Nadeshiko East Asia Championship members announced 23 players including Tanaka and Iwabuchi November 29 16:40
Next month, women ’s Japan national team “Nadeshiko Japan” will be announced for the soccer East Asian Championship in Korea, and 23 players including Minami Tanaka, who became the top scorer of the Nadeshiko League for four consecutive years, were selected. It was.
Japan, which is ranked 10th in the world ranking, will participate in the East Asian Championships to be held in South Korea from 10th of next month as part of its efforts to strengthen next year's Tokyo Olympics. Taiwan will be ranked 40th in the world, China will be ranked 16th in the world, and 20th in the world. Play against South Korea.
On the 29th, Asako Takakura had a press conference in Tokyo and announced 23 members who will be attending the tournament.
In addition to Tanaka who was the top scorer of the Nadeshiko League for the fourth consecutive year, the main players such as Mana Iwabuchi and Yui Hasegawa of the command tower continued to join.
On the other hand, Captain Yuki Kumagai, who plays in Lyon in the first division of France, was not selected due to the circumstances of his team.
Director Takakura said, “This tournament will be the last official game for the Olympics. Since there is no qualifying for the Olympics, I want to be the first place in this tournament to become confident and confirm that it has been built up so far.” I said.