Another Rugby World Cup Wheelchair Rugby International Tournament Opening Date October 16th 5:32
An international wheelchair rugby tournament will begin in Tokyo on the 16th. World champions such as Australia, who won the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games for the second time in a row, will participate in the tournament.
The World Wheelchair Rugby Tournament “World Challenge” will be held by the Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation, etc. as part of the strengthening of the team for the Tokyo Paralympics.
In the tournament, Japan won the world championship last year and ranked 2nd in the world, as well as 8 world powers, including Australia, the world's 1st and London, Rio de Janeiro and Paralympics, and the 3rd place in the world. Will participate.
The tournament will be divided into two groups for every four teams in Japan, England, France, Brazil, Australia, USA, Canada and New Zealand, and the top two teams will advance to the semi-finals.
Japan, which won the world championship last year and aims to be the first gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year, confirmed the current capabilities of powerful countries such as Australia, the United States, and the UK that has been gaining power, and the results of the enhancements so far This tournament is positioned as a great opportunity to try.
Low interest in wheelchair rugby is an issue, and in a questionnaire survey conducted by the Nippon Foundation for young people in June, they asked multiple answers about events and ceremonies that were highly interested in the Tokyo Paralympics. , Wheelchair rugby was only 3% despite gold candidates.
Since this tournament will be held at the same time as the Rugby World Cup, where the Japanese national team continues to play an active role, the Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation and others will promote PR under the name of “Another Rugby World Cup” and invite elementary school students to the tournament for free. I would like to use it as a chance to raise awareness for the Tokyo Paralympic Games, which is less than a year old.