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The Japan women's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team is the national
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and is governed by the Japan Basketball Association. It represents the country in international under-19 and under-18 (under age 19 and under age 18) women's basketball competitions. At the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, Japan finished 8th out of 16 overall. The team displayed some strong showings including its game against eventual bronze medalist
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, where Japan won two of the four quarters.How Arizona freshmen Helena Pueyo and Mara Mote fared in opening weekend of FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup
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Japan women's national basketball team The Japan women's national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association. 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 te ...
* Japan women's national under-17 basketball team * Japan men's national under-19 basketball team


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Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...