Japan is 38th and Iran is 23rd in the FIBA rankings.
The Japan Basketball Association (JBA) announced today that Iran has been selected as the opponent for the “Men’s Japan National Team International Warm-up Game 2022” to be held on August 13th and 14th.
The Japanese national team belongs to the same qualifying group as the Iran national team in the “Asia Cup 2022” currently being held, and is scheduled to play on July 17th. “Men’s Japan National Team International Warm-up Game 2022” will be held on August 13th and 14th at Xebio Arena Sendai.
August 13, 2022 (Earth)
Japan national team vs Iran national team scheduled to start at 13:30
Broadcast schedule: 13: 30-Live broadcast on TV Asahi series (excluding some areas)
Delivery: Basket LIVE (with overlooked delivery)
August 14, 2022 (Sun)
Japan national team vs Iran national team scheduled to start at 12:50
Scheduled to be broadcast: 12: 45-Live broadcast on NTV
Delivery: Basket LIVE (with overlooked delivery)
In addition, JBA has also announced that the special sponsor of “Men’s Japan National Team International Warm-up Game 2022” has been decided to be SoftBank Corp., following last year.