Ice Hockey Women Japan qualifies for the Beijing Olympics April 24, 22:07
Japan ranked 6th in the latest ice hockey girls' world ranking and won the right to participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympics next year.
This is the first time Japan has won the Beijing Olympics through all competitions.
The ice hockey girls of the 2022 Beijing Olympics will be the first to win the top 6 teams in the world ranking based on the results of the world championship that was scheduled to be held in Canada from March to April this year. However, the tournament was canceled due to the new coronavirus.
For this reason, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced the latest world ranking decided on the 24th by giving points according to the seeding order of the tournament, and Japan entered the sixth place and won the right to participate in the Beijing Olympics.
This is the first time that Japan has won the right to participate in the Beijing Olympic Games through all competitions, and Japan, the ice hockey girls, will participate in the Olympic Games for the third time in a row.
The number of teams participating in the ice hockey girls in the Beijing Olympics is 10 teams, which is two more teams than the previous Pyeongchang tournament.
The men's Japan national team has lost their participation in the Beijing Olympics after losing in the third qualifying held in Slovenia this February.
Director Iizuka "Challenge to level up without compromise"
Yuji Iizuka, coach of Japan Ice Hockey Women's National Team, said, “The World Championship was canceled and we were able to qualify for participation in this way, but the world ranking reflects the results of the last three years, I would like to think positively that it is the result of our efforts so far. We have a little less than two years before the Beijing Olympics, but I would like to challenge the level of the team without compromising on the Olympics. ” Did.