sun Mengran (L), Yang Liwei (C) and Shao Ting pose for photograph during the official FIBA photo shoot prior to the women's Olympic qualifying basketball tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 5, 2020. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)
Shao Ting and Li Meng lead squad as the Chinese national women's basketball team announces a list of 18 players for training ahead of Tokyo 2020.
BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- China's national women's basketball team announced on Monday a list of 18 players for training ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Shao Ting (R) of Sichuan team goes for a lay-up during the 15th round match between Sichuan team and Shaanxi team at the 2020-2021 season Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) league in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
China qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a perfect record across three matches last February. The roster includes 11 of the 12 participants for the qualifiers, including Shao Ting and Li Meng, and the seven new additions are Li Yifan and Pan Zhenqi from Beijing, Shandong's Yang Hengyu, Wang Jiaqi of Zhejiang, Hunan's Wang Xuemeng, and Tang Ziting and Liu Yutong from Beijing Normal University.
Players are required to check in on Tuesday before commencing training.
China's Huang Sijing (Top L) and Li Meng celebrate after the group B match between China and South Korea at the Women's Olympic qualifying basketball tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 9, 2020. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)
China will kick off their Olympic campaign against Puerto Rico on July 27, with Australia and Belgium also featuring in Group C.
With the 12-team competition consisting of three groups, the top two sides from each group and the two best third-placed teams will advance to quarterfinals. (by Su Bin, Li Bowen) ■
