bullyxtreme Chapter 246: Top 6 draw, Kanagawa's bad luck
Chapter 246: Top 6 draw, Kanagawa's bad luck
With the end of the match between Green Wind and Luoan, the last round of the group stage has also come to an end, and the top 16 of the national competition has been determined. Tomorrow morning, the draw ceremony for the top 16 knockout round will be held, and at the same time, each team will take a day off to prepare for the brutal knockout round.
At 9 a.m. the next day, the coaches and two players from each team appeared at the draw site. Before the draw, the representatives of each team also had some exchanges on the spot.
"Sendou, congratulations on making it to the knockout round." Zebei noticed Ryonan's Sendou appearing at the venue. The Ryonan players were represented by captain Yuzhu and ace Sendou. Vice-captain Ikegami stayed behind to lead the team in training, and the same was true for Sannoh. The team that participated in the draw was captain Fukatsu and ace Zebei, while Nobe led the players in training.
"Well, Zebei, I don't want to run into you too early." Sendoh smiled, and then said something that surprised everyone in Kanagawa nearby, "Long time no see, uncle."
"Uncle?!" Mu Mu, who was also participating in the lottery ceremony, looked in the direction of Sendoh's voice, only to see Domoto Goro nodded.
"So Domoto is Sendoh's uncle. No wonder when I read the original novel again, I felt that Sendoh and Domoto were a bit similar. They both have the same hedgehog head." Murasakibara thought to himself
"Sendoh, what's wrong with you coming to Sanno? I can take care of you if you come to Sanno. Why do you have to go to Kanagawa alone, your first year of high school..." Domoto said this and noticed Coach Tanaoka standing beside him. He shut up wisely.
"I've said before, I won't play on the same team with Zebei. And I want to make it to the national competition with my own ability." Sendoh said firmly
"Well, you have your own ambitions, and your uncle will not interfere with you, but your uncle welcomes you to Sanwang at any time." After saying this, Domoto Goro led the Sanwang team to leave
"I didn't expect that Sanwang's coach is actually your uncle," said Maki Shinichi, who was standing by.
"Yes, my mother has three siblings. My sister is the oldest and Coach Domoto is the youngest. When I was in the third year of junior high school, my uncle invited me to join Sanno. I was tempted at first. But my uncle revealed a piece of news to me that the son of one of his friends would also join Sanno. The two of us would become a team that the whole country fears, and this man's name is Zebei Rongji. I once played against Zebei on a baseball field. This is a person I can never beat. He is also the person I particularly want to beat. I will not be on the same team with him, and I don't want to live in his shadow. Later, Coach Tanaoka found me. So I came to Kanagawa." Sendoh introduced his past experiences
"I can't believe it, Sendoh. You have ambition. Let's defeat Zebei together, and defeat Sanwang together." Mumu patted Sendoh's shoulder heavily.
"Kumure..." Mumu's voice was not small, and was heard by Domoto. Domoto also attaches great importance to the Xiangbei team.
"Mumu, you can't defeat Sanwang, because you will be eliminated by us." At this time, a voice came from behind Mumu.
"Oh, Moroboshi, it's you. Your Aiwa's strength has increased a lot, but our Xiangbei has not stood still. If we meet, you will still lose." Mu Mu responded unceremoniously.
"Hmph, let's see what happens in the competition." Zhu Xing didn't say anything more.
Soon, it was 9 o'clock, and the organizers arrived at the scene on time. After a brief opening speech, the draw ceremony began.
The so-called draw is also very simple. First of all, teams from the same county will not avoid each other in the knockout stage. Secondly, the top eight teams in the last session will draw lots first and get their own numbers (1-8). Finally, the next eight quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be determined according to the numbers. In detail, it is 1VS9, 2VS10, 3VS11, 4VS12... and so on. At the same time, the winners of 1VS9 and 2VS10 will face off in the quarterfinals, and the winners of 3VS11 and 4VS12 will face off. The final eight teams of the last session were Sanwang, Kainan, Hakata, Luoan, Xiangbei, Daiei, Shoyo and Changcheng. Among them, Shoyo was defeated in the Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament, and Changcheng and Luoan were also eliminated by Ryonan and Midori Kaze from Kanagawa in the group stage, so there are only 5 teams left in the last session. If other teams draw the top 8 numbers, they will replace Changcheng, Shoyo and Luoan.
After explaining the rules of the draw, the last year's No. 7 Sanno Industry drew the first lot and drew No. 3, followed by Hainan, which drew No. 6, and Hakata Commercial, which drew No. .
