Japanese national basketball team

This article describes the Japanese men's national basketball team . For the women's selection, see Japan Women's National Basketball Team .

Japan 日本
Association	Japan Basketball Association (JABBA)
FIBA member since	1936
FIBA world rankings	34
Trainer	Kimikazu Suzuki
World championships
Participation in the finals	4th
Best results	11 (1967)
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	6th
Best results	9th place (1936)
Continental championships
championship	Asian basketball championship
Participation in the finals	27
Best results	Gold (1965, 1971)
(As of October 5, 2015)

The Japanese national basketball team ( Japanese バ ス ケ ッ ト ボ ー ル 男子 日本 代表 , basketball danshi nihon daihyō ) represents Japan at international basketball games for men. It is one of the strongest national teams in Asia and has been twice Asian champion.

history

The Japan national basketball team participated in the 1936 Olympic Games, which featured basketball for the first time. To date, ninth place is Japan's best finish at the Olympic Games. The Japanese national team had its strongest phase from the end of the 50s to the beginning of the 70s, when it was regularly qualified for the Olympic Games and World Championships. During this time, the Japanese also won the Asian Cup twice. After China was accepted into the FIBA, Japan could no longer win a championship, but until the end of the 90s it regularly occupied medal ranks at the continental championships. The last top placement came in 1997 when he won the silver medal.

successes

The greatest successes of Japan are the gold medal wins at the Asian basketball championships in 1965 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and in 1971 at the home championship in Tokyo . There are also five silver and seven bronze medals at the Asian Games. Other notable successes were two second and six third places in the basketball competitions of the Asian Games.

Performing in international competitions

Olympic games

1936 - 9th place 1956 - 10th place 1960 - 15th place 1964 - 10th place 1972 - 14th place 1976 - 11th place

World championships

1963 - 13th place 1967 - 11th place 1998 - 14th place 2006 - 17th place 2019 - 31st place

Asian Championships

1960 - bronze medal 1965 - gold medal 1967 - bronze medal 1969 - silver medal 1971 - gold medal 1973 - 4th place 1975 - silver medal 1977 - bronze medal 1979 - silver medal 1981 - bronze medal

1983 - silver medal 1986 - 5th place 1987 - bronze medal 1989 - 4th place 1991 - bronze medal 1993 - 7th place 1995 - bronze medal 1997 - silver medal 1999 - 5th place 2001 - 6th place

2003 - 6th place 2005 - 5th place 2007 - 8th place 2009 - 10th place 2011 - 7th place 2013 - 9th place 2015 - 4th place

Basketball competition at the Asian Games

1951 - silver medal 1956 - bronze medal 1958 - bronze medal 1962 - silver medal 1966 - 4th place 1970 - bronze medal 1974 - 7th place 1978 - 4th place 1982 - bronze medal 1986 - 6th place

1990 - 4th place 1994 - bronze medal 1998 - 10th place 2002 - 6th place 2006 - 6th place 2010 - bronze medal 2014 - bronze medal

Squad at the 2013 Asian Cup

No.	position	Surname	Size (cm]	Year of birth	Current club
4th	Shooting Guard	Keijuro Matsui	188	1985	Toyota Alvark
5	Shooting Guard	Daiki Tanaka	191	1991	Tokai Univ.
6th	Point guard	Makoto Hiejima	190	1990	Aoyama Univ.
7th	center	Atsuya Ota	206	1984	Hamamatsu
8th	Small forward	Yuta Watanabe	201	1994	Mitsubishi DD
9	Small forward	Takahiro Kurihara	192	1987	Toshiba BT
10	Forward / Center	Kosuke Takeuchi	206	1985	Toyota Alvark
11	Point guard	Ryota Sakurai	194	1983	Hokkaido
12	center	JR Sakuragi	203	1976	Aishin SH
13	Point guard	Naoto Tsuji	185	1989	Toshiba BT
14th	Shooting Guard	Kosuke Kanamaru	193	1989	Panasonic T.
15th	center	Sean Ichioka	200	1991	Toyota Alvark
	Trainer	Kimikaze Suzuki
	Assistant coach	Koji Naya
	Assistant coach	Takeshi Koyama

Web links

• Official website of the Japanese Basketball Federation