GER 74-58 JPN · Women's World Cup 2026

Women's World Cup 2026 · Group Phase · 2026-09-05

🏟️ Max-Schmeling-Halle · 12 games here since 2026

Germany74–58Japan

The Analyst sums up this game like this:

Germany win the group phase 74-58 against Japan: 13 more rebounds (42 to 29), and the free-throw line made the difference (14 of 20 against 11 of 13).

Final

By quarter

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
GermanyGER	28	6	24	16	74
JapanJPN	11	18	10	19	58

Game leaders

Points

Frieda Buhner

Germany

Rebounds

Nyara Sabally

Germany

Assists

Leonie Fiebich

Germany

Efficiency

Frieda Buhner

Germany

Box score

	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/−	EFF	2P	3P	FT
20Frieda Buhner	24:37	19	4	3	1	0	1	1	+22	22	5/8	3/4	0/0
▸8Nyara Sabally	21:58	18	9	0	0	0	1	1	+17	14	4/11	2/3	4/8
21Marie Guelich	16:05	11	4	1	0	0	2	2	+11	12	4/5	0/0	3/4
▸9Emma Eichmeyer	20:01	10	4	1	0	1	2	3	-6	10	2/3	2/5	0/0
▸15Luisa Geiselsoder	14:14	5	1	2	1	0	1	4	+3	4	0/3	1/2	2/2
▸13Leonie Fiebich	32:08	5	9	7	3	0	1	1	+16	15	1/2	0/7	3/3
3Alexandra Wilke	18:20	3	2	5	1	0	1	0	+1	8	1/1	0/2	1/1
25Clara Bielefeld	15:54	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	+9	3	1/3	0/0	0/0
24Lina Sontag	15:12	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	+5	4	0/0	0/2	1/2
1Alexis Peterson	00:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0
▸19Britta Daub	21:31	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	+2	0	0/0	0/2	0/0
22Emily Bessoir	00:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Box score	—	74	42	21	6	3	11	16	—	—	18/36	8/27	14/20

Shot chart

Player

Germany · 83 shots · 40 of 83 · 74 points

Made Missed

Play by play

10:0058–39Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

10:0058–39Japan · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

10:0058–39Start of period

10:0058–39Germany · Jump ball

9:4661–39Germany · Jump shot from center (3) made

9:4661–39Germany · Assist

9:2961–39Germany · Personal foul

9:2961–39Japan · Foul drawn

9:1861–41Japan · Jump shot floating (2) made

9:0561–41Germany · Layup driving (2) missed

9:0561–41Japan · Defensive rebound

8:5661–41Germany · Personal foul

8:5661–41Japan · Foul drawn

8:5661–41Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

8:4361–41Japan · Jump shot turnaround (2) missed

8:4361–41Germany · Defensive rebound

8:2863–41Germany · Jump shot turnaround (2) made

8:2863–41Germany · Assist

8:0863–41Germany · Personal foul

8:0863–41Japan · Foul drawn

8:0863–41Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

8:0063–41Japan · Jump shot step back (2) missed

8:0063–41Germany · Defensive rebound

7:3763–41Germany · Jump shot turnaround (2) missed

7:3763–41Japan · Defensive rebound

7:2563–41Japan · Jump shot from center (2) missed

7:2563–41Germany · Defensive rebound

7:1063–41Germany · Jump shot step back (3) missed

7:1063–41Japan · Defensive rebound

7:0863–41Germany · Personal foul

7:0863–41Japan · Foul drawn

6:5763–41Germany · Personal foul · 2 free throws

6:5763–41Japan · Foul drawn

6:5763–41Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

6:5763–41Japan · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

6:5763–42Japan · Free throw 1 of 2 made

6:5763–42Japan · Free throw 2 of 2 missed

6:5763–42Germany · Defensive rebound

6:3663–42Germany · Layup (2) missed

6:3663–42Japan · Block

6:3663–42Germany · Offensive rebound

6:3565–42Germany · Layup (2) made

6:1965–42Japan · Jump shot (3) missed

6:1965–42Germany · Defensive rebound

6:1365–42Japan · Personal foul · 2 free throws

6:1365–42Germany · Foul drawn

6:1365–42Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

6:1365–42Japan · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

6:1365–42Germany · Free throw 1 of 2 missed

6:1366–42Germany · Free throw 2 of 2 made

5:5566–44Japan · Jump shot floating (2) made

5:3566–44Germany · Turnover · ball handling

5:3566–44Japan · Steal

5:3066–46Japan · Turnover

5:1568–46Germany · Layup driving (2) made

4:4968–46Japan · Jump shot step back (3) missed

4:4768–46Germany · Team defensive rebound

4:4768–46Japan · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

4:2968–46Germany · Turnover · travelling

4:2968–46Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

4:1068–46Japan · Layup (2) missed

4:1068–46Germany · Defensive rebound

4:0268–46Germany · Layup driving (3) missed

4:0268–46Japan · Defensive rebound

3:5268–46Japan · Jump shot from center (3) missed

3:5268–46Germany · Defensive rebound

3:3970–46Germany · Layup driving (2) made

3:2270–46Japan · Layup driving under the basket (2) missed

3:2270–46Japan · Offensive rebound

3:1970–46Japan · Jump shot (3) missed

3:1670–46Germany · Team defensive rebound

3:1670–46Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

3:1670–46Japan · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

2:5670–46Germany · Jump shot (3) missed

2:5670–46Japan · Defensive rebound

2:3870–46Japan · Jump shot turnaround (2) missed

2:3870–46Germany · Defensive rebound

2:1970–46Japan · Personal foul · 2 free throws

2:1970–46Germany · Foul drawn

2:1970–46Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

2:1971–46Germany · Free throw 1 of 2 made

2:1971–46Germany · Assist

2:1971–46Germany · Free throw 2 of 2 missed

2:1971–46Japan · Defensive rebound

2:0871–46Japan · Turnover · bad pass

2:0871–46Germany · Steal

1:4671–46Germany · Jump shot (3) missed

1:4671–46Japan · Defensive rebound

1:3871–49Japan · Jump shot step back (3) made

1:3871–49Germany · Personal foul · 2 free throws

1:3871–49Japan · Foul drawn

1:3871–49Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

1:3871–50Japan · Free throw 1 of 2 made

1:3871–51Japan · Free throw 2 of 2 made

1:3871–51Japan · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

1:1874–51Germany · Jump shot (3) made

1:1874–51Germany · Assist

1:1174–54Japan · Jump shot step back (3) made

1:0774–54Japan · Personal foul

1:0774–54Germany · Foul drawn

0:5374–54Germany · Jump shot (3) missed

0:5374–54Japan · Defensive rebound

0:3774–56Japan · Jump shot fadeaway (2) made

0:3674–56Germany · Substitution: replaces (original FIBA wording)

0:1374–56Germany · Layup driving (2) missed

0:1374–56Japan · Defensive rebound

0:0474–58Japan · Jump shot pullup (2) made

0:0074–58End of game

Source: official FIBA box score