After an unexpected "easy" victory over the European powerhouse Serbian youth team, the situation of the Chinese national youth team in the "Group of Death" suddenly became clear.

In the final match of the group stage, the national youth team will face the African champion Egyptian youth team.

Egypt, as the champion of the U18 non-youth competition, is actually not weak, and the original goal of the Chinese national youth team is to defeat the Egyptian youth team.

However, with the strong performance of the No. 14 tall and strong national youth team in this competition, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese national youth team has surged, which is destined to have a bad time for the Egyptian youth team in Latvia.

In the first game of the group, the Chinese national youth team lost to the defending champion United States Youth Team, while the Egyptian team also lost to the European powerhouse Serbia Youth Team, but in the second game, the Chinese national youth team defeated the Serbian Youth Team by 6 points, while the Egyptian Youth Team was defeated by the defending champion American Youth Team by 55 points.

In the last round of the group, when the Chinese youth team and the Egyptian youth team met in a narrow way, the Egyptian youth team has won both games, and the chance of qualifying from the group is very small, unless they can defeat the Chinese national youth team by a big score, but obviously according to the state of the two teams at this time, the possibility is not very large.

In fact, it has not been easy for Egypt to get to where they are today, and their power forward Ahmed is the heart of them, and he surged 30 points and 21 rebounds in the Under-18 non-youth final to help Egypt beat Tunisia to qualify for Latvia.

But Ahmed is only 2.04m tall, and he is the tallest player in the Egyptian team, and the lack of height on the inside of the Egyptian team will be their fatal flaw.

On the day of the game, Coach Wang Huaiyu made adjustments to the starting team of the national youth team:

Starting point guard Wang Zirui, scoring guard Gao Dazhuang, small forward Xing Zhiqiang, power forward Zhai Xiaochuan, center Li Muhao.

The point guard and center have been replaced, and Coach Wang Huaiyu's purpose is very clear, to conduct actual combat training while winning the game.

The Egyptian youth team started with point guard Jose al-Hosam, scoring guard Samir, small forward Mustafa, power forward Ahmed, and center Mohammed.

It is still the Riga National Stadium in Latvia, but there are a lot fewer spectators in this game, but there are more fans who support the Chinese national youth team.

"Tut" as the referee's whistle sounds, and the final game of the group begins.

At the beginning of the game, Gao Dazhuang continued to continue his fiery hand and strong desire to attack.

After receiving a pass from his teammates, Gao Da Zhuang used an extremely gorgeous feint to shake the opposing guard Samir, and quickly rushed into the inside, facing the opponent's offensive and defensive core Ahmed, Gao Da Zhuang jumped high, dodged in the air, tucked his abdomen, pulled the rod, and changed hands to make a layup.

Ahmed's hand hit the tall arm as he blocked, and the referee's whistle sounded in time.

And Gao Dazhuang tried his best to control the basketball and pick it up hard when the layup was interfered with by the opponent.

With a "brush", the basketball fell into the net in a strange arc.

"YEAH" Gao Dazhuang waved his hand, and "Okay, beautiful" teammates also ran over to high-five Gao Dazhuang in celebration.

The tall man turned around and just stood on the free throw line, "brushed", and hit the free throw.

At the beginning, the tall and strong beat the opponent a 2+1, which set the tone for the game.

In the next game, the players of the Chinese national youth team habitually handed over the main attack to Gao Dazhuang, while Samir of the Egyptian team couldn't withstand Gao Dazhuang at all, and Gao Dazhuang succeeded in consecutive back-to-back singles.

In the first quarter of the game, the Egyptian team was forced to adopt a double pinch against Gao Dazhuang, but Gao Dazhuang felt hot and could easily score with accurate jumpers from the outside.

"Bang Dang" With the explosion dunk after the tall and strong broke through the basket, the national youth team launched a wave of 10-0 attack.

At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led the Egyptian youth team by 12 points from 24 to 12, and the score was twice that of the opponent.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Gao Dazhuang continued to ignore the opponent's pinch shots and hit three points from the outside in a row.

The Egyptian team, on the other hand, can only rely on Ahmed and Mustafa to support themselves.

After Mustafa hit 2 free throws, Gao Dazhuang broke through again to score a layup, and whenever the Egyptian youth team struggled to score the ball, Gao Dazhuang was able to fight back immediately.

