Restoring the best record in history! The three-man Chinese men s basketball team entered the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time

According to the official website of the FIBA, in the 2025 Three-man Basketball World Cup group stage on the 26th, although the Chinese men's team lost to the Austrian team in the first game that day, they then defeated the French team through overtime and advanced to the quarterfinals as the first in the group. This is the first time that the Chinese three-man basketball men's team has entered the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

Against Austrian team, the Chinese team lost 17:21, Guo Hanyu scored 7 points, Xiang Zhichao scored 4 points, Zhang Dianliang and Wu Xingrui each scored three points.

Facing the French team, Guo Hanyu hit a free throw at the last moment, and the two teams played 16:16, dragging the game into overtime. In the overtime stage, the Chinese team did not give their opponent any chance. First, Guo Hanyu made a breakthrough and made a layup, and then Xiang Zhichao made a tip-in and won the victory. The Chinese team won three games in Group C and advanced to the quarterfinals historically as the first in the group.

This World Cup was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The men's group competition was divided into four groups, with five teams in each group. The group stage was a single round-robin system. The first place in the four groups directly entered the quarterfinals, and the second and third entered the knockout stage to compete for the other four quarterfinals.

The last time the Chinese men's team played in the three-man basketball World Cup was in 2022, and they achieved a record of 1 win and 3 losses in the group stage of that competition, and finally ranked 17th. In 2023, the Chinese men's team was eliminated in the World Cup qualifiers and failed to advance to the main competition.