Next up was Xiangbei. Akagi walked to the podium, reached into the lottery box, and held a piece of paper in his hand. He unfolded it. There was a big 2 written on it.
"It seems that our opponent in the semi-finals is most likely Hainan. We will meet Sannoh in the finals," said Murasakibara
"How shameless of you to say that! Maybe you will be eliminated in the round of 16." Murasakibara's words caused dissatisfaction among the people around him.
"It would be unlucky for any team to meet Aiwa in the round of 16," Maki Shinichi said quietly. The final top eight team was Daiei Academy, and Daiei's captain Jun Tsuchiya drew number 8.
After the five teams from the last quarter-finals finished drawing lots, the other thirteen teams began to draw lots. "Next, please invite the Aiwa Academy representative to come up and draw lots." Zhu Xingda stepped forward and took out a piece of paper and handed it to the host.
"Aihe Academy has drawn number 11, and he will play against Hainan." As soon as the words came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.
"Amu. Your luck is so bad that you are facing Aiwa." Mu Mu had noticed that when he learned that his opponent in the knockout round was Aiwa Academy, Amu's face turned black, and Gaotou's face was also very ugly.
"This game is not going to be easy." After watching the Aiwa County competition, Amu reported the situation of Aiwa Academy to Gaotou. The strength of one Zhuxing is already strong enough, and with the addition of a center with super strong power under the basket... Coach Gaotou and Maki Shinichi knew that this would be a tough battle. They had to go all out to deal with it, and the slightest mistake could lead to the loss of the sailboat.
“Although we have bad luck in the draw against Shanghai Hainan in the first knockout match, it’s okay. We should go all out to adjust our condition from the beginning of the knockout match and let other teams see the strength of our Aihe Academy. Let’s use Hainan as a sacrifice,” the old coach of Aihe thought to himself.
Next is Toyotama High School.
"Touou High School's number is 10, and their opponent will be Shohoku High School." Following last year's tournament, Shohoku and Touou will face off in the round of 16 for two consecutive years.
"Haha. Kitano, now's a chance to play against you." Coach Anzai looked at the draw result and smiled.
"Shohoku, this year I'll show you how strong we are at Touou." Touou's captain Nan Lie looked at the people at Shohoku.
Next, Urayasu Commercial and Hori, two veteran teams, also completed the draw. Hori drew No. 1. If Shohoku enters the quarterfinals, it will most likely play against this team. Urayasu Commercial No. 16 will play against Daiei College.
"Next, please let Ryonan High School from Kanagawa come to draw lots." Coach Tian Gang stepped forward and took out a piece of paper.
"Ryonan's opponent will be the representative team from Fukuoka, Hakata University of Commerce High School." The number drawn by Tanaka is 14!
"Ryonan is playing against Hakata Corporation. This is really bad luck." When he learned that Ryonan would play against Hakata Corporation, Tanaka's face turned ugly. How could he not know how powerful Hakata Corporation was? Hakata Corporation's national competition results were second only to Sanno Industrial, and last year's Xiangbei was defeated by Hakata Corporation.
"Xian Dao, don't lose, I still want to fight with you." Zebei looked at Xian Dao's back.
After Iwashimizu in Hokkaido and Naha Suisan in Okinawa finished drawing lots, "The next one is Midori Kaze High School from Kanagawa"
The coach of the big boat handed the drawn slip to the organizing committee, and the organizing committee read:
"Green Wind High School drew number 15"
"Number 15? Our opponent is Sanno Industry?" Fujisawa Eri was shocked. It's not like she hadn't collected intelligence about Sanno. No matter how confident she was about Sanno's strength, she knew that there was still a certain gap between Green Wind and Sanno.
As the draws for the other teams were completed, the results of the top 16 matchups were announced. They are Hori (Fukui) vs. Dogo University Affiliated School (Ehime), Shohoku (Kanagawa) vs. Toyoma (Osaka,), Kainan (Kanagawa) vs. Aiwa Gakuin (Aichi), Akizuki (Tokyo) vs. Naha Suisan (Okinawa), Iwashimizu (Hokkaido) vs. Yuki Kogyo (Hiroshima), Hakata University of Commerce Affiliated School (Fukuoka) vs. Ryonan (Kanagawa). Sanno Kogyo (Akita) vs. Midori Kaze (Kanagawa), Daiei Gakuin (Osaka) vs. Urayasu Commerce (Chiba)