The 19th championship in the records of the FIBA World Cup starts on August 25 and will run through 10 September. It will be the second tournament to be organised with 32 teams and is hosted by multiple countries including Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Japan is continuously warming up its squad for the FIBA World Cup 2023. They are continuously participating in basketball matches to boost their skills. Recently, in June, Japan played in stage three warm-up tournaments with its players. One of these events was played in Tokyo and it included games against Angola, France and Slovenia. It was like a practice session for Japan before the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
Japan has already qualified to play in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. It will play in Group E with Germany, Finland and Australia. The first round will take place in Okinawa, Japan. If Japan will have a better overall performance within the first round, then it will advance to the second round, where it’ll face the teams of Group F including Slovenia, Georgia, Cape Verde and Venezuela. In this article, we will specially have a look at Japan’s roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
Japan’s Roster
Japan has already announced its 25-man roster that will rock in the upcoming FIBA World Cup. This year, Japan is coming with a collaboration of many talented players like Rui Hachimura and Watanabe Yuta. The head coach of Japan’s basketball team, Tom Hovasse said, “I’m really excited. We are getting this group together for the first time and looking forward to seeing how far we can go. Everyone is hungry. I can’t wait.”
Here is a list of the players that will help Japan to earn a valuable spot in the FIBA World Cup 2023 and could lead them to win the Naismith Trophy.
Nick Fazekas
Yuya Nagayoshi
Yudai Baba
Yuki Togashi
Koya Kawamata
Soichiro Inoue
Makoto Hiejima
Yutaro Suda
Shuta Hara
Matthew Aquino
Kai Toews
Keisei Tominaga
Aki Chambers
Tenketsu Harimoto
Yuta Watanabe
Rui Hachimura
Yuki Kawamura
Luke Evans
Seiya Ando
Josh Hawkins
Hirotaka Yoshii
Yudai Nishida
Ren Kanechika
Akira Jacobs
Hugh Watanabe
FAQs
A. A total of 32 teams are divided into eight groups that will play in the FIBA World Cup.
A. No, After being disqualified in the 2023 Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers, South Korea’s appeal to play in the World Cup has been denied by the FIBA.
A. Philippines is hosting the 2023 FIBA World Cup and is already qualified to play in it.
A. After the new changes implemented by FIBA in 2017, the Continental championships are now organised once every four years.
A. Tom Hovasse is the head coach of the Japan men’s national basketball team.
