Which country has the most fans in Japan?

[YYY]

Local Japanese people who cheer for whoever makes a better dunk doesn't count. So far I noticed that Turks and Brazilians have more fans than Lithuanians, and USA doesn't have them at all, which is kinda strange considering that this year yankies aren't totally ignoring international competitions. Unfortunately I have seen only few games, so maybe my opinion isn't right. :(

[Spike]

What do you mean with this question, have more Japanese fans or fans from our own countries?
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[YYY]

Fans from their own countries.

[BadMann]

chinese , i think ,

[Spike]

Well Japan isn't really a country where Turks migrate to. We have Germany, Holland, the US, etc... for that. And going to Japan for the WC, I don't see many Turks doing that (way to expensive). I don't think that there are that many Turks, but I can say they are pretty loud so they might stand out more.:p
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[adebisi]

I will paste my previous post wich was posted few days ago... :)

I was watching the fist time USA game in this tournamet, and what realy shoked me, is that no fans came to support their NT from US.
For lithuanians it was realy expensive to go to Japan (about 15000 litas (the most expensive journey was sold for 70000)with tickets (in Lithuania salary average is about 1400 per month)) and we still managed to sell this trip for more than 400 people, and some people was traveling by themselfs, not with travel agencys, so the amount of supporters should be around 500. And what the hell happened with people from US? They don't even give a damn about WBC?

[CHINA TEAM]

chinese , i think ,
May be...Asia champions vs. Europe champions...Oh~
the japense says that they hope we can win....because we are only one Asia team of top16.......:o

[BadMann]

May be...Asia champions vs. Europe champions...Oh~
the japense says that they hope we can win....because we are only one Asia team of top16.......:o
japanese and chinese are of the same race , and they are good neighbors , not like hellas and truky ,

[BadMann]

I will paste my previous post wich was posted few days ago... :)

I was watching the fist time USA game in this tournamet, and what realy shoked me, is that no fans came to support their NT from US.
For lithuanians it was realy expensive to go to Japan (about 15000 litas (the most expensive journey was sold for 70000)with tickets (in Lithuania salary average is about 1400 per month)) and we still managed to sell this trip for more than 400 people, and some people was traveling by themselfs, not with travel agencys, so the amount of supporters should be around 500. And what the hell happened with people from US? They don't even give a damn about WBC?

most faverite sports of 60% people in usa is football , 20% like basjketball , 20% like baseball ,

[adebisi]

most faverite sports of 60% people in usa is football , 20% like basjketball , 20% like baseball ,

Yeah... And they have 300 million people... Nice! :D

[BadMann]

Yeah... And they have 300 million people... Nice! :D
another facts wich i have to admit is soccer rises quickly in us ,

someone even think soccer and basjketball are the most played sports among young , but only 2% persons choose soccer as their favorite sports , :D :D

[adebisi]

another facts wich i have to admit is soccer rises quickly in us ,

someone even think soccer and basjketball are the most played sports among young , but only 2% persons choose soccer as their favorite sports , :D :D


and the point is...?

[PHILIPeurobasket]

Which country has the most fans in Japan?

yyyyyy...maybe Japan :D ?

[Phantim3dx]

I will paste my previous post wich was posted few days ago... :)

I was watching the fist time USA game in this tournamet, and what realy shoked me, is that no fans came to support their NT from US.
For lithuanians it was realy expensive to go to Japan (about 15000 litas (the most expensive journey was sold for 70000)with tickets (in Lithuania salary average is about 1400 per month)) and we still managed to sell this trip for more than 400 people, and some people was traveling by themselfs, not with travel agencys, so the amount of supporters should be around 500. And what the hell happened with people from US? They don't even give a damn about WBC?


thats not true I jsut dont have the money as a college student. Not to mention my school starts i August. When I went to Japan earlier this summer I seriously was debating on coming back in August and missing some class days because my g/f said she would pay for the fare and other expenses (hey she has a real job between the two of us), however my ethics and morals (if you guys think I have any) said this is wrong just because I don't like to use other people's money and that she is the one who made it not me. So I guess in a sense, if I did have the money yes I would go and miss soem class days to support my NT. I already cuss and get emotional watching it on tv id probably be yelling/cheering/and mayeb crying if i were watching the real deal.

[PRSURF]

Puerto Rico:D

[CHINA TEAM]

Which country has the most fans in Japan?

yyyyyy...maybe Japan :D ?
Haha~~~~~~~~:D USA too!~

[Lebanese X-Factor]

in Sanday ,Japan, The japanese were cheering for us ..heheh

[Delk]

Nobody.

