The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) revealed Monday a 28-player Chinese womens basketball team roster in preparation for the FIBA Womens Asia Cup later on this year, consisting of center Li Yueru who plays in the Turkish league.The just recently concluded 2024-25 Womens Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) league finalists, Dongguan and Sichuan, saw 4 gamers each picked in the list.
Dongguans Huang Sijing, Yang Liwei, Yang Shuyu and Chen Mingling plus Sichuans Han Xu, Li Meng, Wang Siyu and Jia Saiqi were hired.
Other prominent names consisted of Pan Zhenqi, Li Yuan, Zhang Ru and young prospect Zhang Ziyu.The groups head coach Gong Luming said the lineup not just concentrates on standout gamers in national competitors, but also sets sights on the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Any outstanding gamer is desired for the national group training list, and ideally through training, we can choose the very best gamers to participate in significant competitors, Gong said.Chinas focus on the Womens Asia Cup is to win the title and the competition will be held in Shenzhen, south Chinas Guangdong Province from July 13 to 20.
According to Gong, the group plans to conduct training in Kunming, capital city of southwest Chinas Yunnan Province from April 20 to May 18, before going back to Beijing for its next phase of training from May 19 to June 10.
Six warmup games are arranged in between early June and early July.
The group will get here in Shenzhen on July 10 for their final sprint towards the Womens Asia Cup.