The Chinese Basketball Association has released a 15-player roster for the 2009 FIBA Asian Championship to be held this summer from August 6 to 16 in the city of Tianjin, China. The top three teams qualify for next year\'s World Championship to be held in Turkey from August 28 to September 12, 2010.

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The 15 players are:
Guards: Liu Wei (190-G-80), Hu Xuefeng (185-G-80), Zhang Qingpeng (188-G-81), Chen Jianghua (188-G-89), Yue Sun (205-G/F-85, agency: Passing Lane), Wang Shipeng (197-F/G-83)
Forwards: Zhu Fangyu (201-F-83), Du Feng (206-C/F-81), Yi Li (203-F/G-85), Wang Lei (203-F-86), Ding Jinhui (204-C-90), Li Xiaoxu (204-C-90), Jianlian Yi (212-C/F-87)
Centres: Wang Zhizhi (214-C-77), Zhang Songtao (213-C-85)

Three players will be dropped to come up with the Final 12 players. The team will also play in the FIBA Stankovic Continental Cup to be held from August 28 ~ 31 in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. Closed door training will begin May 31 in Beijing, with 8 exhibition games scheduled in July and August.

I predict that Zhang Songtao will make the team only if Wang Zhizhi or Jianlian Yi gets hurt. Both have a history of injuries so that is certainly a possibility. Barring other injuries, two players will be kept among Yi Li, Wang Lei and Ding Jinhui. Hu Xuefeng is competing with Zhang Qingpeng for the last point guard spot. Chen Jianghua will be kept because he is useful as instant offense off the bench. While Chen is far from being a complete player, no one else in China can play this role as well as he can.