2025 William Jones Cup

2025 William Jones Cup
Tournament information
DatesM: 12–20 July 2025
W: 1–6 July 2025
Host(s) Taiwan
Venue(s)2
TeamsM: 9
W: 6
Websitejonescup.meetagile.com
Final positions
ChampionsM: TBD
W: Japan Universiade
1st runners-upM: TBD
W:  South Korea
2nd runners-upM: TBD
W: WUG CTUSF Training
MVPW: Suzuno Higuchi

The 2025 William Jones Cup will be the 44th staging of William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament to be held at the Taiwan. The women's tournament will be held from 1 to 6 July 2025 at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei,[1][2] while the men's tournament will be 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
TBC Australia
 Bahrain National team[4]
 Japan National developmental team[5][6] Described as an under-25 team.[7]
 Malaysia National team[8]
Strong Group Athletics Philippines Non-league club[9]
 Qatar B Qatar National B team[10]
Republic of China Blue Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) National A team (hosts)
Republic of China White (hosts) National developmental team[11] (hosts)
 United Arab Emirates National team[12]

Team standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Republic of China Blue (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Republic of China White (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Strong Group Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9  Qatar B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 12 July 2025. Source: William Jones Cup
(H) Hosts

Women's tournament

Participating teams

Team[13] 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 PF PA PD Pts
1 Japan Universiade (C) 5 4 1 423 332 +91 9
2  South Korea 5 4 1 447 319 +128 9
3 WUG CTUSF Training (H) 5 3 2 366 327 +39 8
4 Republic of China (H) 5 3 2 378 359 +19 8
5  Philippines 5 1 4 331 401 −70 6
6  Thailand 5 0 5 270 477 −207 5
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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