William Jones Cup
| Most recent season or competition: 2024 William Jones Cup | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1975 |
| First season | 1977 |
| No. of teams | M:9 W:6 |
| Country |  Taiwan |
| Most recent champion(s) | M: Strong Group Athletics(1st title, 7th title for country)W:  Japan Universiade(1st title, 5th for country) |
| Most titles | M: United States(16 titles)W:  South Korea(12 titles) |
| Related competitions | FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup |
| Official website | William Jones Cup(in Chinese) |
TheR. William Jones Cup(simplified Chinese:Uy liêm quỳnh tư bôi quốc tế lam cầu yêu thỉnh tái;traditional Chinese:Uy liêm quỳnh tư bôi quốc tế lam cầu yêu thỉnh tái;pinyin:wēi lián qióng sī bēi guó jì lán qiú yāo qǐng sài), also known as theJones Cup,is an internationalbasketballtournament organized by theChinese Taipei Basketball Association(CTBA) held annually since1977inTaiwan.
It was named in honor of basketball promoterRenato William Jones,who was one of the founders of theInternational Basketball Federation (FIBA).Like theOlympicsand theFIBA Basketball World Cup,it has both men's and women's versions. Despite lacking the prestige of the Olympic tournament and the FIBA World Championship, it is a tournament that draws global interest. Like the FIBA Stanovic Continental Champions Cup, the Renato Williams Jones Cup serves as a preparation for major tournaments, such as the Olympic Basketball Tournament, the FIBA World Cup, and the continental tournaments. Also, the Renato Williams Jones Cup serves and promotes basketball in the world. The men's version is currently being dominated byAmericanteams since the tournament's inaugural staging while the women's version is being jointly dominated bySouth Korean,American andTaiwaneseteams. It also invites professional club,collegiateand national teams from around the world, although the participants are mainly from theAsian,European,EgyptianandNorth Americanregions.
In both tournaments, each country can only be represented by one team, which could be its national team, youth team, club team, or an all-star selection, except for the hosts Taiwan, which could opt to have two teams.
Since the tournament is not sanctioned by FIBA, theTaiwanese national teamwhich usually competes as "Chinese Taipei"is referred to as" Republic of China "by the organizers.
The tournament has not been held from 2020 to 2022 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.
History
[edit]The tournament was conceived in 1977 as a tribute to EnglishmanRenato William Jones,who was FIBA secretary-general for 44 years and was instrumental in the granting of zone commission status for Asia at the 1964 FIBA World Congress in Tokyo. Jones also attended theAsian Basketball Championships in 1963,which was held in Taipei.[1]
The invitational tournament organized by theChinese Taipei Basketball Associationwas made following the admission of thePeople's Republic of Chinaas a regular member of the ABC in 1975.[1]
The William Jones Cup has been cancelled in three separate occasions; in 1989 when the main venue was affected by fire, in 2003 due to theSARS outbreak,and in 2020 to 2022 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Champions
[edit]Men's tournament
[edit]Summaries
[edit]
Medal table
[edit]| Country |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
16 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| Philippines |
7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
 Iran |
5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
 Canada |
3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Republic of China |
2 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| South Korea |
2 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
 Jordan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Australia |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Sweden |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Mexico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 West Germany |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Lebanon |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Lithuania |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Russia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Czechoslovakia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Scotland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovakia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Soviet Union |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 France |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Egypt |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Panama |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Qatar |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women's tournament
[edit]Summaries
[edit]
Medal table
[edit]| Country | Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea |
12 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| United States |
9 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| Republic of China |
8 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| Japan |
5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| Canada |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Australia |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Hungary |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Brazil |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 PR China |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovakia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^The team is not theCanadian national team.The team was organized by the 3D Global Sports Canada group and played as "Team Canada 150" for the 2017 edition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of theCanadian Confederation.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^abHenson, Joaquin (29 August 2012)."All about the Jones Cup".Sporting Chance.The Philippine Star.Retrieved9 March2016.
- ^Huang, Chiao-wen; Yeh, Joseph (2 July 2020)."Taiwan cancels this year's William Jones Cup due to COVID-19".Retrieved3 July2020.
- ^"U.S. clips New Zealand in Jones Cup basketball".Taipei: Lawrence Journal-World.Associated Press.2 July 1983.Retrieved29 December2015.
- ^"Sport in Brief - Basketball".The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1983.Retrieved29 December2015.
- ^"Rutger's player stars in victory".Taipei: Gadsden Times. 24 July 1990.Retrieved29 December2015.
- ^"3D Canada Brings On Kyle Julius as Head Coach for 39th William Jones Cup".Asia Basket.Eurobasket News. 10 June 2017.Retrieved23 June2017.
- ^"Canadian Roster Announced for The 39th William Jones Cup".3D Global Sports Canada. 21 June 2017.Retrieved23 June2017.
In honour Canada's 150th anniversary, 3D will have "Canada 150" stitched on their game jerseys. The team will be presented as 3D Global Sports Canada at this year's 39th William Jones Cup.
