2023 William Jones Cup

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2023 William Jones Cup
2023 William Jones Cup logo.svg
Tournament information
DatesM: 12–20 August 2023
W: 5–9 August 2023
Host(s)Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Venue(s)1
TeamsM: 9
W: 6
Website jonescup.meetagile.com
Final positions
ChampionsM: Flag of the United States.svg UC Irvine Anteaters
W: Flag of Japan.svg Chanson V-Magic
1st runners-upM:Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue
W: Flag of South Korea.svg Busan BNK Sum
2nd runners-upM: Flag of South Korea.svg Anyang KGC
W:Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue
  2019
2024  

The 2023 William Jones Cup was the 42nd staging of William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament held in Taipei, Taiwan. The men's tournament was held from 12 to 20 August 2023, while the women's tournament was held from 5 to 9 August 2023. It was the first tournament since 2019 after the last three planned editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

Men's tournament

Participating teams

Team standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1 Flag of the United States.svg UC Irvine Anteaters 880816464+35216
2Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue 871714602+11215
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Anyang KGC 862704677+2714
4Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 8445966515512
5Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 83558070512511 [a]
6Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China White 8356236694611 [a]
7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8266677366910 [b]
8Flag of Iran.svg  Iran B 8265966444810 [b]
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan U22 8175997471489
Source: William Jones Cup
Notes:
  1. 1 2 United Arab Emirates 1–0 Republic of China White
  2. 1 2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 1–0 Iran B

Games

Day 1

12 August
13:00
Anyang KGC Flag of South Korea.svg 10084Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter:25–20, 28–19, 20–19, 27–26
Pts: Maxwell 22
Rebs: Maxwell 15
Asts: Park 12
Pts: Alshabebi 32
Rebs: Alshabebi 10
Asts:three players 3
12 August
15:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg38105 Flag of the United States.svg UC Irvine Anteaters
Scoring by quarter: 9–25, 10–23, 7–32, 12–25
Pts: Lewis 13
Rebs:three players 4
Asts: Lewis, Saad 2
Pts: Henry 19
Rebs: Ujadughele, H. Welling 6
Asts: Crockrell 11
12 August
17:00
Republic of China White  Flag of the Republic of China.svg8559Flag of Japan.svg  Japan U22
Scoring by quarter:29–9, 25–20, 11–20, 20–10
Pts: Lin 20
Rebs: Sarr 9
Asts: Pai 6
Pts: Nemoto 10
Rebs: Tsukamoto 6
Asts: Nishimura, Tsukamoto 3
12 August
19:30
Republic of China Blue  Flag of the Republic of China.svg9879 Flag of the Philippines.svg Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Scoring by quarter:40–23, 17–14, 25–12, 16–30
Pts: Artino 23
Rebs: Lee T. 11
Asts: Lee T. 7
Pts: Caracut 18
Rebs: Kouame 16
Asts: Caracut, Evans 3

Day 2

13 August
13:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg6369Flag of Iran.svg  Iran B
Scoring by quarter:17–16, 16–17, 12–18, 18–18
Pts:three players 9
Rebs:three players 5
Asts: Fouda 5
Pts: Azari 16
Rebs:four players 5
Asts: Dalirzahan 5
13 August
15:00
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg49109 Flag of the United States.svg UC Irvine Anteaters
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 8–28, 17–28, 9–28
Pts: Alshabebi 15
Rebs: Alshabebi 7
Asts: Thomas 3
Pts: Saran 22
Rebs: Chol 9
Asts: Crockrell 6
13 August
17:00
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of the Philippines.svg 7989Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China White
Scoring by quarter: 14–30, 23–24, 18–21, 24–14
Pts: Kouame 15
Rebs: Kouame 9
Asts: Nambatac 3
Pts: A. Hinton 17
Rebs: Sarr 10
Asts:three players 4
13 August
19:00
Japan U22  Flag of Japan.svg6886Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue
Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 18–24, 23–16, 16–19
Pts: Iwaya, Nemoto 13
Rebs: Iwaya 13
Asts: Iwaya 6
Pts: Gadiaga 31
Rebs: Artino 12
Asts: Liu 6

