The JBA Japan Women’s U17 National Team will hold its first training camp from April 15th (Monday) to April 16th (Wednesday) at the Ajinomoto National Training Center (Kita-ku, Tokyo). In addition, the pairings for the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup 2024, scheduled to be held in Mexico from July 13th of this year, have been decided. Therefore, we would like to inform you of the 15 candidate players and their combination results as follows.
■2024 Japan Women’s Basketball U17 National Team
Participating members of the first training camp
【staff】
Team leader Kotaro Murai (Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima Minami High School)
Head Coach Natsumi Yabuuchi (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant coach Masataka Mishima (Hamamatsu Kaiseikan High School)
Assistant Coach Ai Inagaki (Yokkaichi Maryknoll Junior High School)
Sports performance coach Koichi Sato (Japan Basketball Association)
Trainer Mayumi Ogino (Japan Basketball Association)
Trainer Ayaka Takegami (Rikkyo University)
Technical staff Tomomi Miyata (Japan Basketball Association)
Manager Satsuki Furumi (Japan Basketball Association)
[Players]*15 people
Yui Seito (F / 174cm / 3rd year at Seika Girls’ High School)
Reina Yamashita (C / 180cm / 3 years in Showa Gakuin High School
Goto Otowa (SF / 178cm / 3rd year at Hamamatsu Kaiseikan High School)
Rui Makino (G / 165cm / 3rd year at Chiba University of Economics High School)
Yua Abe (F / 175cm / 3rd year at Seiwa Gakuen High School)
Mahiro Iwasaka (PF / 176cm / 2nd year at Tsuchiura Nihon University High School)
Yuki Takahashi (G / 167cm / 2nd year at Sapporo Yamanote High School)
Sakurai Yamada (PG / 160cm / 2nd year at Ohka Gakuen High School)
Mirai Miwa (C / 177cm / 2nd year at Osaka Kunuei Girls High School)
Ai Yamashita (F / 177cm / 2nd year Yokkaichi Maryknoll Academy High School)
Gokan Suzuki (C / 178cm / 2nd year, Fukuoka University Wakaba High School)
Nanano Hamada (PG / 160cm / 2nd year at Ohka Gakuen High School)
Yuina Sugiura (F / 172cm / 2nd year Gifu Girls’ High School)
Anna Ishii (F / 175cm / 2nd year at Showa Gakuin High School)
Arisa Ihara (C / 180cm / 2nd year, Japan Airlines High School, Hokkaido)
※Average: 172.6cm
*Affiliation as of April 12, 2024
*Position (P) = PG-point guard, SG-shooting guard, SF-small forward, PF-power forward, C-center
■FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup 2024
Schedule: July 13-21, 2024
Venue: Irapuato, Leon, Mexico
combination
[Group A]Japan (9) Spain (4) Argentina (30) Finland (10)
[Group B]Italy (15) Mexico (34) Mali (12) New Zealand (31)
[Group C]Puerto Rico (22) Australia (5) America (1) Croatia (11)
[Group D]Chinese Taipei (28) Egypt (20) Canada (3) France (2)
*Figures in parentheses are FIBA GIRLS rankings (Youth World Rankings: as of December 1, 2023)
Tournament official website:
2024-04-12 00:04:06
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