Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
CHINA lost to JAPAN 73-92 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. JAPAN won by a 19-point margin. Josh Hawkinson led all scorers with 27 points. CHINA shot 38.9% from the field while JAPAN managed 49.2%. CHINA collected 38 rebounds and JAPAN grabbed 29. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
CHINA
73 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | * Xining He | 26:32 | 12 | 5/15 | 3/9 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | * Jinqiu Hu | 26:24 | 15 | 7/11 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | * Jiwei Zhao | 23:09 | 4 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | * Junjie Wang | 23:08 | 8 | 3/9 | 2/5 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 26 | * Zhu Junlong | 21:35 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Li Hongquan | 23:21 | 9 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Liao Sanning | 23:19 | 14 | 6/14 | 6/11 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 0 | Shiyan Gao | 16:58 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 51 | Hansen Yang | 13:36 | 9 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3/6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 24 | Yongxi Cui | 01:58 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 73 | 28/72 | 22/46 | 6/26 | 11/17 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 79 | |
JAPAN
92 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | * Josh Hawkinson | 30:58 | 27 | 10/16 | 7/10 | 3/6 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
| 18 | * Yudai Baba | 30:43 | 9 | 2/7 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 4/4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | * Yuta Watanabe | 30:03 | 16 | 5/11 | 4/7 | 1/4 | 5/5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 19 | * Yudai Nishida | 24:06 | 6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | * Takumi Saito | 18:31 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 33 | Ryusei Sasaki | 16:05 | 13 | 4/6 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 30 | Keisei Tominaga | 13:23 | 8 | 3/7 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 99 | Koy Kawamata | 10:33 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Tajon Akira Jacobs | 10:29 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 6 | Makoto Hiejima | 09:21 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Seiya Ando | 05:24 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Shuta Hara | 00:24 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 92 | 31/63 | 19/33 | 12/30 | 18/21 | 23 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 112 | |