Day 3

14 August
13:00
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of the Philippines.svg 7173Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter:14–11, 21–22, 18–19, 18–21
Pts: Demusis, Evans 12
Rebs: Kouame 6
Asts: Mamuyac 5
Pts: H. Albreiki 22
Rebs: Alshabebi 9
Asts: Almaazmi 4
14 August
15:00
Japan U22  Flag of Japan.svg47108 Flag of the United States.svg UC Irvine Anteaters
Scoring by quarter: 19–30, 6–26, 8–26, 14–26
Pts: Ozawa 10
Rebs: Sukegawa 3
Asts: Tsukioka 4
Pts: Saran 16
Rebs: Saran 10
Asts: Redfield 6
14 August
17:00
Anyang KGC Flag of South Korea.svg 8472Flag of Iran.svg  Iran B
Scoring by quarter:28–17, 22–17, 17–18, 17–20
Pts: Griffin, Maxwell 17
Rebs: Kim K. 7
Asts: Jeong 5
Pts: Azari 15
Rebs: Jafari, Rahimi 7
Asts: Heydari 5
14 August
19:00
Republic of China Blue  Flag of the Republic of China.svg8874Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Scoring by quarter:19–16, 22–22, 30–22, 17–14
Pts:three players 21
Rebs: Artino 9
Asts: Lin T. 6
Pts: Lewis 17
Rebs: Muslic 8
Asts: Lewis 3

Day 4

15 August
13:00
UC Irvine Anteaters Flag of the United States.svg 8782 Flag of South Korea.svg Anyang KGC
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 27–17, 24–21, 15–17
Pts: Crockrell 14
Rebs: Keeler 13
Asts: Crockrell 10
Pts: Griffin 25
Rebs: Maxwell 10
Asts: Maxwell 7
15 August
15:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg9386 Flag of the Philippines.svg Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 27–24, 22–20, 24–18
Pts: Lewis 19
Rebs: Avdic 11
Asts: Lewis 6
Pts: Evans 20
Rebs: Kouame 9
Asts: Belga, Kouame 3
15 August
17:00
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg7169Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China White
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 25–13, 14–22, 18–10
Pts: Alshabebi 21
Rebs: Alshabebi 9
Asts: H. Albreiki 7
Pts: R. Hinton 12
Rebs: Sarr 11
Asts: Lin, Pai 4
15 August
19:00
Iran B  Flag of Iran.svg6380Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 8–26, 29–13, 17–26
Pts: Yazarloo 17
Rebs: Rahimi 9
Asts: Azari 4
Pts: Artino 29
Rebs: Artino 12
Asts: Tseng W. 5

Day 5

16 August
13:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg8157Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter:20–13, 24–19, 24–9, 13–16
Pts: Lewis, Muslic 16
Rebs: Ndao 9
Asts: Ndoye 5
Pts: Alshabebi 14
Rebs: Alshabebi 6
Asts: Alsawan 3
16 August
15:00
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of the Philippines.svg 9890 (2OT)Flag of Iran.svg  Iran B
Scoring by quarter:27–19, 15–15, 17–18, 15–22,  Overtime: 9–9, 15–7
Pts: Kouame 20
Rebs: Kouame 9
Asts:three players 4
Pts: Azari 16
Rebs: Sharifi 11
Asts: Dalirzahan 7
16 August
17:00
Anyang KGC Flag of South Korea.svg 9789Flag of Japan.svg  Japan U22
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–21, 27–18, 32–30
Pts: Go 23
Rebs: Jeong, Maxwell 12
Asts: Lee W. 6
Pts: Nemoto 18
Rebs: Sukegawa, Tsukioka 7
Asts:three players 4
16 August
19:00
Republic of China White  Flag of the Republic of China.svg59117 Flag of the United States.svg UC Irvine Anteaters
Scoring by quarter: 27–32, 8–29, 11–30, 13–26
Pts: A. Hinton 18
Rebs: Sun 8
Asts: Chen Y. 4
Pts: Hohn 18
Rebs: Leuchten 12
Asts: Crockrell 14

Day 6

17 August
13:00
Iran B  Flag of Iran.svg7273Flag of Japan.svg  Japan U22
Scoring by quarter:17–12, 12–23, 23–16, 20–22
Pts: Yazarloo 29
Rebs: Rahimi 14
Asts: Dalirzahan 4
Pts: Ozawa 21
Rebs: Sukegawa 8
Asts: Tsukamoto 5
17 August
15:00
Republic of China White  Flag of the Republic of China.svg5971Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 23–17, 15–18, 13–18
Pts: R. Hinton 12
Rebs: Sarr 8
Asts: Pai 4
Pts: Lewis 21
Rebs: Muslic 11
Asts: Ndoye 4
17 August
17:00
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of the Philippines.svg 7787 Flag of South Korea.svg Anyang KGC
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 17–14, 19–24, 26–21
Pts: Caracut 19
Rebs: Kouame 13
Asts: Caracut 4
Pts: Park 25
Rebs: Maxwell 9
Asts: Maxwell, Park 6
17 August
19:00
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg85103Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue
Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 21–29, 19–20, 19–25
Pts: Alshabebi 29
Rebs: H. Albreiki 8
Asts: H. Albreiki, Alzaabi 4
Pts: Artino 24
Rebs:three players 5
Asts: Lin T. 8

