Japan, a wheelchair basketball boy at the Tokyo Paralympics, lost to Spain 61-79 in Round 4 of the qualifying league, scoring a total of 3 wins and 1 loss.

In the men's wheelchair basketball qualifying league, 12 participating teams will be divided into two groups of 6 teams each to play round robin, and the top 4 teams will advance to the quarterfinals.



Japan has already won the qualifying league three times in a row and has already decided to advance to the quarterfinals. Did.



Japan couldn't respond to the attack that made the best use of the opponent's height from the beginning, and scored one after another from the bottom of the goal, leading 18 points in the first half.

In the second half, Japan's Toriumi Renshi, who participated in the third quarter, became the center of the attack, drawing the flow from the quick ball carrying, and at one point it was close to 9 points.


However, even after that, the opponent's attack could not be stopped, and Japan lost 61 to 79, and suffered the first black star in the qualifying league.



Japan is third in the group with a total of 3 wins and 1 loss in the qualifying league.



On the 30th, as in Japan, we will face the final match against Turkey, which is second in the group with 3 wins and 1 loss and a goal difference.

Toyoshima "I want to connect the loss to tomorrow"

Japanese captain Hide Toshima said, "I'm sorry I couldn't win, but the defense in the second half was the next one. I want to connect this loss to tomorrow."


For the next match against Turkey, Toyoshima changed his mind, saying, "Although it is a strong team, I want to defend well and manage to win one win so that I can pass the qualifying league in second place."

Toriumi "Awareness of creating a flow from defense"

Renshi Toriumi, who scored the second 11 points of the team, said, "Since the opponent had scored a lot in the first half, I went to the match with an awareness of creating a flow from the defense. In the second half, fight firmly. I think it was done. "



On top of that, for the match against Turkey, "Because it is a team with momentum, I think it is important not to let the opponent gain momentum. I will try to make a flow from the defense as before, and the quarterfinals after that I want to create a team that I can look forward to. "