![FIBA on Twitter: "🇨🇳 #China eliminate 🇯🇵 @JapanBasketball, 87-81 to advance to the Quarterfinal round of the #FIBAWWC Yang Liwei led the way with 16 points including four triples! 📊 https://t.co/wVb6DmjbCf https://t.co/NXR2ar6xeE" / FIBA on Twitter: "🇨🇳 #China eliminate 🇯🇵 @JapanBasketball, 87-81 to advance to the Quarterfinal round of the #FIBAWWC Yang Liwei led the way with 16 points including four triples! 📊 https://t.co/wVb6DmjbCf https://t.co/NXR2ar6xeE" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DoBPfEhXUAAUdlx.png)
FIBA on Twitter: "🇨🇳 #China eliminate 🇯🇵 @JapanBasketball, 87-81 to advance to the Quarterfinal round of the #FIBAWWC Yang Liwei led the way with 16 points including four triples! 📊 https://t.co/wVb6DmjbCf https://t.co/NXR2ar6xeE" /
![190510) -- NEW YORK, May 10, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Yang Liwei (bottom) of Chinese Women's National Basketball Team competes during a friendship game between New York Liberty and Chinese Women's National Basketball 190510) -- NEW YORK, May 10, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Yang Liwei (bottom) of Chinese Women's National Basketball Team competes during a friendship game between New York Liberty and Chinese Women's National Basketball](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T80K8C/190510-new-york-may-10-2019-xinhua-yang-liwei-bottom-of-chinese-womens-national-basketball-team-competes-during-a-friendship-game-between-new-york-liberty-and-chinese-womens-national-basketball-team-in-new-york-the-united-states-may-9-2019-new-york-liberty-won-89-71-xinhuawang-ying-T80K8C.jpg)
190510) -- NEW YORK, May 10, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Yang Liwei (bottom) of Chinese Women's National Basketball Team competes during a friendship game between New York Liberty and Chinese Women's National Basketball
![Saitama, Japan. 30th July, 2021. Yang Liwei (L) of China lays up during the women's basketball preliminary match of Group C between China and Australia at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Saitama, Saitama, Japan. 30th July, 2021. Yang Liwei (L) of China lays up during the women's basketball preliminary match of Group C between China and Australia at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Saitama,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GADRD2/saitama-japan-30th-july-2021-yang-liwei-l-of-china-lays-up-during-the-womens-basketball-preliminary-match-of-group-c-between-china-and-australia-at-tokyo-2020-olympic-games-in-saitama-japan-july-30-2021-credit-meng-yongminxinhuaalamy-live-news-2GADRD2.jpg)
Saitama, Japan. 30th July, 2021. Yang Liwei (L) of China lays up during the women's basketball preliminary match of Group C between China and Australia at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Saitama,
![Yang Liwei Signs Sparks Contract; LA's 2nd China-Born Player in Team History | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Yang Liwei Signs Sparks Contract; LA's 2nd China-Born Player in Team History | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://media.bleacherreport.com/image/upload/x_19,y_3,w_1776,h_1184,c_crop/c_fill,g_faces,w_3800,h_2000,q_95/v1676918671/kbeqynsvsb7e4eq0yvgv.jpg)
Yang Liwei Signs Sparks Contract; LA's 2nd China-Born Player in Team History | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Belgrade, Serbia. 5th Feb, 2020. China's Sun Mengran (L), Yang Liwei (C) and Shao Ting pose for photograph during the official FIBA photo shoot prior to the women's Olympic qualifying basketball tournament Belgrade, Serbia. 5th Feb, 2020. China's Sun Mengran (L), Yang Liwei (C) and Shao Ting pose for photograph during the official FIBA photo shoot prior to the women's Olympic qualifying basketball tournament](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ATWK1B/belgrade-serbia-5th-feb-2020-chinas-sun-mengran-l-yang-liwei-c-and-shao-ting-pose-for-photograph-during-the-official-fiba-photo-shoot-prior-to-the-womens-olympic-qualifying-basketball-tournament-in-belgrade-serbia-on-feb-5-2020-china-will-face-britain-spain-and-south-korea-in-group-b-with-three-top-teams-from-each-group-set-to-advance-to-tokyo-2020-womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-credit-predrag-milosavljevicxinhuaalamy-live-news-2ATWK1B.jpg)
Belgrade, Serbia. 5th Feb, 2020. China's Sun Mengran (L), Yang Liwei (C) and Shao Ting pose for photograph during the official FIBA photo shoot prior to the women's Olympic qualifying basketball tournament
![South Korea's Park Jihyun, left, runs past China's Yang Liwei during their game at the women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker Stockfotografie - Alamy South Korea's Park Jihyun, left, runs past China's Yang Liwei during their game at the women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker Stockfotografie - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compde/2maf64p/south-koreas-park-jihyun-left-runs-past-chinas-yang-liwei-during-their-game-at-the-womens-basketball-world-cup-in-sydney-australia-thursday-sept-22-2022-ap-photomark-baker-2maf64p.jpg)
South Korea's Park Jihyun, left, runs past China's Yang Liwei during their game at the women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker Stockfotografie - Alamy
![Jakarta, Indonesia. 1st Sep, 2018. Chinese player Yang Liwei competes during women's basketball final between China and the unified team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea at Jakarta, Indonesia. 1st Sep, 2018. Chinese player Yang Liwei competes during women's basketball final between China and the unified team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea at](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/0d0dd65c4a864c5b867a553b162cff59/phba8a.jpg)