The Chinese national youth team further extended its lead.

Especially in the last 3 minutes of the second quarter, the Egyptian youth team lost its way and was defended by the Chinese national youth team's joint defense without scoring a point.

The Chinese national youth team took the opportunity to launch a wave of 8-0 attacks.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese national youth team led the Egyptian youth team by 26 points from 51 to 25.

Gao Dazhuang scored 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists in the first half.

Not long after the start of the third quarter, the tall man cut to the basket and received a pass from his teammates to score another 2 points.

At this time, Coach Wang Huaiyu made personnel adjustments again.

Guo Allen replaced Gao Dazhuang, Wang Pu replaced Xing Zhiqiang, and Zhu Xuhang replaced Zhai Xiaochuan.

The large-scale substitutions of the Chinese national youth team also indicate that Coach Wang Huaiyu began tactical drills in the middle of the third quarter.

Although the substitute players of the Chinese national youth team performed very positively after coming on the court, the shooting rate of the players was not high, and the Egyptian youth team seized this opportunity to take the opportunity to play a wave of 11-2 attacks to chase the score to within 20 points.

In the next game, the Egyptian team became more and more courageous, Samir hit a three-pointer from the outside, Ahmed hit two free throws, and Mustafa hit a shot.

Seeing that the Egyptian youth team was gradually approaching the score, Li Muhao, the substitute center of the Chinese national youth team, stood up and won 2 consecutive strong shots on the inside, and then the captain Guo Allen also broke through to score a layup to stabilize the situation.

At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team led the Egyptian team by 17 points from 63 to 46.

After the start of the final quarter, the Egyptian youth team played a wave of 10-3 attacks to chase the score to 10 points.

However, Coach Wang Huaiyu of the Chinese national youth team immediately replaced the starting inside combination of Zhai Xiaochuan and Wang Zhelin.

The Chinese national youth team immediately changed its tactics and used its height advantage to force the opponent's inside.

Zhai Xiaochuan received Guo Allen's pass and turned around to hook his hand to score, Wang Zhelin also frequently made the opponent's defensive fouls on the inside, and Guo Allen also used his teammates to cover and began to impact the opponent's inside.

With Guo Allen's 2 free throws, the game gradually lost its suspense.

As the referee's whistle blew, the game ended.

82―71

The Chinese national youth team defeated the African champion Egyptian youth team by 11 points.

In Group D of the World Youth Championships, the "Group of Death", the Chinese national youth team won the second place in the group stage with 2 wins and 1 loss and successfully advanced.

Even though he didn't play much in the last 2 quarters, Gao Dazhuang still handed over 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists.

"Yes, good play," Wang Huaiyu, the head coach of the national youth team, shook hands with the opposing coach and turned back to the rest area, and then patted the players on the shoulders one by one and encouraged.

"Well, continue to lead your teammates forward," Coach Wang Huaiyu said when passing in front of the tall and strong tree, and gave a thumbs up to the tall and strong tree, and then patted the tall and strong shoulder.

The group qualification of the Chinese national youth team ensured the pre-game goal, and every step next was a miracle, and Coach Wang Huaiyu was naturally in a good mood at the moment.

What's more, with the current performance of the national youth team, Coach Wang Huaiyu certainly hopes that the team can go further, of course, all this is based on the tall and strong ability to continue his strong performance.

After advancing to the group stage, the Chinese national youth team was able to stay longer in Latvia, and the team leader Zhang Xiong went to the residence with a smile, and the atmosphere of the whole team was integrated.

According to the rules of the competition, the next step is the top 8 competition.

The 12 teams that will enter the quarterfinals will be divided into two groups: E and F:

The Chinese national youth team was placed in Group F, with the top three teams in Group C: Lithuania, Canada and Croatia.

Plus the top three teams in Group D: the United States national youth team, the Chinese national youth team, and the Serbian national youth team, a total of six teams.

For example, the Chinese national youth team will play against the three teams in Group C, Lithuania, Canada, and Croatia in this round, and the results of the group stage in this group will also be carried into this round.

At the end of the competition, the 1-4 teams in each group will enter the quarterfinals, and the 5-6 teams in each group will compete for the 9th-12th place.

So according to the rules, the next opponent of the Chinese national youth team will be the second place in Group C - the Canadian youth team.