Countries have their own national teams in different sports that they would participate in. Just like the other teams, Japan has their own national team too.
Japan has a national team for men and women’s baseball, football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball and cricket. These are just some of the sports that Japan participates in.
Japan’s national basketball team is handled by the Japan Basketball Association, or the JBA. The Japan’s national basketball team started to participate in thedifferent tournaments in the year 1936, which was the first of Japan’s international tournament appearances. The Japan’s national basketball team became a memberof the FIBA in 1936, and their zone is FIBA Asia. The Japan’s national men’s basketball team is 32nd in FIBA ranking, while the national women’s basketball team ranks 15th.
Summer Olympics
Japan’s national men’s basketball team had a total of six Summer Basketball Olympics appearances. They participated in the said international competition in the years 1936, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972 and in 1976. In all the six years of Japan’s participation in the Summer Basketball Olympics, they did not win even one gold, silver or even bronze medal.
On the other hand, the Japan’s national women’s basketball team also had a total of six Summer Basketball Olympics appearances.
FIBA World Championships
The national men’s basketball team appeared in the FIBA World Championships only four times. They played in the said international league in the years 1963, 1967, 1998 and in 2006. Unfortunately, just like what happened in the Summer Basketball Olympics, the men’s team did not win any medals.
However, the national women’s basketball team did. Japan’s national women’s basketball team appeared eleven times in the FIBA World Championships. They participated in the year 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and in 2010. Japan’s national women’s basketball team won the silver medal, after being defeated by the Soviet Union national women’s basketball team, in the 1975 FIBA World Championships for women.
FIBA Asia Championships
Japan did not only participate in world tournaments, but also in Asian tournaments. Even thought Japan’s national basketball team did not achieved any medals in the international tournaments, it’s okay because they gathered almost all the medals in the FIBA Asia Championships.
The men’s national basketball team started to participate in the FIBA Asia Championships in the year 1960 until the year 1999 except in 1963. The men’s team had a total of two gold medals (1965 and 1971), five silver medals (1969, 1975, 1979, 1983, and 1997) and seven bronze medals (1960, 1967, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1991 and in 1995. Japan’s national men’s basketball team ranked fourth in terms of the number of gold medals, while they ranked third in terms of number of medals.
Just like the men’s basketball team, the women’s team also gathered many medals in the FIBA Asia Championships. The team started to participate in the year 1965 until 2004, except in the year 1972. The women’s team had a total of one gold medal (1970), seven silver medals (1965, 1968, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2004) and eleven bronze medals (1976-1984 and 1990-1995). The women’s team ranked third in terms of the number of gold medals, and ranked second in terms of the total number of medas.
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