Day 7

18 August
13:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg7991 Flag of South Korea.svg Anyang KGC
Scoring by quarter:26–25, 19–24, 16–21, 18–21
Pts: Haracic, Lewis 12
Rebs: Avdic 10
Asts: Abbasher, Lewis 4
Pts: Jeong 26
Rebs: Jeong 6
Asts: Jung 8
18 August
15:00
Japan U22  Flag of Japan.svg7686Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 22–28, 12–20, 25–19
Pts: Ozawa 20
Rebs: Kato 7
Asts: Tsukamoto, Tsukioka 6
Pts: Alameri 20
Rebs: Alameri 20
Asts: Alameri, Thomas 4
18 August
17:00
UC Irvine Anteaters Flag of the United States.svg 8048Flag of Iran.svg  Iran B
Scoring by quarter:12–10, 24–14, 21–14, 23–10
Pts: Henry 16
Rebs: Saran 9
Asts: Ujadughele 4
Pts: Taheri 11
Rebs: Taheri 6
Asts: Mokarian 5
18 August
19:00
Republic of China Blue  Flag of the Republic of China.svg8774Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China White
Scoring by quarter:27–13, 18–14, 16–25, 26–22
Pts: Lin B. 25
Rebs: Artino 15
Asts: Liu 4
Pts: R. Hinton 21
Rebs: Sarr 15
Asts: Chen Y. 6

Day 8

19 August
13:00
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg7596Flag of Iran.svg  Iran B
Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 16–29, 16–22, 17–19
Pts: Alameri 18
Rebs: M. Albreiki 4
Asts: Thomas 5
Pts: Dalirzahan 23
Rebs: Sharifi 11
Asts: Dalirzahan 7
19 August
15:00
Japan U22  Flag of Japan.svg91116 Flag of the Philippines.svg Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Scoring by quarter:40–21, 17–30, 19–32, 15–33
Pts: Sukegawa 22
Rebs: Nemoto, Ozawa 3
Asts: Ozawa 4
Pts: Santillan 20
Rebs: Kouame 10
Asts: Caracut 9
19 August
17:00
Anyang KGC Flag of South Korea.svg 9997Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China White
Scoring by quarter:32–30, 22–20, 23–25, 22–22
Pts: Go, Maxwell 23
Rebs: Maxwell 9
Asts: Maxwell 9
Pts: Ma 20
Rebs: Lin 7
Asts: Pai 4
19 August
19:00
UC Irvine Anteaters Flag of the United States.svg 9580Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 25–15, 36–25, 18–21
Pts: Thoerner 19
Rebs: Jadughele 9
Asts: Jadughele 9
Pts: Lin T. 19
Rebs: Artino 5
Asts: Lin T. 6

Day 9

20 August
13:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg9796Flag of Japan.svg  Japan U22
Scoring by quarter:24–21, 23–37, 21–14, 29–24
Pts: Lewis 32
Rebs: Muslic 15
Asts: Avdic, Muslic 5
Pts: Nemoto 17
Rebs: Sukegawa 5
Asts: Ozawa 6
20 August
15:00
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of the Philippines.svg 61115 Flag of the United States.svg UC Irvine Anteaters
Scoring by quarter: 6–26, 21–31, 18–26, 16–32
Pts: Caracut 14
Rebs: Belga, Kouame 5
Asts: Belga 5
Pts: Saran 23
Rebs: Saran 19
Asts: Hohn 6
20 August
17:00
Republic of China White  Flag of the Republic of China.svg9186Flag of Iran.svg  Iran B
Scoring by quarter:25–15, 25–27, 15–20, 26–24
Pts: R. Hinton 18
Rebs:five players 4
Asts: Pai 6
Pts: Dalirzahan 24
Rebs: Rahimi, Sharifi 7
Asts: Mokarian 5
20 August
19:00
Republic of China Blue  Flag of the Republic of China.svg9264 Flag of South Korea.svg Anyang KGC
Scoring by quarter:22–18, 28–18, 29–12, 13–16
Pts: Artino 30
Rebs: Artino 17
Asts: Wu 7
Pts: Go 14
Rebs: Jung 6
Asts:three players 4

Women's tournament

Participating teams

Team standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1 Flag of Japan.svg Chanson V-Magic 550421355+6610
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Busan BNK Sum 541395342+539
3Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue 532404385+198
4Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China White 523354379257
5Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 514379401226
6Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 505270361915

