Japan Women’s Basketball National Team aiming for 6th consecutive Asian Cup win, 15 players to participate in Canada tour announced-Basket Count | Basket Count

Machida and Yabu will be out of the second training camp

The Japan Women’s National Basketball Team is conducting their second training camp ahead of the Asian Cup scheduled to be held in Sydney (Australia) from June 26 (Monday). And today, the Japan Basketball Association (JBA) announced the 15 Japanese national team candidates who are participating in the training camp held in British Columbia, Canada from May 30th (Tuesday) to June 7th (Wednesday). bottom.

In addition, Rui Machida and Minami Yabu will be excluded from the second training camp held from the 23rd to the 30th.

【Team Staff】
Team Leader: Hiroshi Oguri (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
Head Coach: Toru Onzuka (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant Coach: Yoshikazu Suzuki (ERUTLUC Co., Ltd.)
Assistant Coach: Shun Konno (ENEOS Sunflowers)
Sports performance coach: Tomohiro Usui (Japan Basketball Association)
Athletic Trainer: Mayumi Ogino (Japan Basketball Association)
Athletic Trainer: Madoka Yoshida (Orange Acupuncture Clinic)
Manager: Asuka Narita (Mitsubishi Electric Corlers)
Manager: Kaori Komatsu (ENEOS Sunflowers)
Technical staff: Hinano Umezu (Japan Basketball Association)

【Players】
Horse gourd Stephanie (PF/182cm/Japan Basketball Association)
Mai Kawai (SG/171cm/Toyota Antelopes)
Maki Takada (C/185cm/Denso Iris)
Tokashiki Raimu (C/193cm/ENEOS Sunflowers)
Azusa Asahina (C/185cm/2nd year, University of Tsukuba)
Nako Motohashi (PG/164cm/Tokyo Haneda Vitzkids)
Sakura Noguchi (PF/181cm/Aisin Wings)
Mai Yamamoto (PG/163cm/Toyota Antelopes)
Saki Hayashi (SG/173cm/ENEOS Sunflowers)
Aika Hirashita (SG/177cm/Toyota Antelopes)
Saori Miyazaki (PG/167cm/ENEOS Sunflowers)
Anri Hoshi (SG/170cm/ENEOS Sunflowers)
Nanako Todo (SF/175cm/Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits)
Ako Himawari (SF/184cm/Denso Iris)
Okoko Tojinka (SF/182cm/GEELONG SUPERCATS)

Average length, 176.8cm
Average age, 25.1 years old

【Conference Outline】
Tournament name: FIBA ​​Women’s Asian Cup 2023
Date: June 26th (Mon) to July 2nd (Sun), 2023
Venue: Australia (Sydney)

[Combination](FIBA ranking as of February 28, 2023 in parentheses)
Group A: China (2nd), South Korea (12th), New Zealand (29th), Lebanon (44th)
Group B: Australia (3rd), Japan (9th), Chinese Taipei (33rd), Philippines (42nd)

[FIBA Women’s Asian Cup match schedule]
June 26 (Monday) Japan vs Chinese Taipei
June 27 (Tue) Philippines vs Japan
June 28 (Wednesday) Australia vs Japan
June 30 (gold) GroupA2vsB3・GroupB2vsA3・GroupA4vsB4
July 1 (Saturday) Semifinals, 5th to 6th place match
July 2nd (Sun) 3rd place play-off/finals