Japan_women's_national_basketball_team

Japan women's national basketball team

Japan women's national basketball team

Women's national basketball team representing Japan

The Japan women's national basketball team (Japanese: バスケットボール女子日本代表) is administered by the Japan Basketball Association.[2]

For the men's team, see Japan national basketball team.

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At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal, the nation's first Olympic basketball medal (for men or women) and became the first Asian team to reach the podium in women's basketball since China in 1992.[3] The Japanese, which were coached by Tom Hovasse, excelled in an 87–71 win over France in the semi-finals before coming short 75–90 against the United States. Japan's Rui Machida set an Olympic record with 18 assists against France.[3]

As of 2019, Japan has been the reigning Champion of the Asia-Oceania region.[4]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Women's Asia Cup

  • Gold: (1970, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
  • Silver: (1965, 1968, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023)
  • Bronze: (1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009, 2011)

Asian Games

  • Gold: (1974, 1998)
  • Silver: (1994)
  • Bronze: (1978, 1982, 1986, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.[5][6]

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Coaches

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    Profile – Japan, FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    Japan's miracle run ends in final as U.S. wins women's basketball gold JASON COSKREY (The Japan Times), 8 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. [4]
    Japan looks ahead after capturing fourth straight FIBA Women's Asia Cup title Kaz Nagatsuka (The Japan Times), 1 October 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. [5]
    "2023年度バスケットボール女子日本代表チーム「FIBA女子アジアカップ2023」・「三井不動産カップ2023（高崎大会）」メンバー決定" (in Japanese). japanbasketball.jp. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Team Roster: Japan" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 26 June 2023. p. 3. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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