JAPAN lost to CHINA 80-87 on February 26, 2026 in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. CHINA won by a 7-point margin. Jinqiu Hu led all scorers with 20 points. JAPAN shot 44.8% from the field while CHINA managed 46.8%. JAPAN collected 33 rebounds and CHINA grabbed 34. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship.
28 yrs (1997) 6'11″ - 2.11m
28 yrs (1997) 6'11″ - 2.11m
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | * Yuta Watanabe | 32:11 | 13 | 6/14 | 5/9 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 19 | * Yudai Nishida | 27:14 | 14 | 5/16 | 4/8 | 1/8 | 3/4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 53 | * Alex Kirk | 24:25 | 12 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 18 | * Yudai Baba | 16:58 | 8 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | * Takumi Saito | 09:56 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 31 | Shuta Hara | 18:06 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Yuki Togashi | 17:51 | 8 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 30 | Keisei Tominaga | 17:45 | 14 | 6/13 | 4/7 | 2/6 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 | Hugh Watanabe | 14:08 | 6 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Seiya Ando | 12:10 | 3 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 13 | Ren Kanechika | 05:22 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Avi Koki Schafer | 03:54 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 80 | 30/67 | 25/41 | 5/26 | 15/27 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 78 |
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | * Zhu Junlong | 31:32 | 6 | 1/5 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 21 | * Jinqiu Hu | 27:51 | 20 | 9/10 | 9/10 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| 23 | * Xining He | 23:59 | 12 | 4/8 | 1/1 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | * Rui Zhao | 18:38 | 10 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 8/8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 33 | * Haoran Wang | 09:29 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Liao Sanning | 29:00 | 16 | 7/15 | 7/14 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Jiwei Zhao | 17:48 | 14 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 14 | Li Hongquan | 13:28 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Jiahao Yu | 12:09 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| 77 | Zhenlin Zhang | 08:14 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| 0 | Shiyan Gao | 07:52 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Jiao Boqiao | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 87 | 29/62 | 20/36 | 9/26 | 20/27 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 93 |
* Players marked with * are starters.
