Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026
VENEZUELA lost to JAPAN 52-62 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026. JAPAN won by a 10-point margin. Chusonjakku Shiratani led all scorers with 20 points. VENEZUELA shot 29.9% from the field while JAPAN managed 40.0%. VENEZUELA collected 33 rebounds and JAPAN grabbed 43. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
VENEZUELA
52 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Kevin Gutierrez | 35:31 | 13 | 5/10 | 5/9 | 0/1 | 3/6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | * Williams Anillo | 30:53 | 11 | 5/14 | 5/9 | 0/5 | 1/6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | * Julio Cesar Vasquez Perez | 30:49 | 11 | 4/17 | 4/10 | 0/7 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | * Bryan Gomez | 20:34 | 3 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | * Carlos Perez | 17:41 | 6 | 2/6 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | Chris Manuel Echezuria Duran | 21:25 | 3 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 1/4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | -7 |
| 30 | Santiago Gines | 16:13 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Samuel Uzcategui | 14:23 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Ricardo Villarroel | 07:01 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Cristhian Jose Perez Rivas | 04:04 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| 47 | Enzo Nash Sgherza | 01:26 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ezequiel Perez Casanas | 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 | 52 | 20/67 | 19/40 | 1/27 | 11/28 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 35 | |
JAPAN
62 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | * Shunsuke Miyazato | 28:05 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | * Chusonjakku Shiratani | 27:03 | 20 | 6/11 | 2/4 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | * Eishin Konno | 25:26 | 13 | 5/12 | 2/5 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | * Goodluckchinedu Ihetu | 22:11 | 7 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | * Rikuto Isoda | 09:22 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Fumiya Kurimoto | 26:22 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Tetta Sakurai | 17:04 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Hiroto Kuga | 15:04 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kuon Sato | 11:24 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Jurai Yamamoto | 11:16 | 2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Keiji Koshi | 06:43 | 6 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 6/6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | Herojabez Kato | 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 | 62 | 20/50 | 10/24 | 10/26 | 12/15 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 70 | |