Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
JAPAN lost to CHINA 80-87 on 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. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
JAPAN
80 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 80 | 30/67 | 25/41 | 5/26 | 15/27 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 78 | |
CHINA
87 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 87 | 29/62 | 20/36 | 9/26 | 20/27 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 93 | |