Match summary — FIBA ASIA U18 2026
IRAN lost to JAPAN 83-88 on in the FIBA ASIA U18 2026. JAPAN won by a 5-point margin. Kaito Nakamura led all scorers with 30 points. IRAN shot 49.3% from the field while JAPAN managed 49.3%. IRAN collected 27 rebounds and JAPAN grabbed 33. This game was played as part of the FIBA ASIA U18 2026 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
IRAN
83 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | * Mohammad Shamsi Anbouhi | 36:06 | 15 | 7/15 | 7/11 | 0/4 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 14 | * Soheyl Soleyman Nezhad | 33:58 | 9 | 4/8 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | * Mohammadyashar Kamalkhaledi | 33:35 | 26 | 8/16 | 2/4 | 6/12 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 0 | * Amirreza Azari | 25:44 | 14 | 6/9 | 6/8 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 23 | * Mohammadsaleh Pakgohar | 06:28 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| 35 | Kianmehr204 Kouchaki Hasankiadeh | 22:38 | 7 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Mohammadsafa Behnia | 18:36 | 5 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Mani Manouchehri Gigasari | 14:16 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | Matin Esmaeili | 04:40 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kiyasha Taheri | 03:59 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Amirmohammad Jafarkhani | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alireza Rashidi | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 83 | 33/67 | 24/42 | 9/25 | 8/15 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 89 | |
JAPAN
88 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | * Kaito Nakamura | 28:16 | 30 | 12/20 | 8/12 | 4/8 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | * Alex Mcmillian | 20:42 | 5 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | * Yousef Hasan Thompson | 19:40 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | * Eishin Konno | 18:04 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | * Kenichiro Benedict | 16:55 | 7 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Aru Takahashi | 27:05 | 15 | 5/7 | 0/1 | 5/6 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Cayman Tsuneoka | 26:56 | 10 | 4/10 | 4/9 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 13 | Roi Honda | 22:06 | 9 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 5/5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | Hiromasa Fujiwara | 11:44 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Fumiya Nakamura | 08:32 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 7 | Tetta Sakurai | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Chusonjakku Shiratani | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 88 | 34/69 | 24/45 | 10/24 | 10/13 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 94 | |