Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball Women Japan loses to Canada in 6th place

In the Tokyo Paralympics Wheelchair Basketball Women's 5th and 6th place deciding match, Japan played against Canada, losing 49 to 68 and finishing the tournament in 6th place.

Japan, which finished the wheelchair basketball women's qualifying league in 3rd place and lost to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals after that, faced the 5th and 6th place deciding match with Canada at the "Ariake Arena" in Koto-ku, Tokyo on the 3rd. ..

Japan, which has lost to Canada in the qualifying league, finished the second quarter in this match as well, with the ball being carried in front of the goal, centered on the opponent's ace player who was high from the beginning, and scored one after another. The lead was 17 to 38.

After that, Chihiro Kitada made a pass cut and scored to catch up as the center of the attack, but he could not cope with the height of the opponent and the quick pass turning, and lost 49 to 68.

Japan has participated in the Paralympics since the 2008 Beijing Games, which came in 4th place, but finished in 6th place.

Fujii "Definitely growing as a team"

Co-captain Ikumi Takubo said, "I tried to play basketball for 40 minutes. I think that all the players on the bench and the court were able to fight through, although there was a point difference."

Regarding finishing 6th place in this tournament, which was the first time in 3 tournaments, "I'm disappointed, but I was able to finish everything because it was a culmination as an individual. Since the Beijing tournament I participated in, the world The team that wasn't able to win in was able to beat Australia and the United Kingdom, so it's definitely growing as a team. I want to aim for fast basketball. "

Amimoto "We couldn't get on our flow"

Co-captain Mari Amimoto said, "We couldn't keep up with our flow because we were too rebounded until the middle stage. I think it was done. "

Then, for the Paralympics three years later, he said, "I will firmly accept the result of 6th place and build a team from scratch so that Japan can be raised to a stronger one-step and two-step level."