Cape Verde vs Japan
FIBA World Cup – 17th-32nd Classification

JapanJapanJPN
3-2
80
3-2
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japan JPN | 17 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 80 |
Cape Verde CPV | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 71 |

Cape VerdeCape VerdeCPV
1-4
71
1-4
Japan
starters |
Yuta WatanabeY. Watanabe #12 |
Josh HawkinsonJ. Hawkinson #24 |
Yuki KawamuraY. Kawamura #5 |
Makoto HiejimaM. Hiejima #6 |
Yudai BabaY. Baba #18 |
bench |
Koya KawamataK. Kawamata #99 |
Soichiro InoueS. Inoue #75 |
Yuki TogashiY. Togashi #2 |
Hirotaka YoshiiH. Yoshii #91 |
Yudai NishidaY. Nishida #19 |
Shuta HaraS. Hara #31 |
Keisei TominagaK. Tominaga #30 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 40 | 5 | 2-11 | 0-5 | 1-1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | 29 | 9-14 | 4-8 | 7-8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | 14 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 8-11 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
80 | 28-62 | 12-32 | 12-13 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 13 | ||
45% | 38% | 92% |
Cape Verde
starters |
Edy TavaresE. Tavares #22 |
Ivan AlmeidaI. Almeida #6 |
Will TavaresW. Tavares #13 |
Kenneti MendesK. Mendes #10 |
Anderson CorreiaA. Correia #8 |
bench |
Keven GomesK. Gomes #16 |
Joao GomesJ. Gomes #21 |
Patrick LimaP. Lima #0 |
Fidel MendoncaF. Mendonca #7 |
Shane Da RosaS. Da Rosa #5 |
Kevin CoronelK. Coronel #15 |
Joel AlmeidaJ. Almeida #9 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 32 | 0 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | 10 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | 6 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 9 | 4-13 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 10 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | 11 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
60 | 28-73 | 7-27 | 8-13 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 17 | ||
38% | 26% | 62% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Game Information
Okinawa, Japan
Referee:Amy Bonner
Referee:Omar Bermudez
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