Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
SOUTH KOREA defeated JAPAN 81-79 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. SOUTH KOREA won by a 2-point margin. Josh Hawkinson led all scorers with 30 points. SOUTH KOREA shot 46.2% from the field while JAPAN managed 46.7%. SOUTH KOREA collected 33 rebounds and JAPAN grabbed 31. 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
SOUTH KOREA
81 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | * Wooseok Lee | 29:25 | 19 | 8/17 | 7/10 | 1/7 | 2/6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 22 | * Jun Seok Yeo | 25:47 | 8 | 4/9 | 4/5 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | * Junhyeong Byeon | 20:00 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | * Jeonghyeon Moon | 18:42 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | * Jaeseok Jang | 16:46 | 8 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 33 | Seounghyun Lee | 20:35 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Junyong Choi | 19:30 | 16 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 1/5 | 5/6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 36 | Daniel Edi | 17:02 | 9 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 77 | Sungwook Kang | 10:18 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Kisang Yu | 09:44 | 5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | Yuhyeon Moon | 09:42 | 5 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | Weon Seok Lee | 02:29 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 81 | 30/65 | 25/40 | 5/25 | 16/25 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 89 | |
JAPAN
79 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 | 35:31 | 18 | 5/14 | 4/8 | 1/6 | 7/7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 24 | * Josh Hawkinson | 34:21 | 30 | 11/16 | 10/13 | 1/3 | 7/9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 38 |
| 18 | * Yudai Baba | 33:14 | 8 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 19 | * Yudai Nishida | 28:32 | 13 | 5/9 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | * Takumi Saito | 24:34 | 6 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 33 | Ryusei Sasaki | 15:52 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| 99 | Koy Kawamata | 07:11 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| 6 | Makoto Hiejima | 06:38 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Keisei Tominaga | 04:51 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Seiya Ando | 04:47 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 4 | Tajon Akira Jacobs | 03:05 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 13 | Ren Kanechika | 01:24 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 79 | 28/60 | 20/33 | 8/27 | 15/18 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 88 | |