SoftBank CUP 2023: Men’s Basketball Japan National Team International Warm-up Game & FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Preview

2023-08-16 03:03:21

Our association (JBA) is holding the “SoftBank CUP 2023 (Tokyo Games) Men’s Basketball Japan National Team International Warm-up Game” at Ariake Arena from August 15th in preparation for the “FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023”. We would like to inform you that there has been a change in the registered members for the Japan Men’s National Team vs France Men’s National Team match on Thursday, August 17. Two naturalized players will be registered, and the match will be held in the on-the-court format.

■ 2023 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team
SoftBank CUP 2023 (Tokyo Games) Men’s Basketball Japan National Team International Warm-up Game
August 17 match once morest France List of registered members

【staff】
Team Leader Yoshinori Shimizu (Japan Basketball Association)
Head Coach Tom Horvath (Japan Basketball Association)
Associate Head Coach Corey Gaines (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant Coach Jeffrey Katsuhisa (Kawasaki Brave Thunders)
Assistant Coach Yoshio Sasa (Utsunomiya Brex)
Sports Performance Coach Koichi Sato (Japan Basketball Association)
Sports Performance Coach Hiroki Ogata (Japan Basketball Association)
Athletic Trainer Takeo Ichiyanagi (Japan Basketball Association)
Support Athletic Trainer Mika Furusawa (Japan Basketball Association)
Technical Staff Shinji Toyama (Japan Basketball Association)
Support Technical Staff Makoto Isono (Nagasaki Verca)
Team manager Takuya Nishimura (Japan Basketball Association)
Support staff Seoto Oki (Japan Basketball Association)

[Athletes]*12 people
2 Yuki Togashi (PG / 167cm / Chiba Jets)
3 Luke Evans (C / 203cm / Fighting Eagles Nagoya)
5 Yuki Kawamura (PG / 172cm / Yokohama B-Corsairs)
6 Shin Hiejima (SG / 191cm / Utsunomiya Brex)
18 Yudai Baba (SG / 195cm / -)
19 Yudai Nishida (SG / 190cm / Seahorse Mikawa)
24 Josh Hawkinson (C・PF / 208cm / Sunrockers Shibuya)
30 Hiroo Tominaga (SG / 188cm / University of Nebraska)
31 Shuta Hara (SF / 187cm / Chiba Jets)
75 Soichiro Inoue (PF / 201cm / Koshigaya Alphas)
91 Yutaka Yoshii (SF / 196cm / Alvark Tokyo)
99 Hiroya Kawasanada (C / 204cm / Shiga Lakes)

*Average 191.8cm, 26.8 years old
*Affiliation as of August 16, 2023
*Position (P) = PG-Point Guard, SG-Shooting Guard, SF-Small Forward, PF-Power Forward, C-Center

SoftBank CUP 2023 (Tokyo Tournament) August 17 match once morest France match registration list:

◆Future Japan Men’s National Team Participation Tournament◆
*For details on match cards, etc., please refer to the official website of each tournament.

“SoftBank CUP 2023 (Tokyo Games) Men’s Basketball Japan National Team International Warm-up Game”
①Men’s Japanese representative vs Men’s French representative August 17, 2023 (Thursday) 19:00 TIPOFF / 17:30 Opening
② Men’s Japan representative vs Men’s スロベニア representative August 19, 2023 (Saturday) 15:00 TIPOFF / 13:30 Opening
Venue: Ariake Arena (Koto Ward, Tokyo)
Tournament official website:https://akatsukijapan-men-2023-tokyo.japanbasketball.jp/
ticket:https://akatsukijapan-men-2023-tokyo.japanbasketball.jp/ticket/ 
*8/20 (Sun) France Men’s National Team vs Australia Men’s National Team will be held at Ariake Arena.

“FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023” Tournament Overview
Schedule: August 25th (Friday) to September 10th (Sunday), 2023
Venue: Philippines, Japan (Okinawa), Indonesia
Tournament official website:https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023
*Okinawa group stage period = August 25th (Friday) to September 3rd (Sunday)

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