Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026
JAPAN lost to NEW ZEALAND 83-104 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026. NEW ZEALAND won by a 21-point margin. Chusonjakku Shiratani led all scorers with 35 points. JAPAN shot 44.3% from the field while NEW ZEALAND managed 41.9%. JAPAN collected 31 rebounds and NEW ZEALAND grabbed 59. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
JAPAN
83 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | * Chusonjakku Shiratani | 37:20 | 35 | 16/34 | 13/24 | 3/10 | 0/0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | * Eishin Konno | 36:29 | 9 | 4/11 | 3/6 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | * Tetta Sakurai | 26:24 | 10 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | * Goodluckchinedu Ihetu | 25:14 | 5 | 2/6 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | * Rikuto Isoda | 19:34 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Hiroto Kuga | 25:08 | 7 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Shunsuke Miyazato | 14:13 | 10 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Kuon Sato | 08:43 | 5 | 1/6 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| 13 | Fumiya Kurimoto | 05:33 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Herojabez Kato | 01:06 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jurai Yamamoto | 00:15 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Keiji Koshi | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 83 | 35/79 | 25/49 | 10/30 | 3/5 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 100 | |
NEW ZEALAND
104 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Jayden Cecil | 32:25 | 31 | 11/24 | 4/8 | 7/16 | 2/3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | * Tawhiri Cate | 29:38 | 7 | 3/14 | 3/11 | 0/3 | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | * Marco Sula | 25:56 | 17 | 6/16 | 3/7 | 3/9 | 2/3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | * Liam Anthony Keogh | 25:16 | 14 | 6/12 | 5/10 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | * Zach Rampton | 21:26 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 1 | Lawson Pryor | 18:22 | 13 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Noah Duncan | 14:05 | 12 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 6/7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Daley Pohio | 14:00 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Jackson Couper | 08:20 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 35 | Matayas Thomson | 06:32 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| 11 | William Patten | 02:42 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 20 | Malakai Tuimalealiifano | 01:18 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 104 | 36/86 | 19/47 | 17/39 | 15/22 | 33 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 124 | |