U19 Women s Basketball World Cup: China narrowly beats the Czech Republic by 1 point overtime and enters 9-12 ranking

On July 19, the 9-16th qualifying match of the 2025 U19 Women's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese U19 Women's Basketball Team played against the host Czech U19 Women's Basketball Team. The Chinese U19 women's basketball team, which lacks Zhang Ziyu, lost all the first four games. Now, when the Chinese U19 women's basketball team is 10 points behind at most, Ran Kejia scored 25+16 to complete a big reversal. In the end, the Chinese U19 women's basketball team defeated the Czech U19 women's basketball team 80-79 and won their first victory. The Chinese U19 women's basketball team ended its four-game losing streak and will enter the 9-12 qualifying match against the Israeli U19 women's basketball team.

Data statistics

China U19 Women's Basketball Team: Ran Kejia 25 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 breaks, Li Yuwei 19 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 assists, Xu Fengwei 7 points, 6 rebounds, 4 breaks, Xu Ziqi 7 points, Liang Yaqi 6 points and 6 rebounds.

Match Review

This year's U19 Women's Basketball World Cup, due to Zhang Ziyu's absence, the strength declined sharply. China's U19 Women's Basketball Team lost all four games and missed the quarterfinals. In the past two consecutive games, they lost 60+ in a row, and lost a total of 156 points in four games. In this 9-16th place ranking match, the Chinese team played against the host Czech team. The Chinese team fell behind 3-10 at the beginning of the first quarter. Then Ran Kejia led the team to counterattack and scored a 12-5 offensive to chase points. At the end of the first quarter, both sides maintained 15-15.

entered the second quarter, and the Chinese team was restricted from scoring no more than 15 points in a single quarter. The Czech team was the only time in the game to score 20+ points in a single quarter. The Chinese team gradually fell into a tug-of-war battle, especially before the end of the first half, the Czech team overturned the score with a 10-0 offensive. The Chinese team lost 9 points 13-22 in a single quarter, and the Chinese team lagged behind the Czech team 28-37 at the end of the first half. After returning from the break, the Chinese team's offensive end finally ushered in a recovery, completing the only single-quarter score of 20+ in the third quarter, while limiting the Czech team to less than 20 points in a single quarter. The Chinese team continued to counterattack and chase points. With less than 3 and a half minutes left in the third quarter, the Chinese team was still behind 10 points, but then they made a 7-0 offensive to chase points. At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team chased behind the Czech team 51-54.

The Chinese team entered the fourth quarter with a 3-point fall. The Chinese team took the lead in scoring 5 points in a row to overtake the score. The two sides then fought closely to 62-62. The Czech team then gained a 3-point advantage, but the Czech team missed the key two free throws, Ran Kejia scored a draw, and the Czech team made a mistake, and the regular time of both sides was 66-66.

and in overtime, Li Yuxian made a three-pointer to lead a 10-3 offensive to gain a lead, but the Czech team continued to hit the inside and chased only 4 points. Li Yuxian made one of the key free throws, the Czech team chased another 2 points, and Ran Kejia also made one of the key free throws. The Czech team made another three-pointer and was only 1 point away from the goal, but still couldn't turn the tables. In the end, the Chinese team narrowly defeated the Czech team 80-79 overtime and ended the four consecutive losses.

The two sides started

Chinese U19 women's basketball team: Ran Kejia, Du Siyu, Xu Fengwei, Li Yuxian, Xu Ziqi

Czech U19 women's basketball team: Karna, Brahova, Hamzova, Kamenikova, Burzonova

(Megatron)