Only women will participate in Japan, and the first match will be against Latvia on the 24th
Japan’s 3×3 basketball women’s U18 national team will participate in the FIBA3x3U18 World Cup 2022, which will open on August 23 in Debrecen, Hungary. And today, the Japan Basketball Association (JBA) announced the 4 players scheduled to participate in the main tournament as the 3×3 Women’s U18 National Team and 2 preliminary players. The entry players will be formally approved at the FIBA technical meeting held on the eve of the opening night.
Tournament registered member
Benihana Higashi (G/159cm54kg/Fukuoka University Wakaba High School)
Yoshiha Yamamiya (G/162cm57kg Tokyo Seitoku University High School)
Kokone Ueno (F/176cm68kg/Seiwa Gakuen High School)
Kyoka Sasaki (F/178cm65kg/Shibata Gakuen High School attached to Shibata Gakuen University)
Pre-registered player
Maho Miyoshi (G/171cm60kg/Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima Minami High School)
Sina Ogami (F/180cm69kg Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima Minami High School)
■Conference summary
FIBA3x3U18 World Cup 2022
Schedule: August 23-28, 2022
Venue: Hungary (Debrecen)
Participating countries: 20 countries each for men and women (*Only women participate in Japan)
POOLA Poland, Spain, Romania, New Zealand Germany
POOLB France, Hungary, Mexico, Netherlands, Uzbekistan
POOLC Chile, UK, Japan, Latvia, Brazil
POOLD Egypt, USA, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine
Tournament method: A group round will be held in each POOL. The top two teams from each pool will advance to the quarterfinals.In the quarterfinals, the 1st and 2nd place teams from AC and BD will compete in a sash battle and play off for 3rd place.
August 24 21:05 vs Latvia 22:20 vs Great Britain
August 26 24:00 vs Brazil 25:50 vs Chile
*Scheduled start time is Japan time