Games

Day 1

5 August
15:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg4487 Flag of South Korea.svg Busan BNK Sum
Scoring by quarter: 6–22, 12–23, 11–24, 15–18
Pts: Shojaei 12
Rebs:three players 4
Asts: Khodamoradi, Shojaei 2
Pts: Lee 20
Rebs: Kim H. 6
Asts: Ahn 7
5 August
17:00
Republic of China White  Flag of the Republic of China.svg6576 Flag of Japan.svg Chanson V-Magic
Scoring by quarter:25–20, 13–26, 5–16, 22–14
Pts: Zhang Y. 22
Rebs: Zhang Y. 10
Asts: Liu 5
Pts: Kaneda 12
Rebs: Uche 10
Asts: Yuri 5
5 August
19:30
Republic of China Blue  Flag of the Republic of China.svg8985Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:30–17, 21–23, 18–21, 20–24
Pts: Chen Y. 20
Rebs: Chen W. 8
Asts: Chen W. 5
Pts: Pontejos 19
Rebs: dela Rosa 10
Asts: Bernardino 5

Day 2

6 August
15:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg6458Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter:13–9, 10–21, 26–9, 15–9
Pts: dela Rosa, Joson 12
Rebs: Animam 15
Asts:three players 4
Pts: Rasoulipour 18
Rebs: Shojaei 12
Asts:seven players 1
6 August
17:00
Busan BNK Sum Flag of South Korea.svg 7765Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China White
Scoring by quarter:19–15, 28–18, 11–12, 19–20
Pts: Jin 19
Rebs: Jin 11
Asts: Ahn, Park K. 6
Pts: Lin 15
Rebs: Liu, Wang 7
Asts: Wang 3
6 August
19:00
Chanson V-Magic Flag of Japan.svg 9383Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 31–21, 22–23, 20–15
Pts: Yoshida 23
Rebs: Yoshida 8
Asts: Shirasaki 7
Pts: Chen Y. 17
Rebs: Cheng 7
Asts: Pan 6

Day 3

7 August
15:00
Busan BNK Sum Flag of South Korea.svg 7398 Flag of Japan.svg Chanson V-Magic
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 25–25, 12–21, 18–26
Pts: Jin 17
Rebs: Jin 8
Asts: Ahn 8
Pts: Yoshida 20
Rebs: Uche 11
Asts: Koike 9
7 August
17:00
Republic of China White  Flag of the Republic of China.svg9483Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:23–21, 25–20, 20–23, 26–19
Pts: Tai 19
Rebs: Zhang 9
Asts: Wang 6
Pts: Bernardino 22
Rebs: Animam 9
Asts: Pontejos 4
7 August
19:00
Republic of China Blue  Flag of the Republic of China.svg7758Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter:26–14, 15–13, 18–15, 18–16
Pts: Chen Y. 20
Rebs: Chen W. 6
Asts: Chang 6
Pts: Vakili 21
Rebs: Esmaeilzadeh Soudjani 12
Asts: Rasoulipour 7

Day 4

8 August
15:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg5965 Flag of South Korea.svg Busan BNK Sum
Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 16–22, 17–17, 18–8
Pts: dela Rosa 14
Rebs: dela Rosa 15
Asts: del Carmen 5
Pts: Lee 19
Rebs: Jin 6
Asts: Ahn 6
8 August
17:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg4659 Flag of Japan.svg Chanson V-Magic
Scoring by quarter: 6–15, 7–21, 18–10, 15–13
Pts: Abedi 14
Rebs: Abedi 6
Asts: Rasoulipour 4
Pts: Uche 15
Rebs: Uche 11
Asts: Kaneda 3
8 August
19:00
Republic of China White  Flag of the Republic of China.svg5679Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Blue
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 11–26, 16–23, 16–15
Pts: Liu 14
Rebs: Liu 7
Asts:three players 2
Pts: Cheng 19
Rebs: Cheng 9
Asts: Chen W. 6

Day 5

9 August
15:00
Chanson V-Magic Flag of Japan.svg 9588Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:25–17, 19–24, 21–28, 30–19
Pts: Takanohashi 32
Rebs: Koike 7
Asts: Koike 12
Pts: Pontejos 20
Rebs: Animam 10
Asts: del Carmen 7
9 August
17:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg6474Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China White
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 19–21, 18–20, 12–14
Pts: Esmaeilzadeh Soudjani 14
Rebs: Shahriari 6
Asts: Rasoulipour 6
Pts: Wang 17
Rebs: Wang 9
Asts: Lin 4
9 August
19:00
Republic of China Blue  Flag of the Republic of China.svg7693 Flag of South Korea.svg Busan BNK Sum
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–25, 19–23, 19–24
Pts: Chen Y. 23
Rebs: Cheng 5
Asts: Chen M., Chen Y. 5
Pts: Lee 31
Rebs:three players 6
Asts: Ahn 9

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