In the top league, 5 schools each for men and women, including last year’s champions Fukuoka Daiichi and Ohka Gakuen, will be participating.
The Japan Basketball Association (JBA) has announced the outline of the “U18 Nissin Foods League Basketball Tournament 2023” and the participating teams.
This tournament has been held since last year as a match between teams with equal ability and as a tournament that gives many players the opportunity to participate. This year, the “U18 Nissin Foods Top League 2023”, in which the top teams in 2023 will participate, and the “U18 Nissin Foods Block League 2023”, which will be held in each region, will be held. The “U18 Nissin Foods Block League 2023” will be held in a total of 7 blocks, including the Kanto, Tokai, Chugoku, and Shikoku blocks that were held last year, as well as the Tohoku, Hokushinetsu, and Kinki blocks. One team from the U18 team of the B League club is scheduled to participate in the Kanto block.
Teams with high overall strength will be selected based on the results of the previous tournament, the rankings of each tournament, and the results of matches, and 8 teams each for the men’s and women’s teams will participate in the top league. For boys, five schools were selected, including Fukuoka Daiichi, which won last year’s championship, and Kaishi Kokusai, the top team ranking reflecting the results of last year’s block tournament, inter-high school, and winter cup. In addition, five schools, including Ohka Gakuen, which won last year’s championship, and Kyoto Seika, which won the Winter Cup, were selected for the women’s competition.
For the unannounced three men’s and women’s schools, in addition to the results of the 2023 high school championship and inter-high school, comprehensive judgment such as selection of representative players and team strengthening will be made to the U18 Nissin Foods Top League Judging Committee in early August. We are planning to select a team.
The selection criteria, participating schools, and competition method for each league are as follows.
“U18 Nissin Foods Top League 2023”
Selection criteria
1.Tournament results of last year’s “U18 Nissin Foods Top League 2022”
2. 2022 Match Results Ranking (Team rankings are calculated based on the match results of each block tournament (high school championship), Inter-High School Championships, and Winter Cup held in 2022, and a maximum of 4 top teams are selected.)
3. Selection based on 2023 results (In addition to the results of each block tournament (high school championship) and inter-high school in 2023, comprehensive judgment such as selection of representative players and team strengthening will be held in early August. The team will be selected by the Top League Judging Committee)
Appearance school
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Fukuoka Daiichi (previous tournament winner & ranking 3rd)
Fukuoka University Ohori (Second place last year)
Chubu University Daiichi (3rd in the previous competition & 4th in the ranking)
Kaishi International (Ranking 1st)
Mitsunori Fujieda (Ranked 2nd)
The remaining three schools will be announced in early August.
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Ohka Gakuen (Last tournament winner & Ranked 2nd)
Kyoto Seika Gakuen (Second place in the previous tournament & Ranked 2nd)
Gifu girl (3rd place last year)
Kaoru Osaka English Girls Academy (ranked 3rd)
Sapporo Yamanote (Ranking 4th)
The remaining three schools will be announced in early August.
Assembly method
Round robin league match with 8 teams each for men and women (28 matches for men and women)
“U18 Nissin Foods Block League 2023”
Selection criteria
Scheduled to be posted on the official website of the tournament as soon as it is decided by the tournament executive committee for each block (https://u18league.japanbasketball.jp/）
Appearance school
Tohoku Block 6 teams each for men and women (1 slot per prefecture)
Kanto Block 9 men’s teams (1 per prefecture + 1 B.LEAGUE club U18 team), 8 women’s teams (1 per prefecture)
Hokushinetsu Block 5 teams each for men and women (1 per prefecture)
Tokai Block 8 teams each for men and women (2 slots per prefecture)
Kinki block 6 teams each for men and women (1 slot per prefecture)
Chinese block 5 teams each for men and women (1 slot for each prefecture)
Shikoku Block 8 teams each for men and women (2 slots per prefecture)
Assembly method
Round robin league match by teams participating in each men’s and women’s tournament
Tohoku Block 15 games each for men and women
Kanto Block Men’s 36 games, Women’s 28 games
Hokushinetsu Block 10 games each for men and women
Tokai block 28 games each for men and women
Kinki Block 15 games each for men and women
Chinese block 10 games each for men and women
Shikoku Block 28 games each for men and women
