Wheelchair Basketball Men's International Tournament Japan wins over Iran August 31 21:39
Next year, the wheelchair basketball men ’s international tournament, which also strengthened the Tokyo Paralympic Games, has celebrated the third day, and Japan won 63-57 against Iran.
This international tournament is held as part of the strengthening of Japan, and four teams participate. Japan, who finished 9th in last year's world championships, faced Iran, the 4th place powerhouse, on the 31st day of the tournament.
Japan strictly defended its opponents with height and power from the beginning and turned the first half with 32 points to 31 points without attacking as expected.
In the second half of Japan, the defensive defense of the second half was shining, and it was decided to continue to shoot at the end of the 4th quarter of the 1st lead without inviting Steele or the opponent's pass mistake, and Iran was beaten and won 63-57.
Japan's veteran attacking pillar, Rio Fujimoto, took the team's top 18 points, while 20-year-old Toriumi Toriumi was the second most scored 13 and 23-year-old Takuya Furusawa scored 9 points There was a harvest for young people in terms of attack.
Japan had 2 wins and 1 loss, with Australia and Iran lining up in wins and losses.