The squad dubbed the best-ever in its history will exit China with nothing to celebrate.
Japan's men's basketball team fell 80-65 to Montenegro in its final game at the 2019 FIBA World Cup on Monday, failing to post a single victory in five games at the event.
Through Monday's classification round results, Japan finished 31st in the 32-nation tournament — only ahead of the Philippines. It has also failed to record its first-ever win over a European country at the World Cup, which had previously been called the World Championship, in its fifth attempt.