CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Friday, February 5, 2021 | 19 A6 | ANNOUNCEMENT Friday, February 5, 2021 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY SPORTS BASKETBALL We can spare no CBA break designed to efforts in trying to raise our game to a new level and striving for better boost Team China’s hopes results.” Xu Limin, head coach of China’s women’s team League planning lateMarch restart after Doha tourney Women’s squad braced By SHI FUTIAN
[email protected] for Tokyo uncertainties The Chinese Basketball Associa tion has announced the third stage Facing an uphill battle in the China edged Australia at the of this season’s CBA league will start Tokyo 2020 Olympic women’s bas 2019 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup — in March in order to accommodate ketball tournament, the Chinese but the Aussies were without the the Team China stars who will play national team is endeavoring to services of Cambage that day. at this month’s FIBA Asia Cup quali raise its game “to a new level” Emma Meesseman is expected fiers in Doha. despite the difficulties caused by spearhead Belgium’s challenge. With the second stage of the CBA the COVID19 pandemic. The power forward was named on season ending this week, the delay China will face Australia, Puerto the AllStar Five team at the 2018 will allow China’s players to contest Rico and Belgium in the group World Cup as the Belgians reached the qualifying games in the Qatari phase of the Olympic Games in the semifinals. capital and then return home and Tokyo this summer.