U19 Women s Basketball World Cup: China was beaten 11-4 in the final battle and was reversed by Israel without Zhang Ziyu only 1 win and 4 losses

On July 19, the 9-12th qualifying match of the 2025 U19 Women's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese U19 Women's Basketball Team played against the Israeli U19 Women's Basketball Team. When the Chinese U19 women's basketball team was 5 points behind in the first half, they led 75-73 at the last moment, but they were counterattacked by their opponents 11-4 offensives. In the end, the Chinese U19 women's basketball team lost 79-84 to the Israeli U19 women's basketball team, with only 1 win and 4 losses without Zhang Ziyu, and will enter the 11-12 ranking match.

Data statistics

China U19 Women's Basketball Team: Liang Yaqi scored 25 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 breaks, Li Yuxian scored 21 points, Ran Kejia scored 12 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, Du Siyu scored 8 points and 7 rebounds.

Israel U19 women's basketball team: Aviv scored 38 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Cohen scored 19 points, Oren scored 15 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 interruptions, and Carmel scored 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 interruptions.

Match Review

This year's U19 Women's Basketball World Cup, the absence of Zhang Ziyu in the U19 Women's Basketball Team caused a plunge in strength. All the losses in the first four games were lost in total and 156 points. Until the last game, the Chinese U19 women's basketball team finally narrowly defeated the host Czech team 80-79 overtime to win its first victory. In this 9-12th place ranking match, the Chinese team played against Israel. In the first quarter, both sides were not very effective in offensively, and both teams had less than 20 points in a single quarter. The Chinese team made 4 of 16 shots, including 1 of 6 three-pointers, Liang Yaqi made 2 of 3 and 4 of 4 free throws to score 8 points and 5 rebounds, while the rest of the teammates made 2 of 13 shots in total and only scored 6 points. Israel made 8 of 18, including 2 of 5 three-pointers. At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team fell behind Israel 14-18.

entered the second quarter, and Li Yuxian continued to score from inside and outside shots. She became the offensive arrow for the Chinese team, while Israel was Aviv's hot score unstoppable. In the first two quarters, the Chinese team scored 6 goals 13-19, with only one player scoring in double digits, and Li Yuxian scored 15 points in 5 of 12 shots. The two Israeli team scored in double digits, Aviv scored 11 of 15 shots and 25 points, and Cohen scored 11 points. The Chinese team lost another point 27-28 in a single quarter, and the Chinese team fell behind Israel 41-46 at the end of the first half. After returning from the break, both sides' offensive firepower dropped sharply. The two teams scored 55 points in the second quarter and only scored 29 points in the third quarter, and their scores suddenly dropped by 26 points. Both sides scored less than 15 points in the third quarter, and the Chinese team recovered 1 point 15-14. After the three quarters, the Chinese team fell behind Israel 56-60. By the last quarter, the Chinese team led 75-73 in the last moment, but was counterattacked by the opponent's 11-4 offensive. In the end, the Chinese team lost to Israel 79-84.

The two sides started

Chinese U19 women's basketball team: Ran Kejia, Xu Peilin, Xu Fengwei, Li Yuxian, Xu Ziqi

Israel U19 women's basketball team: Oren, Cohen, Carmel, Karmi, Aviv

(Text/Zuiwofusheng)