Handball Japan is a star start Women's World Championship November 30 19:36
The Handball Women's World Championship kicked off in Kumamoto on the 30th, and Japan defeated Argentina in the first round of the first league and became a star.
The World Championship for Handball Women will be held at five venues in Kumamoto Prefecture until the 15th of next month with participation of 24 countries.
From the 30th, the first league will be divided into four groups and the top three countries will advance to the second league.
Japan, which ranks 13th in the world rankings for the first time in 44 years in the Tokyo Olympic Games, played against Argentina, the 29th place in the world.
Japan positioned this tournament as a valuable strengthening place for the next year, and it quickly broke down against Argentina, which surpassed its physique from the start, and scored 14-10 with the score centered on Mana Oyama, the key player of the attack. And I finished the first half.
In the second half, all seven people went on to attack and did not pass the initiative with a variety of attacks. Japan defended the lead and beat Argentina 24:20 and became a star.
Japan will face the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ranked 42nd in the world in the second round of the primary league on the 2nd of next month.
Oyama "Team victory as a whole"
Oyama who contributed to the victory with the team's highest score of 5 said, “There was a lot of fun and tension in the crowd gathering together. I was able to win because I talked to play as a whole on the court. "