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Japan's national team had its first international tournament at the 3rd Far Eastern Games held in Tokyo in 1917, at which Japan was represented by the team of the Kyoto YMCA. Later, the team was a founding member of the Olympics Basketball competition in Berlin 1936.
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. [1] The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, while the debuting 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
It is administered by the Japan Basketball Association. [2] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal, the nation's first Olympic basketball medal (for men or women) and became the first Asian team to reach the podium in women's basketball since China in 1992. [3]
As Japan’s men’s basketball team attempts to rebound from some losses at the Paris Olympics, one player’s presence on the team has generated some buzz among surprised fans.. Josh Hawkinson ...
Two teams from the same continent could not be placed into the same group, with the exception of European teams, where up to two teams could be in the same group. Due to scheduling requests from the International Olympic Committee , defending champions the United States were drawn into either Group A or B, and hosts Japan were automatically ...
Japan men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match against Bahrain at the 2023 Asian Men's Handball Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in Doha, Qatar. [44] Team roster. A 19-player roster was announced on 7 June 2024. [45] The final roster was revealed on 28 June 2024. [46] Head coach: Antonio Carlos ...
Hawkinson began his professional career in Japan in 2017, later becoming a Japanese citizen in 2023. He played for the Japanese national team at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and at the 2024 Olympics .
The basketball competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, were held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. [1] Preliminary 5x5 basketball matches occurred at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, with the final phase staged at the Bercy Arena (not referred to as the Accor Arena due to IOC rules disallowing Olympic host venues to be named after corporate sponsors) in Paris.