Japan's "Smile Japan" will play against the Czech Republic in the Beijing Olympics Ice Hockey Women's Qualifying League Group B.

Japan representative (black uniform)

[Stamen] (Numbers in parentheses are the number of points scored in this tournament)


1 Nana Fujimoto = GK


3 Aoi Shiga / 4 Ayaka Toko (1) / 14 Haruka Toko (1) / 15 Rui Ukita (2) / 16 Akane Shiga Sound (1)


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30 Akane Konishi = GK


2 Shiori Koike (1) / 8 Akane Hosoyamada (1) / 10 Satoshi Yoneyama Nana (2) / 21 Hidee Kubo / 23 Hikaru Yamashita (1)


6 Yukiko Kawashima / 12 Chiho Osawa / 18 Ryofu Taka / 27 Remi Koyama


28 Shiori Yamashita / 13 Moeko Fujimoto / 19 Chika Otaki / 11 Miura Mei / 22 Miho Shishiuchi

Match start (local 16:40)

The final match of the qualifying league for the Japan national team "Smile Japan" for ice hockey girls, the match against the Czech Republic has begun.

The highlight of the match

Highlights of Round 4 of TL1 "Smile Japan", the representative of Japan for ice hockey girls.

So far, he has been in the lead of qualifying league group B with 2 wins and 1 loss.



Today's final match is against Czech Republic, which is second in the group.

The winner will advance to the final tournament in 1st place, and in the quarter-finals, Japan will be able to avoid the match against Group A powerhouses Canada and the United States, so Japan wants to win anyway.



The Czech Republic, on the other hand, is ranked 7th in the world.

This is my first time to participate in the Olympics.

At the World Championships last summer, we played twice and won one win each other.



In Japan, the five players in the first set, who will start in the starting lineup, are the same as the previous three games.

Rui Ukita, Ayaka Toko, and Haruka Toko, who have scored two goals, and Aoi Shiga and Akane Shiga.



In the previous match against China, Japan was pushed by the strength of the opponent and had more time to defend, so Japan could only score one point.

The key to the game is whether you can accumulate points by making the best use of your mobility and various attack patterns.