Women’s U18 Japan National Team wins the final game and finishes with a smile
Chinami Yokoyama, who won the assist king and All-Star Five
“FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Championship 2022”is the last day. In the 3rd place play-off, they once again faced Chinese Taipei, who struggled in the opening round. Continuing from the semi-finals, the first half was a heavy affair, but in the final, YABU Minami (Yakumo Gakuen High School 3rd year) scored a 3-point shot to bring the match back to 38-35. In the second half, Japan regained their characteristic defense and gave only 10 points to the opponent, conversely conceding 39 points, and Japan won 77-45 and finished the tournament in 3rd place.
Yu Wen Hsiao, who scored 39 points in the opening match, won the defense with 12 points this time. We gave up 34 turnovers and scored 38 points. Chinami Yokoyama (Oka Gakuen High School 3rd year), who was active with a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds and became the assist king (average of 5.4), won the All-Star Five of this tournament. She didn’t reach her goal of winning the championship, but she will use this disappointment as fuel to further improve her level in preparation for the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup to be held next year.
The players who will return to the team from now on will participate in league matches being held nationwide.many high school students“U18 Nissin Foods League”Hey, college students“Kanto University Women’s Basketball League”or“Kansai Women’s Basketball League”We will work hard and aim to be No.1 in Japan this year and No.1 in the world next year.
■Conference results
Winner: Australia
Runner-up: China
3rd place: Japan
No. 4: Chinese Taipei
5th place: South Korea
No. 6: New Zealand
7th place: Indonesia
8th place: India
