FIBA Basketball World Cup co-host Japan should elevate its degree of play in opposition to “difficult” Group E opponents Australia, Germany and Finland, males’s nationwide workforce head coach Tom Hovasse stated following Saturday’s draw for the event.
Japan, which hosted by itself in 2006, is co-hosting the Aug. 25 to Sept. 10 World Cup with the Philippines and Indonesia.
The 32 qualifying groups had been divided into eight teams within the draw performed by former Argentina star Luis Scola and German basketball icon Dirk Nowitzki at Manila’s Araneta Coliseum.
Japan is prone to lean closely on its two NBA gamers, Los Angeles Lakers ahead Rui Hachimura and Brooklyn Nets ahead Yuta Watanabe, however may additionally look to sharp-shooting University of Nebraska guard Keisei Tominaga for scoring punch.
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