Han Jianshe, a successful basketball player, has his leg injured in a match, forcing him to retire and start working as a coach at a rural primary school. Han is frustrated without the joy and excitement of his previous life and seeks fulfillment in his teaching career. With one handicapped leg and without any teaching experience but belief in basketball and devotion to his students, he finally gains understanding and support from the school principal and the children’s parents, waking his ambition to lead the children to play in a national-level basketball match organized by the sports bureau, even though the schoolchildren have never been outside of their village. The Dream, Team spares no efforts with firm faith to try and ultimately win the tournament and obtain the grand prize- tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.