[November 24th]Men’s Japan National Team vs. Men’s Guam National Team “FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2” | TV broadcast/online distribution | Basketball King

The Japan men’s basketball team match for the “FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2” will be held on November 24th.

The opponent of the Japan men’s national team (21st in the FIBA ​​rankings) is the Guam men’s national team (80th in the FIBA ​​rankings). The game is scheduled to tip off at 2:00 p.m. Japan time at the University of Guam.

The Japanese national team is currently competing for the right to participate in the FIBA ​​Asia Cup 2025, which will be held next fall. In the preliminary rounds, 24 teams were divided into six groups, and the Japanese team was placed in Group C along with China (30th place), Guam (80th place), and Mongolia (108th place).

A total of six games will be played, both home and away, and the top two teams in each group will be given the right to participate in the Asian Cup main tournament and the “FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 1st Qualifier”. For the Japanese national team, whose goal is to win at the Olympics, this is an important battle leading up to the World Cup and, beyond that, the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

At the FIBA ​​Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 1 held in February 2024, the Japanese national team won two consecutive home games against Guam and China, and also defeated the Mongolian national team on the 21st of this month. If they win the game against Guam on the 24th, they will qualify for the FIBA ​​Asia Cup 2025.

Head coach Tom Horvath, who will continue as the team in October 2024, has set one of his themes for this national team’s activities as finding new talent, and we look forward to seeing each player’s appeal. I want to return home with not only victory, but also a harvest.

●FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2 Japan vs Guam
・Date and time: November 24, 2024 (Sunday) 14:00 Tip-off
・Tie: Men’s Japan representative vs. Men’s Ayama representative
・Broadcast/Distribution: Live broadcast on BS Asahi, live broadcast on Abema and DAZN

■ Members of the Japan Men’s National Team vs. the Guam Men’s National Team

The Japan Men’s Basketball National Team announced on October 25th that it has continued its contract with head coach Tom Horvath. It was restarted with an eye on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics four years later.

The training camp, which began on November 11th at the Ajinomoto National Training Center (Tokyo), had 23 participants, including 8 domestic members of the Paris Olympics, but Yuta Watanabe (Chiba Five players withdrew due to poor conditions: Yudai Okada (Kyoto Hannary’s), Yasuhiro Kosakabe, Kai Teves (both Alvark Tokyo), and Raita Ako (Akita Northern Happinets). Hayato Yamaguchi (Nagasaki Veruca) and Yudai Nishida (Seahorse Mikawa) were additionally called up.

The lineup was forced to change from what the leaders had envisioned, but rookies such as Alex Kirk (Ryukyu Golden Kings) and Ryo Yamazaki (Hiroshima Dragonflies), who were called up for the first time under the Horvath regime, were forced to change. There are many exciting new players, including Masahiro Nowaki (Ryukyu Golden Kings) and Reion Watanabe (Fukuoka University Ohori High School), the youngest member of the team at 18 years old. Since no overseas teams will be able to participate in this national team’s activities, it will likely be interesting to see who will fill the playmaker position left by Yuki Kawamura (NBA Memphis Grizzlies).

The captain of the Japan national team in this activity will be Shin Hiejima (Utsunomiya Brex), who had announced his intention to retire from the national team, saying, “This window is my last intention.” He hinted that the passing of the baton to the next generation was imminent, but he said, “In order to avoid any regrets, the Olympics were an incomplete experience, so I hope I can play in a way that can erase that.” Concentrate on the game ahead. You can’t take your eyes off the veteran’s every move, as he has a special feeling in his heart.

● 20 candidates for members of the Japan men’s national team
Shin Hiejima (SG/191cm/34 years old/Utsunomiya Brex)
Alex Kirk (C/211cm/33 years old/Ryukyu Golden Kings)
Ryo Yamazaki (SG/183cm/32 years old/Hiroshima Dragonflies)
Yuki Togashi (PG/167cm/31 years old/Chiba Jets)
Josh Hawkinson (C・PF/208cm/29 years old/Sunrockers Shibuya)
Yudai Baba (SF/196 cm/29 years old/Nagasaki Veruca)
Takanari Sasaki (PG/180cm/28 years old/Sanen Neo Phoenix)
Shuntoshi Maki (SG/188 cm/26 years old/Osaka Evessa)
Sota Oura (PG/182cm/26 years old/Sanen Neo Phoenix)
Yutaka Yoshii (SF/196 cm/26 years old/Sanen Neo Phoenix)
Hiroya Kawasada (C/204cm/26 years old/Nagasaki Veruca)
Hayato Yamaguchi (SF/195cm/26 years old/Nagasaki Veruca)
Hiyu Watanabe (C/207cm/25 years old/Shinshu Brave Warriors)
Yudai Nishida (SG/190cm/25 years old/Seahorse Mikawa)
Soichiro Inoue (PF/201cm/25 years old/Koshigaya Alphars)
Taiki Tsunoda (SG/182cm/25 years old/Saga Ballooners)
Takuto Nakamura (PG/184cm/23 years old/Hiroshima Dragonflies)
Masato Ichikawa (C/206cm/23 years old/Hiroshima Dragonflies)
Masahiro Waki ​​(SG/193cm/22 years old/Ryukyu Golden Kings)
Rein Watanabe (C/204 cm/18 years old/Fukuoka University Ohori High School)

In the match against the Mongolian national team (108th place) held on the 21st, Nishida had a double-double with a team-high 21 points and 12 rebounds, Hiejima had 18 points, 3 assists and 3 steals, and Kirk had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks. Sasaki also showed his presence with 7 points and 7 assists in 9 minutes 55 seconds of playing time.

Among the players who were on the roster for the last-minute training camp, including Yudai Baba, who announced that he would be absent from both games, Josh Hawkinson, Shuntoshi Maki, Hiyu Watanabe, Taiki Tsunoda, and Masato Ichikawa. , Shindai Waki, and Rein Watanabe were not on the roster for the match against Mongolia, and expectations are high for their performance in the match against Guam.

■ TV broadcast and online distribution of Japan Men’s National Team vs. Men’s Guam National Team

The Japan Men’s National Team vs. the Guam Men’s National Team in the FIBA ​​Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2 to be held on November 24th (Sunday) will be broadcast live on BS Asahi, as well as live on internet video distribution services DAZN and Abema. Delivered.

Broadcasting and distribution will start from 14:00 on the day.

[FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window2]
・Date and time: November 24, 2024 (Sunday) 14:00 Tip-off
・Tie: Men’s Japan representative vs. Men’s Ayama representative
・Broadcast/Distribution: Live broadcast on BS Asahi, live broadcast on DAZN and Abema

● BS Asahi
・Program start: November 21st (Thursday) 19:00~
·cast
Keisuke Yanagishita
Tomoo Amino

● DAZN
・Program start: November 24th (Sunday) 14:05~
·cast
Minami Hayato
Motofumi Iguchi