Japan's men's handball team placed first in the Asian qualifying rounds for the Paris Olympics held last October. In February this year, Dagur Sigurdsson, who was the team's coach, suddenly resigned, making it an unusual situation for the team to be without a coach.
Japan Handball Association held a press conference in Tokyo on the 3rd and announced that Carlos Ortega, who led the Japan men's national team from 2016 to 2017, will be the new coach. His contract period runs from the 1st of this month until the end of the Paris tournament.