March 1, 2026
JAPAN defeated SOUTH KOREA 78-72 on March 1, 2026 in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. JAPAN won by a 6-point margin. Josh Hawkinson led all scorers with 24 points. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship.
31 yrs (1995) 6'10″ - 2.08m
31 yrs (1995) 6'10″ - 2.08m
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | * Yuta Watanabe | 36:46 | 15 | 6/11 | 5/8 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 24 | * Josh Hawkinson | 35:07 | 24 | 10/17 | 9/12 | 1/5 | 3/4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| 18 | * Yudai Baba | 32:30 | 6 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 19 | * Yudai Nishida | 27:55 | 12 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 1 | * Takumi Saito | 21:16 | 9 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 30 | Keisei Tominaga | 11:51 | 4 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Yuki Togashi | 11:06 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Seiya Ando | 08:48 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Shuta Hara | 06:34 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Avi Koki Schafer | 03:44 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Ren Kanechika | 03:21 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Ryo Sadohara | 01:02 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 78 | 28/60 | 21/36 | 7/24 | 15/17 | 23 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 90 |
* Players marked with * are starters.
