Women's Basketball World Cup kicks off Aiming for first victory in Paris Olympics

The World Cup, which decides the world's best women's basketball, will start in Australia on the 22nd.

The winning team will be given the right to participate in the Paris Olympics the year after next, and Japan, which won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, will aim for its first victory against the world's powerhouses.

The Women's Basketball World Cup, which will begin in Sydney, Australia on the 22nd, will consist of 12 teams divided into two groups of six, with the top four teams in each group advancing to the knockout stages.

Japan, ranked 8th in the

world, will face Mali, ranked 37th in the world , in its first match on the 22nd,

followed by

Serbia, ranked 10th in the

world, France, ranked 6th in the

world, Canada, ranked 4th in the world,

and

▽ We will play against Australia, the world's third largest host country.

Japan and another group will include the world's No. 1 United States, which is aiming to win the tournament for the fourth time in a row, and the winning team will be given the right to participate in the Paris Olympics.

Six of Japan's 12 players are members who won silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics, and they are aiming for their first victory against the world's powerhouses.

The final, which will qualify for the Paris Olympics, will be held on October 1, and NHK will broadcast all matches of the Japanese national team live.