2025 William Jones Cup

2025 William Jones Cup
Tournament information
DatesM: 12–20 July 2025
W: 1–6 July 2025
Host Taiwan
Venue2
TeamsM: 9
W: 6
Websitejonescup.meetagile.com
Final positions
ChampionsM: Strong Group Athletics (2nd title, 8th title for country)
W: Japan Universiade
1st runners-upM:  Republic of China Blue
W:  South Korea
2nd runners-upM:  Bahrain
W: WUG CTUSF Training
MVPW: Suzuno Higuchi

The 2025 William Jones Cup is the 44th staging of William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament held in Taiwan. The women's tournament was held from 1 to 6 July 2025 at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei,[1][2] while the men's tournament is being held from 12 to 20 July 2025 at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City.[2]

Men's tournament

Participating teams

Team[3] Country Notes
NBL1 Rising Stars Australia League selection team[4]
 Bahrain National team[5]
 Japan National developmental team[6][7] Described as an under-25 team.[8]
 Malaysia National team[9]
Strong Group Athletics Philippines Non-league club[10]
 Qatar B Qatar National B team[11]
Republic of China Blue Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) National A team (hosts)
Republic of China White (hosts) National developmental team[12] (hosts)
 United Arab Emirates National team[13]

Team standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT
1 Strong Group Athletics (C) 8 8 0 710 555 +155 1.000
2 Republic of China Blue (H) 8 7 1 673 510 +163 .875
3  Bahrain 8 6 2 619 595 +24 .750
4 Republic of China White (H) 8 4 4 615 620 −5 .500
5  Malaysia 8 4 4 609 639 −30 .500
6 NBL1 Rising Stars 8 4 4 624 675 −51 .500
7  Japan 8 2 6 554 594 −40 .250
8  Qatar B 8 1 7 518 631 −113 .125
9  United Arab Emirates 8 0 8 560 663 −103 .000
Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2025. Source: William Jones Cup
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
12 July
13:00
Japan  69–85  Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 15−31, 20−18, 18−23, 16−13
Pts: Ozawa 26
Rebs: Maeno 7
Asts: Kurokawa 6		 Pts: Rashed 19
Rebs: Chism 13
Asts: Chism 4

Women's tournament

Participating teams

Team[3] Country Notes
Japan Universiade Japan FISU World University Games team[14]
 South Korea National team[15]
 Philippines National team[16]
Republic of China Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) National team (hosts)
WUG CTUSF Training FISU World University Games training team (hosts)
 Thailand National team[17]

Team standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT
1 Japan Universiade (C) 5 4 1 423 332 +91 .800
2  South Korea 5 4 1 447 319 +128 .800
3 WUG CTUSF Training (H) 5 3 2 366 327 +39 .600
4 Republic of China (H) 5 3 2 378 359 +19 .600
5  Philippines 5 1 4 331 401 −70 .200
6  Thailand 5 0 5 270 477 −207 .000
Source: William Jones Cup
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
2 July
14:00
Thailand  49–103 Japan Universiade
Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 12–24, 14–27, 6–26
Pts: Grant 9
Rebs: Klunbut 4
Asts: Kunchuan, Klunbut 3		 Pts: Fujisawa, Awatani 14
Rebs: Tanaka 8
Asts: Yamada 7
2 July
16:00
WUG CTUSF Training 74–95  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 16–20, 19–17, 19–29
Pts: Lin Chia-jung 17
Rebs: Hsiao Yu-wen 9
Asts: Huang Chiao-jun 7		 Pts: Kang Lee-seul 26
Rebs: Kang Lee-seul, Lee Hae-ran 8
Asts: Heo Ye-eun 7
2 July
18:30
Republic of China 85–59  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 25–19, 24–11, 22–13
Pts: Cooks 17
Rebs: Cooks 11
Asts: Peng Hsiao-tong 7		 Pts: Animam 18
Rebs: Animam 9
Asts: Animam 3

Awards

The awards were announced on 6 July.[18][19]

Award Player
First team Suzuno Higuchi
Yumeha Fujisawa
Park Ji-hyun
Kang Ye-seul
Sidney Cooks
Most Valuable Player Suzuno Higuchi

References

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