Match summary — FIBA ASIA U18 2026
SOUTH KOREA defeated JAPAN 67-64 on in the FIBA ASIA U18 2026. SOUTH KOREA won by a 3-point margin. Jihoon Yoon led all scorers with 27 points. SOUTH KOREA shot 36.5% from the field while JAPAN managed 37.9%. SOUTH KOREA collected 28 rebounds and JAPAN grabbed 51. 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
SOUTH KOREA
67 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | * Jihoon Yoon | 40:00 | 27 | 9/16 | 7/12 | 2/4 | 7/7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 22 | * Sungmin Eom | 36:32 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | * Geonwoo Heo | 36:09 | 7 | 1/10 | 1/7 | 0/3 | 5/6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | * Jihoo Eom | 27:44 | 9 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | * Jiwon Yoon | 21:55 | 12 | 5/11 | 5/6 | 0/5 | 2/2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 30 | Taejoon Park | 27:00 | 8 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 0/4 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Jongwon Baek | 04:51 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Daehyeon Kweon | 04:46 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 9 | Jungwoo Kim | 01:03 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Yubeom Shin | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Seungjun Lee | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Geonwoo Kwak | 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 | 67 | 23/63 | 21/46 | 2/17 | 19/20 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 66 | |
JAPAN
64 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | * Eishin Konno | 36:42 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | * Kenichiro Benedict | 36:24 | 16 | 6/22 | 3/17 | 3/5 | 1/8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | * Aru Takahashi | 35:00 | 19 | 7/10 | 2/2 | 5/8 | 0/2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | * Alex Mcmillian | 30:35 | 11 | 5/10 | 5/9 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | * Kaito Nakamura | 17:10 | 4 | 1/6 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Yousef Hasan Thompson | 22:50 | 5 | 2/7 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Cayman Tsuneoka | 09:25 | 7 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | Fumiya Nakamura | 05:05 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 15 | Chusonjakku Shiratani | 03:31 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Roi Honda | 03:18 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hiromasa Fujiwara | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Tetta Sakurai | 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 | 64 | 25/66 | 17/47 | 8/19 | 6/20 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 72 | |