At the Tokyo Paralympics, the Japanese national team for wheelchair basketball played against Colombia in the first qualifying league match held at a venue in Tokyo, winning 63-56.

In the men's wheelchair basketball qualifying league that started on the 25th, 12 participating teams will be divided into 2 groups of 6 teams and will play round robin, and the top 4 teams will advance to the quarterfinals.



On the 26th, Japan played against Colombia in the first match of the qualifying league held at "Musashino Forest Sport Plaza" in Chofu City, Tokyo.



In Japan, ace Reio Fujimoto scored a three-point shot in just 7 seconds from the start of the match to take the lead, and after that, 22-year-old Renshi Toriumi played a central role in quickly switching from defensive to offensive and scoring points. , 36 to 28, and finished the first half.



In the second half, there were times when they couldn't score each other, but captain Hide Toyoshima, who responded to Toriumi's skillful back pass, scored a shot and Japan kept the lead from beginning to end 63-56. I won.



Toriumi played an active part in this game with 15 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists.



Japan will face Korea Rep. With 2 losses so far in the second match of the qualifying league on the 27th.