The Chinese U19 Men s Basketball World Cup lineup is released, led by Yang Yi and Zhang Boyuan, and the first match against Canada at 20:00 on the 28th

The 2025 U19 Men's Basketball World Cup will officially start on the 28th. The Chinese U19 Men's Basketball Team was assigned to Group B, the same group as Canada, Germany and Slovenia. Just a few days ago, the Chinese U19 Men's Basketball Team officially announced the 12-man roster participating in this event, including Yang Yi, Zhu Zheng, Hou Mengze, Zhang Huafei, Chen Jiazheng, Cui Xinquan, Feng Ao, Zhang Boyuan, Wang Hongze, Xun Sifeng, Liu Li, and Xun Sinan. According to the matchup arrangement, the Chinese U19 men's basketball team will face Canada, Germany and Slovenia one after another. The first game was scheduled to be held at 20 o'clock on the evening of the 28th, and the opponent is the Canadian team.

This Chinese U19 men's basketball team was formed with the lineup of last year's U18 Asian Cup. Yang Yi, Zhang Huafei, Zhang Boyuan, Cui Xinquan, Xun Sinan, Xun Sifeng, Wang Hongze, Liu Li and others all performed very well in last year's U18 Asian Cup, helping the team to reach the semi-finals. However, in the semi-finals, China's U18 men's basketball team lost to New Zealand and missed the final of the U18 Asian Cup. In addition to the team that competed in the U18 Asian Cup last year, this U19 men's basketball team also made fine adjustments based on the team's needs and the performance of the players. Zhu Zheng, Hou Mengze and others entered the roster of this U19 World Cup.

In order to prepare for this U19 Men's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese U19 Men's Basketball Team has been preparing for a very long time and played a lot of warm-up matches: as early as March and April, the U19 Men's Basketball Team went to Euler to practice and achieved a record of winning all three games in three friendly matches; after returning to China at the end of April, the Chinese U19 Men's Basketball Team played 15 warm-up matches, including the New Zealand National Youth, Finnish National Youth, Egypt National Youth and other teams, and the quality of the game is still very high.

Judging from the three opponents in the group stage of the Chinese U19 men's basketball team, both Germany, Canada, and Slovenia are very strong. In the latest FIBA ​​rankings, the Chinese national youth ranked only 19th in the world, while the German national youth ranked 9th, the Canadian national youth ranked 10th, and Slovenia ranked 17th. From this point of view, it is still very difficult for China's U19 group to qualify. However, the gap in strength of the youth team is far less than that of the adult team, and there is still a chance for China's U19.

The main force of the Chinese U19 men's basketball team is Wang Hongze in the inside, Zhang Boyuan in the front line, and Yang Yi and Zhu Zheng in the backcourt. Zhang Boyuan can be said to be the leading player of this U19 men's basketball team. He averaged 18 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in the nine warm-up matches in the first phase after returning to China, helping the team achieve a record of eight wins and one loss. In the second stage of the warm-up match, Zhang Boyuan averaged 12 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2 assists per game. Wang Hongze's performance in the inside was also very good. He averaged 10 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in the first stage, and 7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game in the second stage.

The biggest hidden danger of the Chinese U19 men's basketball team is still in the backcourt. Although Yang Yi's organizational ability is good, his offensive end is unstable, his overall efficiency is a bit low, and he also makes many mistakes. As for Zhu Zheng, his performance in several warm-up matches was relatively average, and his offensive performance was a bit terrible. In addition, head coach Qu Shaobin sometimes has some mystery in hiring people, which are hidden dangers for the Chinese U19 men's basketball team. Overall, it is very difficult for this Chinese U19 Men's Basketball Team to achieve good results in this U19 Men's Basketball World Cup!