Syria v Japan boxscore FIBA Asia Cup 22 15 July FIBAbasketball Group Phase Gameday 1 Group B Mon, 11 Jul TPE BRN 102 84 Group Phase Liu Cheng drops 28 Group A Tue, 12 Jul JOR Japan trashed Kazak in 1st round by 32 point difference (for comparasion Kazak won Syria twice by 10pt difference, home and away), Japan is having Watanabe from NBA, whileJapan's postwar debut was in the 1951 Asian Games in India Japan rejoined FIFA in 1950 and played in qualifiers for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, but lost the AFC qualifying berth to South Korea
Kirin Challenge Cup 17 Samurai Blue Draw With Syria 1 1 Japan Football Association