| （1.Department of Physical Education，Xiamen University of Technology，Xiamen 361024，China；2.School of Physical Education，Xingjiang Normal University，Wulumuqi 830000，China） Abstract: The authors studied the competition processes and results of the 16th World Men’s Basketball Champion-ships, and put forward the following opinions: the situation of competition in world men’s basketball has developed into such a situation as that traditional European and American top teams are declining while new forces from the United States and Europe are rising; European basketball has a dominating position, while US basketball and Euro-pean basketball are mutually blending; offensive defense is prevailing, while body contest becomes the theme of competitions; speed becomes faster, offense and defense become ever increasingly balanced, height advantage no longer becomes an absolute advantage of various teams; double point guard tactic becomes a new change in tactic execution by various teams; traditional centers are rare, shadow centers (power forwards) play a more and more important role.
Key words: training and competition；the 16th FIBA World Men’s Basketball Championships；men’s basketball |
