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China Basketball vs Japan Basketball — FIBA Basketball World Cup

China Basketball

China Basketball

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Japan Basketball

Japan Basketball

Match Facts

  • China Basketball founded 1970
  • Japan Basketball founded 1936
  • League country: Worldwide

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China Basketball

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Founded
1970
Country
China

The Chinese men's national basketball team represents the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Based on the number of tournament titles, China is considered a major basketball powerhouse in Asia and has by far the most successful basketball program on the continent.

Japan Basketball

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Founded
1936
Country
Japan

The Japanese national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA). (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会) A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Japan has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Japan has one of the most successful basketball teams in Asia. It has won the Asian Basketball Championships twice and is the second leading nation in qualifications to the event. The team qualified for the Olympic Games six times and for the FIBA World Cup four times. Japan has traditionally brought forth several of Asia's elite basketball players wh...

FIBA Basketball World Cup

The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport's global governing body. It is considered the flagship event of FIBA. The tournament structure is similar, but not identical, to that of the FIFA World Cup; both...