Hand women's Natsuki Aizawa is determined to qualify for the final qualifying round for the Paris Olympics. He expressed his determination, saying, ''I want to give a good report and cheer up the people affected by the disaster.'' Japan will face Sweden, Hungary, and Cameroon in a round-robin match, and if they finish in the top two, they will qualify to the Olympics.
Among the 20 members of the national team, there are many players from teams based in Ishikawa Prefecture.