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1956 Japan Men's Olympic Basketball

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Record: 3-4, 10th in Final Standings

PS/G: 65.1 (13th of 15) ▪ PA/G: 71.6 (7th of 15)

SRS: -8.16 (10th of 15) ▪ SOS: -1.73 (9th of 15)

Roster

Player Ht Wt Age Birth Date
Riichi Arai 23 August 16, 1933
Manabu Fujita 23 March 22, 1933
Kenichi Imaizumi 6-0 185 22 March 13, 1934
Takashi Itoyama 6-5 187 20 November 14, 1936
Hitoshi Konno 22 January 3, 1934
Setsuo Nara 5-9 150 19 December 16, 1936
Tetsuro Noborisaka 5-7 22 February 12, 1934
Reizo Ohira 21 March 7, 1935
Hiroshi Saito 6-0 174 23 September 15, 1933
Shutaro Shoji 5-7 154 23 November 12, 1933
Takeo Sugiyama 5-9 148 23 May 8, 1933

Totals & Per Game

Totals Per Game
Rk Player G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV
1 Takeo Sugiyama 7 103 14.7
2 Shutaro Shoji 7 88 12.6
3 Hiroshi Saito 7 82 11.7
4 Kenichi Imaizumi 7 78 11.1
5 Takashi Itoyama 7 74 10.6
6 Tetsuro Noborisaka 4 10 2.5
7 Riichi Arai 6 9 1.5
8 Hitoshi Konno 4 5 1.3
9 Setsuo Nara 5 3 0.6
10 Manabu Fujita 3 2 0.7
11 Reizo Ohira 3 2 0.7

Schedule & Results

G Date Round Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 23, 1956 Box Score Group A United States L 40 98 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Nov 24, 1956 Box Score Group A Philippines L 61 77 0 2 L 2
3 Mon, Nov 26, 1956 Box Score Group A Thailand W 70 50 1 2 W 1
4 Wed, Nov 28, 1956 Box Score Group D South Korea W 83 67 2 2 W 2
5 Thu, Nov 29, 1956 Box Score Group D Canada L 60 73 2 3 L 1
6 Fri, Nov 30, 1956 Box Score Classification Round 9-12 Chinese Taipei W 82 61 3 3 W 1
7 Sat, Dec 1, 1956 Box Score Final Round Canada L 60 75 3 4 L 1