Nadeshiko Japan (Photo: Brazil national team match on November 30th last year)[写真]=Getty Images
The “Paris Olympics 2024 Women’s Soccer Asia Final Qualifying Round 1”, in which the right to participate in the Paris Olympics 2024 was at stake, was held on February 24th (Saturday), and Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women’s National Team) played against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). North Korea) will play against the women’s national team.
The venue will be Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and kick-off time is scheduled for 22:04 (Japan time).
The match between Nadeshiko Japan and North Korea Women’s National Team is scheduled to be broadcast on television and distributed online. On TV, “NHK BS” will broadcast live from 9:59 p.m., and on the Internet, “DAZN” will broadcast live from 9:54 p.m. On terrestrial television, “NHK General” is scheduled to broadcast a recorded broadcast starting at 24:30.
Overview of Nadeshiko Japan vs North Korea Women’s National Team[Match schedule/broadcast time]
Nadeshiko Japan, aiming to participate in the 6th Olympic Games in 2 consecutive tournaments, will play against the Women’s National Team of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) on Saturday, February 24th in the 1st match of the Paris Olympics 2024 Women’s Soccer Asian Final Qualifiers (Prince). The match will take place at Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium).
The “Paris Olympics 2024 Women’s Soccer Asian Final Qualifiers” will be held home and away. However, the first game, to be held at North Korea’s home stadium, was difficult to choose the venue for. Negotiations between the two countries stalled due to the lack of regular flights from Japan to North Korea and security issues. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which had been sharing progress, proposed hosting the tournament in a third country, and it was ultimately decided to hold the tournament in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, February 21st.
Nadeshiko Japan is ranked 8th in the latest women’s FIFA rankings (announced on December 15, 2023), and North Korea is ranked 9th, making it a showdown between 1st and 2nd in the Asia (AFC) rankings. .
The two teams just faced each other in the women’s soccer final of the 19th Asian Games on October 6, 2023. Nadeshiko Japan won the match 4-1, winning the Asian Games for the second time in a row and for the third time.
■Paris Olympics 2024 Women’s Soccer Asia Final Qualifying Round 1
- Date and time: Saturday, February 24, 2024, 22:04 kick-off (Japan time)
- Match venue: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
- Match card: Nadeshiko Japan vs North Korea Women’s National Team
- Live broadcast/live distribution: NHKBS/DAZN
- Recorded broadcast: NHK General
The Japan Football Association (JFA) announced on January 8th the members of Nadeshiko Japan who will play in the first two games of the “Paris Olympics 2024 Women’s Soccer Asia Final Qualifying Round 1”.
Saki Kumagai (Roma), Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City), Risa Shimizu (West Ham) and others were selected, while Hinata Miyazawa, who was the top scorer at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, was selected in December last year. He was not called up because he underwent ankle surgery.
On February 15th, it was decided that midfielder Jun Endo (Angels City/USA), who was originally included in the squad, would not participate in national team activities due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee. MF Hikaru Kitagawa (INAC Kobe Leonessa) was additionally called up on the 16th.
■Nadeshiko Japan members
▼GK
1 Kyouya Yamashita (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
18 Momoko Tanaka (NTV/Tokyo Verdive Beleza)
21 Chika Hirao (Albirex Niigata Ladies)
▼FP
2 Risa Shimizu (West Ham/England)
3 Minami Moeka (Rome/Italy)
4 Saki Kumagai (Rome/Italy)
5 Hana Takahashi (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
6 Hikazu Sugita (Portland Thorns/USA)
7 Yoshino Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina)
8 Mami Ueno (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina)
9 Riko Ueki (West Ham/England)
10 Fuka Nagano (Liverpool/England)
11 Minami Tanaka (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
12 Rion Ishikawa (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
13 Hikaru Kitagawa (INAC Kobe Leonessa) *Additional call-up
14 Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City/England)
15 Aoba Fujino (NTV/Tokyo Verdive Beleza)
16 Honoka Hayashi (West Ham/England)
17 Takako Seike (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
19 Moeko Tanigawa (Rosengaard/Sweden)
20 Toko Koga (Feyenoord/Netherlands)
22 Reina Chiba (Frankfurt/Germany)
▼Not participating in representative activities due to injury
Jun Endo (Angel City/USA)
Comment from Nadeshiko Japan captain Saki Kumagai
“We were supposed to be doing it in a very cold place, but we’re doing it in a fairly hot place, so there’s a time difference, so we consulted with the medical staff to find out where we could sleep, and we had to go to the location to find out how hot it would be. We are taking measures to the best of our ability, and even though the time is really short, I think we have no choice but to do what we can.”
“I think it’s very important for the team as a whole to be in an environment where they can focus on the game. Since there are two games, we have to have one more time to play as a team, not just for the players, but for everyone as a team. I want to be able to approach this with awareness.”
Nadeshiko Japan vs North Korea Women’s National Team TV broadcast/online distribution
The match between Nadeshiko Japan and North Korea Women’s National Team on Saturday, February 24th is scheduled to be broadcast on TV and streamed online.
On TV, “NHK BS” will broadcast live from 9:59 p.m., and on the Internet, “DAZN” will broadcast live from 9:54 p.m. On terrestrial television, “NHK General” is scheduled to broadcast a recorded broadcast starting at 24:30.
■NHKBS (live broadcast)
- Program start: February 24th (Sat) 21:59
- cast:
[Commentary]Takako Yano, Mana Iwabuchi
[Live commentary]Hiroshi Sakai
■DAZN(Live streaming)
- Program start: February 24th (Sat) 21:54
- cast:
[Commentary]Azusa Iwashimizu
[Live commentary]Tatsuhiko Nishi
■NHK General (recorded broadcast)
- Program start: February 25th (Sat) 0:30
- cast:
[Commentary]Takako Yano, Mana Iwabuchi
[Live commentary]Hiroshi Sakai
2024-02-23 18:04:46
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