Defeats Lebanon for the first victory in this tournament
Watanabe Kane who decided the reverse shot
“FIBA U17 World Cup”Is the sixth race. Played against Lebanon, the same Asian national team, in the 12th-16th place playoff. He turned around in the 4th quarter against Lebanon, who had no chance to play in the FIBA U16 Asian Championship, and finally won 77-71, finally garnering a white star. The next round will be the final round with the Dominican Republic, who lost 69-81 in the opening round of the qualifying round, and 13th place.
The rise is a one-sided development of Lebanon, with a 10-point difference. While gradually closing the gap, Watanabe Kane (1st year student at Ohori High School attached to Fukuoka University) decided the last shot in the first half and succeeded in reversing with 41-39. However, time will continue to advance with Lebanon leading. Two minutes after the start of the 4th quarter, Yusho Kawashima (2nd year of Fukuoka University Ohori High School) scored 60-60 to catch up. After defending the Lebanese offense for 24 seconds, Eijiro Ogawa (2nd year of Haguro High School) scored a 3-point shot and took the lead with 63-60. After that, Japan, who escaped without being caught up, defeated Lebanon 77-71 and won the tournament for the first time.
In all categories of the Japan Men’s National Team, the World Cup victory will be the fifth year since the victory over Egypt 76-73 (July 8, 2017) in the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup. The wall of the world is so high for Japan, and Lebanon, which is an Asian group except Oceania, has not yet won.
Tomorrow July 10th will be the last day of the tournament. The last game was decided to rematch with the Dominican Republic, which lost in the opening round. The Dominican Republic is also one of the only winners from Japan, and we aim to revenge by hitting our experience and regrets.
