Slipping through the narrow door, XSKT Hau Giang upstream entered the semi-finals of the 2023 National Championship U23 Basketball Tournament

True to the name "group of death", Group A men's content of the U23 Basketball National Championship 2023 has 4 candidates competing for 2 tickets to the semi-finals: Hanoi, Hau Giang, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh. City Wings.

In the final group stage match (April 11), Hanoi U23 faced U23 XSKT Hau Giang to determine the next team. Many scenarios can happen between the three teams Hanoi, Hau Giang and Da Nang.

Hanoi is a more comfortable team with a record of winning all 4 matches, while XSKT Hau Giang won 3 and lost 1. Perhaps it was the low psychological pressure that helped the Capital team enter the sublime battle. .

Coach Truong Hoang Trung's teachers and students soon took the lead with a 2-digit difference, the farthest 12 points before the representative of the West. Leading this effort were To Ngoc Khanh and Dinh Toan Quoc with comprehensive offensive and defensive performances.

But when the match entered the second half, XSKT Hau Giang began to play explosively. They defend better even though their body is not as good as the opponent's, in return for the ability to fight fiercely.

In attack, the red shirt team played tight, limiting more turnover than in the first and second half. The climax was in the second half of the fourth half when XSKT Hau Giang had a 7-0 run to take the lead.

The last few minutes of the game were extremely stressful. After a moment of sublimation, XSKT Hau Giang made a mistake and allowed Hanoi to rise. Taking full advantage of the opportunity, a series of points by Tran Phi Hoang Long and especially To Ngoc Khanh brought the Capital team back to the lead.

When the half was only about 12 seconds, the referee determined that Dau Trung Kien committed a foul in a relatively sensitive ball. Au Hoang Kha threw in both free kicks to put Hau Giang XSKT up 68-67.

The ball was then turned around by Hanoi as Pham Cong Minh moved on the throw-in. Finally, the match ended with Nguyen Anh Kiet's scoring situation, setting a 70-67 victory for Hau Giang XSKT.

From the threshold of elimination, XSKT Hau Giang had an upstream victory to enter the semi-finals of the U23 Basketball National Championship in 2023. This victory helped teachers and coaches Trinh Huu Nghi secure a spot in the top two positions in the table. , with Hanoi U23 to continue.

The classification and determination of matches will be decided after the April 11 series ends. The reason is that Hanoi and Hau Giang still have scenarios with the same winning and losing record as U23 Da Nang (if Da Nang wins Ho Chi Minh City Wings on the evening of April 11).

Then the ranking will be considered by a sub-index because Da Nang won the Hau Giang XSKT, Hanoi won Da Nang and the Hau Giang XSKT won Hanoi.