Before the World Championships for Ice Hockey Women, which had been postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus, will start in Canada on the 20th of this month, Japan national team captain Chiho Osawa said, "We will be in the top four and help ourselves. I want to show it to the whole world. "
The World Championships for Ice Hockey Women will be postponed from April, which was originally planned, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and will start in Calgary, Canada on the 20th of this month.
For the Japanese national team, it will be a valuable opportunity for the actual battle for the Beijing Olympics in February next year, as it will be the first match against an overseas team in 2 years and 4 months.
Before the tournament, captain Osawa, who was interviewed online, said, "Because we can play as a representative of Japan for the first time in a long time, it is a great opportunity to check our level." We have accumulated a lot of domestic training camps because we didn't have it. It is a strength for us that our opponents do not know our current situation, so we can take it positively. "
"I think we can grasp our current strengths for next year's Olympics and see how we will spend our time until the Olympics. We want to be in the top four of this tournament and show our strengths to the whole world." I was enthusiastic.
In addition, Yuji Iizuka said, "We haven't been able to hold an international tournament, but the players are growing. It will be an important tournament to know how different it is from the world. The last world championship was the best eight. So, this time, I want to aim for the next higher level. "