Basketball World Cup Japan National Team, including 12 Hachimura et al.
The final registered members of the Japanese national team participating in the basketball World Cup, which will open on 31st of this month, were announced, and 12 players, including NBA = American professional basketball and Wizards Yasushi Yamura, were selected.
The Japanese men's basketball team has been holding training camps and reinforcement games with 16 members since last month for the World Cup, which will open in China on 31st of this month.
The Japan Basketball Association announced the 12 final registered members of the tournament on the 27th.
The final registered members include Yamura, NBA Grizzlies Yuta Watanabe, and former NBA player Nick Fuzzycus who belongs to the B-League team.
In addition, Yudai Baba and Shin Hiejima who participated in the summer league where young NBA players participated were selected.
In addition, Senya Ando, Ryusei Shinoyama, Kosuke Takeuchi, Shuto Ando, Joji Takeuchi, Daiki Tanaka, and Shoki Avi Kouki were selected.
Although Yuki Togashi, who played an active part in the World Cup Asian qualifiers but was injured during the training camp last month, was removed from the team, this team has several NBA players and is called “the strongest ever” as the representative of Japan. I got it.
The athletes will depart for China on the 28th, make adjustments locally, and start the first match against Turkey on the 1st of next month.