In Asia, the two teams have a long history. According to FIBA statistics, China and Japan have participated in a total of 52 Asian Cup matches, and the two teams have reached the podium in this event a total of 33 times. The last time China and Japan met was in the 2023 World Cup Asian qualifiers, and the Chinese men's basketball team defeated their opponents twice.
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In the world rankings, the Japanese men's basketball team is ranked 26th (3rd in Asia), and the Chinese men's basketball team is ranked 29th (6th in Asia).
After leading the Japanese women's basketball team to win the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Tom Horvath became the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team. Under his tutelage, the Japanese team has formed a distinct label of focusing on rapid counterattacks and accurate three-point shooting.
The last time the two teams met, the Chinese men's basketball team won a total of 49 points in two games. Horvath said those two losses were a wake-up call for everyone involved in Japanese basketball.
Since then, the Japanese men's basketball team, which has been emerging as a new talent, has begun to rise. In last year's World Cup, they won the only direct ticket to the Paris Olympics in Asia with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses.
In this Asian Cup qualifiers, the Japanese men's basketball team continued the main lineup of last year's World Cup, with players such as Yuki Kawamura, Yudai Baba, Shin Eejima, and Josh Hawkinson all listed. 
The starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team. **At the beginning of the FIBA Weibo game, the Chinese men's basketball team won consecutive offensive rebounds. Du Runwang and Hu Jinqiu hit two three-pointers, and the Chinese team once led by 11 points. After that, the Chinese team's bench lineup did not play well, and the Japanese team found a touch on the outside. At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led 20:19. In the second quarter, Hu Mingxuan and Cheng Shuaipeng hit consecutive three-point shots, and the Japanese team also made achievements outside the three-point line. After that, Japan's Tibbs Hay made consecutive kills to help the team overtake the score. Hu Mingxuan has entered the inside line many times to stabilize the situation for the Chinese team. At half-time, the two teams were tied at 38. Yibian fought again, Baba Yuda scored 5 points, and Yuki Fujian hit a three-point shot to stop the Chinese team. Yang Hansen hit a free throw to help the team break the scoring drought, and Hu Mingxuan played 2+1 at the last moment. At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team trailed by 4 points. In the final quarter, the Japanese team continued to score points inside. The Chinese team tried to close the gap with three-pointers, but failed to hit an offensive climax. In the end, the Japanese men's basketball team emerged victorious. 
World rankings. **FIBA** screenshot In this game, the Japanese men's basketball team's outside projection put the Chinese men's basketball team's defense under great pressure. The last time the Chinese team lost to the Japanese team was more than nine years ago, when the Chinese men's basketball team lost 72-79 in the men's basketball rematch of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. According to FIBA statistics, since the 1936 Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team has never lost to the Japanese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup and above competitions organized by FIBA. Before the game, the Japanese team Yudai Baba saidThe team has not won against China in 88 years (excluding the Asian Games) and he is looking forward to the game. Eighty-eight years later, this record of the Chinese team was ended. Behind this, the Chinese men's basketball team has to face the pain of replacing the old and the new. 
The situation of the two teams between China and Japan. **FIBA** screenshot But fortunately, the team has recognized this and is seizing every opportunity of international competition to run in the lineup and focus on the future. Compared with last year's tournament squad, the age structure of the team is further younger. As Djordjevic, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, said, players need to accumulate experience in international competitions to make themselves grow. This time, a total of 14 members of the Chinese men's basketball team went to the competition, and the average age of the team was 24At the age of 1, Yang Hansen became the youngest member of the team. The 19-year-old has also become the biggest takeaway of the Chinese men's basketball team's trip. 
The picture shows Yang Hansen in the game. ** From the analysis of the process of the two games, Yang Hansen showed a sense of maturity and relaxation that did not match his age. Dare to handle the ball, this is what Yang Hansen does on the court. Against the Mongolian team, Yang Hansen made a rather freehand strategic pass, which made Djordjevic on the sidelines nod with satisfaction. Against the Japanese team, although he was a little impatient after his debut, he was "taken care of" by his opponents and proved that he was talented enough. Djordjevic spoke highly of the youngster. In his opinion, if this young man who has made his senior national team career debut works hard in a down-to-earth manner, he will definitely be one of the pillars of the Chinese men's basketball team in the future. 
According to ** report on the Weibo of the Chinese basketball team, during the previous training camp, Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, said that the team's goal is to win the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The process of climbing up from the trough is destined to be difficult. In these two games, the young Chinese men's basketball team exposed problems such as slow heating and irresolute execution. Zhao Jiwei said that the process of the team's adaptation to the European system is relatively difficult, "The European system and requirements are very cautious, while the CBA league is relatively relaxed, Qiao Shuai hopes that we will return to the league to continue to strengthen our awareness." ”
In the match between the Chinese Basketball Association's technical and tactical service platform K8 data analysis team Weibo and the Mongolian team, the opponent's shooting rate under the basket was as high as 85%, exposing the Chinese team's lack of basket protection ability. In addition, the Chinese men's basketball team has a high turnover rate in two games, ......The 2025 Men's Basketball Asian Cup will be played in Saudi Arabia and will feature 16 teams. The 24 teams, including Australia and New Zealand, are divided into six groups and play the Asian Cup qualifiers in three windows through a home-and-away round-robin match, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the main tournament and the third place in each group playing play-offs to determine the last four teams to participate in the main tournament. After the end of the game with the Japanese team, the first window of the Chinese men's basketball Asian Cup qualifiers came to an end. The team will travel in the second window in November this year to face the first team and the Mongolian national team. **China-Singapore Sports.