Original title: Liaoning Men's Basketball Team will play in the Asian Basketball Champions League
Tianjin Daily (Reporter Li Bei) The Liaoning men's basketball team, which has just completed three consecutive CBA league victories, immediately received an invitation from the International Basketball Federation to fly to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the Asian Basketball Champions League, a top event held in Dubai from June 9 to 15.
At the end of March, the FIBA announced that the Asian Basketball Champions League will start this summer. The main match will be composed of the following eight teams: CBA (China League) champion, PBA (Philippines League) champion, B (Japan League) champion, KBL (South Korea League) champion, WASL (Western Asia Super League) champion and runner up, as well as two teams that have passed the preliminary round.
Shortly after winning the CBA championship again, the FIBA officially confirmed the qualification of Liaoning men's basketball team. After the game, the foreign aid Fergie, who won the title of the most valuable player in the finals, said that Yang Ming led the team to win three championships in four years of coaching. If he continues, he will become the best coach in the league.
The predecessor of the Asian Championship League is the Yaju Cup. The first competition was held in Hong Kong, China in 1981. China has sent Bayi Men's Basketball Team, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team, Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, Beijing Aoshen Men's Basketball Team and Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team to participate in the competition, and won four championships, four runners up teams and one runner up team.