:) :)

[adebisi]

After successful 1/8 100 people will come on Monday to Saitama. So now there will be around 600 fans from LTU! :D

[Zalgirinis]

After successful 1/8 100 people will come on Monday to Saitama. So now there will be around 600 fans from LTU! :D

First of all there was never 500 fans from LTU in this WC yet. Some people especially in media simply like to exagerate. Another thing that not all people from Hamamatsu went to Saitama, part of it had to go back home, because they bought trips only for group matches.

[adebisi]

First of all there was never 500 fans from LTU in this WC yet. Some people especially in media simply like to exagerate. Another thing that not all people from Hamamatsu went to Saitama, part of it had to go back home, because they bought trips only for group matches.

I can not know exactly, but according to "Saitas" (official WBC 2006 travel agency in Lithuania), they have sold about 400 travel packages. But some guys like Sekla and his company was traveling by themselves, so I made a conclusion that there are about 500 fans... If you know some more details, please tell us ;)

[Zalgirinis]

I had few friends there in Hamamatsu and they said ~200-300 of LTU fans were there.

[adebisi]

I had few friends there in Hamamatsu and they said ~200-300 of LTU fans were there.

I see... Thanx for info ;)

[elaj]

Around 100 Slovenians were there also. Mostly important people and rich guys. :)

[adebisi]

Talking about fans, I realy like that 144 sq. meters Lithuanian flag, but those drums becoming annoying :) BTW I realy liked Slovenian fans in that game against USA. They was realy loud :) Also, today I was watching Greece game and it seemed to me that they have quite a lot fans who came to Japan :rolleyes:

[mayteromanl]

Zalgirinis, I had really tried to find you out between the liths fans in japan

[Variant]

Sadly, the vast majority of Americans either don't care or don't even know about the FIBA Championships. There are some like me who don't mind getting up in the dead of night to watch a few games here and there... but an even smaller percentage care enough to fly all the way out to Japan to support the team.

For a lot of reasons that sentiment is unlikely to change anytime soon unfortunately.

Maybe if international games and competitions were made available here on TV more often, there'd be some name and team recognition and that would begin to help a little?

[mpluby]

If the tournament had just been in S. Korea, there would have been plenty of American fans :)

During the U.S.-S. Korea exhibition match, there appeared to be quite a few Americans in the crowd but really for only one reason, which is the large American troop presence at the demilitarized zone in Korea. The American contingent was so military that Lebron even saluted them after a dunk :)

[PHILIPeurobasket]

Something to thread - fans pictures http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/fanZone/photZone/photFan/photFan.asp?selNodeID=809&openNodeIDs=809&eventID=3507&roundID=3507

http://www.fiba.com/images/web/Events/2006_wcm/fanZone/photZone/fanGall/_original/Lebanon_fans2.jpg
Lebanon fans :)

[adebisi]

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/fanZone/photZone/photFan/fanPhotSing.asp?lid_7327_firstPic=11&playerNumber=&eventID=3507&roundID=&zone=&teamNumber=&catID=543&gender=&picSize=300&sizeDim=H&sizePath=_original/&lid_7327_langID=1&lid_7316_openNodeIDs=&backUrl=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/fanZone/photZone/photFan/photFan.asp(arg)selNodeID=809(and)openNodeIDs=809( and)eventID=3507(and)roundID=3507

This guy in the midle of the picture with long beard is called Sekla and he is quite famous event organizator here in Lithuania. And I remember very funny interview with him :) He was asked if his beard makes any problems to him. And he asked: "Yes, then I get drunk and throw up myself, it is very hard to make my beard clean again" :D :D :D

[Federoy]

Except for the Olympics, US sport fans have traditionally never travelled in large numbers to support their country.

[Jokinen]

Except for the Olympics, US sport fans have traditionally never travelled in large numbers to support their country.

That's sad

[arsinoh]

There were about 30 Greek fans in the first round and now they are about 100. Most of them are members of the official fan club of the Greek NT: "pelargoi" (storks). The fan club took its name from the maskot of the Eurobasket 1987 when Greece won the European championship for the first time. www.pelargoi.gr

Unfortunately the trip from Greece to Japan is very expensive... I hope that more Greeks will find a way to get there...

[bobo81]

There have actually been a handful of American fans, well they were white people with US wear so I am assuming they were Americans :D I saw them in a couple of the games, including the Aussie game.

[BadMann]

seem about 1000 argentina fan today , very large , maybe most of all team ,

[kestas]

our press mentions about 2000 Chinese fans.. probably that was the bigest crowd..

