Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
JAPAN defeated CHINESE TAIPEI 90-64 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. JAPAN won by a 26-point margin. Brandon Gilbeck led all scorers with 23 points. JAPAN shot 40.8% from the field while CHINESE TAIPEI managed 37.5%. JAPAN collected 42 rebounds and CHINESE TAIPEI 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
JAPAN
90 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 | 29:43 | 14 | 4/12 | 2/4 | 2/8 | 4/4 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | * Yuta Watanabe | 29:13 | 20 | 8/15 | 6/9 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 18 | * Yudai Baba | 25:55 | 14 | 6/9 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 19 | * Yudai Nishida | 20:21 | 6 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 4/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 | * Takumi Saito | 15:35 | 4 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | Keisei Tominaga | 16:06 | 13 | 4/12 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 3/3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 91 | Hirotaka Yoshii | 14:20 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Shuta Hara | 14:05 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Seiya Ando | 13:37 | 7 | 3/7 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Yuki Togashi | 10:48 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 99 | Koy Kawamata | 05:11 | 4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | Hugh Watanabe | 05:06 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 90 | 31/76 | 20/37 | 11/39 | 17/18 | 32 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 118 | |
CHINESE TAIPEI
64 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | * Brandon Gilbeck | 33:17 | 23 | 8/11 | 6/7 | 2/4 | 5/6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| 0 | * Ting-Chien Lin | 31:31 | 13 | 4/11 | 2/4 | 2/7 | 3/3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 39 | * Chun Hsiang Lu | 26:50 | 14 | 6/12 | 5/8 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | * Ying-Chun Chen | 26:24 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | * Kuei-Yu Chou | 15:14 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| 8 | Bachir Gadiaga | 16:49 | 4 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 | Sam Manu | 13:27 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Ai-Che Yu | 12:13 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Hsiang-Chun Tseng | 09:22 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Joe Lind | 08:31 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Bing Sheng Lin | 04:24 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 13 | Zong Rong Hsieh | 01:58 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 64 | 21/56 | 15/30 | 6/26 | 16/21 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 62 | |