There are usually two types of World Youth Championships in basketball, the World Junior Championships under the age of 19, and the World Youth Championships under the age of 21, the former being held the year before the World Championships and the latter the year before the Olympic Games. 【Fengyun Reading Network. This year is '09, and next year is the World Basketball Championship in Turkey.

The World Youth Championships that Yang Juncheng led everyone to participate in was the World Youth Championships under the age of 19, so players were selected from high schools to participate.

In this team, the youngest are Zhang Yufeng, Ji Fan, Ren Qinwei, and Liang Yuhuai, who are still in the first year of high school, and they are only 17 years old. Yang Jie, Chen Tianyu, Zhou Chu and others are all in the third year of high school, 19 years old, which is already the oldest age of the team.

The World Youth Championships were held in Los Angeles, USA, not only in the country of basketball, but also received a lot of attention from this World Youth Championships, especially in the United States, where enthusiastic fans have bought many important tickets and are just waiting for the official start of the World Youth Championships.

After all, the United States, as the hegemon of world basketball, has won many championships in the Olympic Games and World Championships, but after entering the 21st century, the results have declined a little, but in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the United States team defeated the Spanish team to regain the top of the honor, but also showed their dominance in world basketball.

With this unparalleled pride and pride, the United States has maintained an arrogant attitude towards the team that will participate in the World Junior Championships, bringing together the top talent in high school, and the first favorite to win the championship is none other than the American team.

Of course, the rapid development of European basketball in the past decade has to some extent qualified to compete with the United States, and Spain, Lithuania, and Germany are also strong contenders for the championship.

Former Olympic champion Argentina will naturally not give up the opportunity to add glory to the country, and Australia, which played a warm-up match with China, is also seen as the favorite to win the championship.

These teams gathered in Los Angeles, USA, and various media, experts, and major American bookmakers made predictions and offered the odds of each team to win the championship.

As for the Chinese national youth team, it has not attracted enough attention from other national teams at all, even in China, no media is optimistic that the national youth team can go far in the World Youth Championships, everyone is only guessing whether China can break into the quarterfinals, as for the semi-finals, they dare not think about it.

Because of the previous World Youth Championships, the best result of the national youth team was only ranked ninth, only one step away from the quarterfinals, and the rest of the results were outside the top ten, not to mention.

Seeing these predictions and news, the players of the national youth team were angry, only Yang Juncheng was as calm as water, telling everyone that the quality of the results is not based on predictions, nor by those media blowing, but really played game by game, so don't care about these unnecessary things, or focus on training and games, so that you have the opportunity to become a dark horse and strive for a good result for the country.

Under such admonition, the players of the national youth team have sunk their hearts and are not disturbed by the outside world, while the teams of other countries are obsessed with the prosperity and romance of Los Angeles, the national youth team is hiding in the training hall and practicing hard. They believe that everyone can achieve a good result by making progress.

In such a concerted atmosphere, Zhang Yufeng also temporarily cut off contact with Zhao Mengshan, and devoted all his energy to training, and because of the time difference, the United States is daytime and China is night, even if he wants to contact him, he can't get in touch, he doesn't want Zhao Mengshan to delay his rest because of talking to him.

Time passed, and on the third day after the national youth team arrived in Los Angeles, the organizing committee announced the grouping and matchups of the World Youth Championships.

Fortunately, the national youth team is in a group where there is only one strong team in the United States, which means that there is a high probability of advancing to the quarterfinals; Unfortunately, the first opponent of the national youth team was the United States, just like the Beijing Olympics in '08!

A total of 16 teams participated in the World Youth Championships, divided into four groups, China and the United States are in Group A, the group is known as the group of death, there are France, Greece, Argentina, Spain four countries, these four teams have the strength to enter the top four, but now they have to compete for two top eight places, I have to sigh the cruelty of the competition!

In the last week of the World Junior Championships, all teams were in a state of intense preparation.

After learning that the opponent in the first game was the American team, Yang Juncheng asked for the information of all the players of the American team from an American friend who was a coach in college.

Yang Juncheng watched the thick pile of information for more than an hour, and after reading it, his face hung with deep solemnity, and it can be concluded from the information that these players of the American team have a great chance to land in the NBA in the future, and several of the main players are known as peerless geniuses who can become champions!

Against such a talented American team, how many chances does the Chinese team have to win?

Imagining the scene that might happen in the game, Yang Juncheng couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

A sigh broke the silence in the room, and the assistant coach sitting next to Yang Juncheng held the information in his hand, and said with a solemn face: "Old Yang, the talent of the American team is too terrible, our side is far behind, I have a suggestion, I don't know if to talk about it?" ”

"Brother Zhang, if you have anything to say, just say it! I'm the head coach, but when it comes to international experience, you're much more experienced than me! Yang Juncheng said, with a hint of expectation on his face.

Assistant coach Lao Zhang Zhengse said: "In Group A, the strength of the American team is undoubtedly the strongest and the least hopeful of winning. The other two teams are relatively weak, but they have the strength to fight, if we want to go further and get a higher position, this Iran and Turkey are our main opponents, so I suggest that Zhang Yufeng is not sent in the first game against the United States, after all, he is our sharpest attacking point, hiding him in the snow, can confuse the enemy, but also allow Zhang Yufeng to play more energy in the next two games. ”

Yang Juncheng clapped his hands, but he showed a wry smile, and said helplessly: "I'm also thinking about it in my heart, it seems that you are thinking of going with me." ”

Lao Zhang nodded, stared at him, and did not speak, but waited for him to make an idea.

Yang Juncheng fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he suddenly raised his head and said with a firm face: "That's it!" The first battle is hidden in the snow Zhang Yufeng! ”

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