Upcoming season or competition: 2025 William Jones Cup | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1975; 51 years ago (1975) |
| First season | 1977 |
| No. of teams | M: 9 W: 6 |
| Country |  Taiwan |
| Most recent champions | M: Strong Group Athletics (2nd title, 8th title for country)W:  Japan Universiade (2nd title, 6th 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) |
TheWilliam Jones Cup International Basketball Tournament (simplified Chinese:威廉琼斯盃国际篮球邀请赛;traditional Chinese:威廉瓊斯盃國際籃球邀請賽;pinyin:wēi lián qióng sī bēi guó jì lán qiú yāo qǐng sài), also known as theWilliam Jones Cup, is an internationalbasketball tournament organized by theChinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) held annually since1977 inTaiwan.
It was named in honor of basketball promoterRenato William Jones, who was one of the founders of theInternational Basketball Federation (FIBA). Like theOlympics and 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 byAmerican teams since the tournament's inaugural staging while the women's version is being jointly dominated bySouth Korean, American andTaiwanese teams. It also invites professional club,collegiate and national teams from around the world, although the participants are mainly from theAsian,European,Egyptian andNorth American regions.
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 team which 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.
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 Association was made following the admission of thePeople's Republic of China as 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]
| Country |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
 Iran | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
 Canada | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Republic of China | 2 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 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 |
 Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 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 |
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 12 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| United States | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| Republic of China | 8 | 12 | 16 | 36 |
| Japan | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 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 |
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.
