No strong teams or weak teams in FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers says KBA President Pang Yul 04/07/2019 NEWS 2 MIN TO READ Seoul (Korea) – The first-ever FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers Draw was held in Bengaluru on June 8 and the results pitted Korea in Group A along with three other nations from Southeast Asia. 在第一次的亞洲盃資格賽裡，南韓被抽到A組，與其他三支東南亞球隊分在同組。 "We are in Group A with Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand," Korean Basketball Association (KBA) President Pang Yul said. "It was a good draw ceremony and I would like to say thank FIBA's Regional Office in Asia for this great event. The result was also okay for us." "和菲律賓、印尼、泰國同在A組，感謝亞洲籃協，這次的抽籤儀式辦得很好，這個分組 結果隊我們來說是OK的。" Korea have firmly planted themselves among the best basketball nations in Asia over the years, a fact that still remains true today. They are already headed towards their 8th FIBA Basketball World Cup this summer and finished at 3rd place at the recent FIBA Asia Cup 2017. However, the level of talent in the region has risen and the gap between the top and the bottom continues to become narrower. 這個夏天，南韓將前往他們的第八次世界盃，而在最近一次的2017亞洲盃他們拿下第三名 的成績。亞洲區的強度正在提升，強隊和弱隊間的差距減小中。 "I think the competitiveness of our group is as similar as the other groups," said Pang of the teams in the group. 南韓籃協主席Pang Yul說 "我覺得在我們小組內的競爭性和其他組是一樣的" "Nowadays, all teams in Asia are becoming more competitive. There are no strong teams or weak teams. I think all teams are strong enough to win." "現在亞洲所有球隊都越來越有兢爭力，沒有強隊弱隊之分，每支球隊都可能贏得比賽" Among one of the stronger teams that Korea will face at the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers is the Philippines. Both nations have a rich history in basketball and their paths have crossed time and again, leading to heated battles against each other 南韓將在亞洲盃資格賽遇到的強隊之一是菲律賓，兩隊在籃球歷史上都很豐富，這次又將 在兩隊間激烈的對戰史上增加一筆。 "In Asia, the Philippines are one of the best teams," Pang admitted. "At this moment, it is pretty difficult to evaluate the team as we have the World Cup, but we will be for sure preparing for the game against the Philippines soon." "菲律賓是亞洲的最好的隊伍之一，目前因為世界盃就在眼前，我們目前很難評估這支球隊 ，但我們很快會做好對抗菲律賓的準備。" There are plenty of talented players that Korea could line up for their national team at the Asia Cup Qualifiers, depending on however the team might want to play. As there is still some time left until then, the national team can continue to scout and weigh in on their options before arriving at the most appropriate selections. 韓國有很多有才華的球員能列入亞洲盃資格賽陣中，端看他們想要怎麼打。距離資格賽 還有一段時間，他們可以權衡要如何挑選最適合的陣容。 "We haven't had any discussion in this regard [of team lineups] yet as we have the 2019 FIBA World Cup first. We will try to figure that out after the World Cup," Pang said. "我們目前對出賽陣容還沒有任何想法，我們必須先面對2019世界盃，然後世界盃後再來 評估適當的陣容。" FIBA http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2021/qualifiers/news/no-strong-teams-or-weak-teams-in-fiba-asia-cup-qualifiers-says-kba-president-pang-yul https://tinyurl.com/yxtcenpz --

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