[Phantim3dx]

just saw the arg vs tur game. must give compliments tot he argentinian fans, they were in full support. and @ the end even the arg players were singing and praising there fans for support.

[stuart]

Not exactly Americans, but... From the New York Times.. (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-BKO-Worlds.html)


Japan Embracing U.S. Basketball Team
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) -- As the United States was rolling through play in the world championships, Dwyane Wade couldn't help but notice that something seemed missing.

''No booing,'' he said.

The absence of those ugly sounds was a welcome change for Wade, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, who listened to them on a nightly basis while playing for an unpopular U.S. Olympic team two years ago.
''We heard some real foul stuff back in 2004,'' Anthony said.

But it's been almost entirely cheers this time for the Americans, who headed into their quarterfinal matchup with Germany on Wednesday night as perhaps the biggest tournament favorites, both on and off the court.

In their first game here on Sunday, the Americans were cheered on by a crowd that included one fan from the Philippines who was wearing a James Cleveland Cavaliers jersey and holding a sign that asked Wade for marriage.

''You go out on the court and you see all the fans chanting 'USA,''' James said, ''and they're not from the USA.''

Terrorism fears following 9/11 kept many American fans -- not to mention some NBA players who were supposed to suit up for the U.S. -- from traveling to Athens. With little support from their own fans and declining U.S. popularity around the world because of the war in Iraq, the Americans felt like they were playing road games most of the time.

It was obvious how much things had changed starting in Sapporo, where the Americans closed group play amid chants for Wade, who sat out that game because the result was meaningless.

''We weren't even expecting any cheers coming out here,'' Wade said. ''It was a surprise to us, it was a great surprise, that we could come out here and gain some fans.''

Actually, James had a feeling they were coming.

As the NBA and its partners have found a thriving market in Asia, some players had already established a presence and recognition in the Far East. Posters and ads featuring James, Elton Brand and Kobe Bryant -- who isn't playing but is in Asia helping conduct clinics and is expected here for the gold medal game -- greet passengers getting off the subway stop in front of the Saitama Super Arena.

James has spent part of the last two summers in Asia making promotional appearances for Nike, with stops last year in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing. His shoe marketed only in China sold out in two hours. More tours this year when the Americans had training stints before arriving in Japan convinced him that the crowd was going to be on the U.S. side -- even if he didn't let his teammates know it.

''I was here last summer, so I kind of knew what to expect,'' James said. ''So I was kind of just prepping the guys, letting them know, 'Well, it's not going to be that good.' Then when they got here it was all crazy, so it's been everything I've expected and more.''

U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski attributed his team's popularity to the way his players have acted. More likely, it has to do with the way they play.
''Japanese people are fascinated with strong teams,'' said Masa Oshima, a Tokyo resident who is working as a media conference interpreter for FIBA.

''If it was a major league All-Star team, the same thing would be happening. But if it was the American soccer team, they wouldn't think twice. They would rather follow England and David Beckham.

''They pretty much just want to see a good show, lots of dunks and stuff.''

The Americans quickly seized on that, with James and Dwight Howard frequently drawing roars after their dunks -- and that's during pregame warmups.

''Playing overseas, the crowd is a little different than NBA crowds, so just try to get them going,'' Howard said. ''Get the crowd into it early, that way when the game comes they'll be so hyped because they saw us doing all those dunks that they'll want to see them in the game.''

By doing so, the Americans have been rewarded with the type of crowd response they got when NBA players first were used in international tournaments. Even when they played an exhibition here against Japan before the 2000 Olympics, Oshima said the Americans received just as much support as the home team.

That had all changed by the time the three U.S. captains arrived in Athens four years later. This time, the Americans sent a better team -- and they're finding that their hosts love it.

''The fans are great and they love the game of basketball,'' James said. ''You don't understand how big it is until you get over (here).''

[L8DBACK]

If the tournament had just been in S. Korea, there would have been plenty of American fans :)

During the U.S.-S. Korea exhibition match, there appeared to be quite a few Americans in the crowd but really for only one reason, which is the large American troop presence at the demilitarized zone in Korea. The American contingent was so military that Lebron even saluted them after a dunk :)

Just want to add that we also have a large American troop presence in Japan. U.S. Forces, Japan (USFJ) with its U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps elements, consists of approximately 47,000 military personnel, 52,000 dependents, 5,500 Department of Defense civilian employees.

U.S. Forces are dispersed among 91 facilities located on Honshu, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Total acreage of U.S. bases is approximately 78,000 acres.

I don't really know how many of them watch the US games at the stadium or watch the games on TV. Believe me, they are supporting the USA team.:D ;)

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