Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
CHINESE TAIPEI lost to JAPAN 73-80 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. JAPAN won by a 7-point margin. Chun Hsiang Lu led all scorers with 19 points. CHINESE TAIPEI shot 31.9% from the field while JAPAN managed 41.5%. CHINESE TAIPEI collected 40 rebounds and JAPAN grabbed 39. 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
CHINESE TAIPEI
73 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Ting-Chien Lin | 37:48 | 9 | 3/17 | 0/9 | 3/8 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 |
| 34 | * Brandon Gilbeck | 36:49 | 16 | 5/13 | 5/13 | 0/0 | 6/8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 39 | * Chun Hsiang Lu | 33:57 | 19 | 5/15 | 4/9 | 1/6 | 8/12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | * Ying-Chun Chen | 29:01 | 14 | 3/8 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 6/7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 88 | * Hsiang-Chun Tseng | 21:01 | 5 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Ai-Che Yu | 12:20 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Sam Manu | 08:36 | 8 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Kuei-Yu Chou | 07:43 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Joe Lind | 07:24 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 10 | Jonah Morrison | 05:21 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| 13 | Zong Rong Hsieh | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Kuan Kuan | 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 | 73 | 22/69 | 14/42 | 8/27 | 21/31 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 69 | |
JAPAN
80 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 | 40:00 | 13 | 4/10 | 1/4 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | * Yuta Watanabe | 37:00 | 14 | 5/13 | 5/9 | 0/4 | 4/6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 19 | * Yudai Nishida | 28:12 | 18 | 6/11 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 18 | * Yudai Baba | 20:59 | 6 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 | * Takumi Saito | 17:28 | 8 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Yuki Togashi | 15:13 | 8 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 30 | Keisei Tominaga | 11:48 | 3 | 1/10 | 1/5 | 0/5 | 1/1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| 31 | Shuta Hara | 11:37 | 4 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 91 | Hirotaka Yoshii | 09:41 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Seiya Ando | 07:19 | 6 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | Hugh Watanabe | 00:43 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Koy Kawamata | 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 | 80 | 27/65 | 18/33 | 9/32 | 17/24 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 88 | |