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    26Jun, 2024
    Japan’s men’s volleyball team aims for ‘first Olympic gold in 52 years’ under Blanc

    Japan’s men’s volleyball team for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics has been finalized.

    The Japan Volleyball Association announced on its official social media accounts on Thursday the 13 men’s volleyball players who will compete in Paris.

    The roster includes captain outside hitter Yuki Ishikawa, setters Akihiro Fukatsu and Masahiro Sekita, opposite spikers Yuji Nishida and Kento Miyaura, outside hitters Tatsunori Otsuka, Ran Takahashi and Masato Kai, middle blockers Daishi Onodera, Akihiro Yamauchi and Kentaro Takahashi, 안전 토토사이트 and libero Tomohiro Yamamoto. Shoma Tomita will join them as a reserve.

    Japan’s men’s volleyball team hasn”t won an Olympic medal since winning in Munich in 1972. Starting in 1996 in Atlanta, they failed to qualify for three consecutive Games. In Beijing in 2008, they finished 11th and hoped to make a comeback, but were quickly rejected. In London 2012 and Rio 2016, they failed to qualify for two consecutive Games. In Tokyo 2021, they competed as the host nation and finished seventh.

    They also groaned at the World Championships. Japan’s men’s volleyball team finished third at the tournament for the second time since 1970. Since then, they haven’t finished on the podium. In 2014, they even suffered a shock qualification exit.

    In recent years, their competitiveness on the Asian stage has also been criticized. In the past, Japan”s men”s volleyball team was an absolute powerhouse at the Asian Games. Starting in Tokyo in 1958, they won five consecutive gold medals. They slipped to runner-up in Bangkok in 1978, but quickly regained their dominance at the next edition. However, their results have been uneven since then. In 2006 and 2018, he fell as low as fifth place.

    The downward spiral continued. In 2022, Japan’s men’s volleyball team had a “precipitation”. They hired French coach Philippe Blanc (now head coach of Hyundai Capital). Under Blanc, Japan’s men’s volleyball program reached its second peak. After warming up with a fifth-place finish in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in 2022 and a 12th-place finish at the World Championships in his first year, the team embarked on a “perfect season” the following year.

    In 2023, Japan’s men’s volleyball team finished third in the VNL, bringing home a medal at the World Championships for the first time in 46 years since the 1977 World Cup silver medal. It didn’t end there. They finished second (5-2) in their group at the Paris Summer Olympics, qualifying for the Olympic Games for the first time in 16 years. At the Asian Games in Hangzhou, she won a bronze medal.

    This year is no different. Having just finished the 2024 VNL qualifiers in fourth place (9-3), Japan’s men’s volleyball team is currently ranked second in the world. Only Poland is higher.

    The Japanese men’s volleyball team will begin their quest to win the VNL title with a quarterfinal match against World No. 9 Canada on May 28. After the tournament, the team will head to the Paris Olympics. It starts on the 26th of next month. It will be interesting to see how far they can go.

    Meanwhile, Blanc will officially take the helm of Hyundai Capital in August 2024, after the Paris Olympics. He will serve a three-year term.

    12Feb, 2024
    Born in 2008, Lee Ji-oh Placed 4th in the Men’s Halfpipe

    Born in 2008, Lee Ji-oh Placed 4th in the Men’s Halfpipe at the Snowboard World Cup

    Chaewoon Lee, 6th place overall in the halfpipe season… Choi Ga-on placed 7th in the women’s division.

    Snowboarder Lee Ji-oh (Yangpyeong Middle School), born in 2008, ranked 4th in the halfpipe at the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup.

    Ezio took fourth place with a score of 85.50 in the men’s halfpipe finals of the 2023-2024 FIS Snowboard World Cup held in Calgary, Canada on the 11th (Korean time).

    Lee Ji-O is a promising player who is two years younger than Lee Chae-Woon (Suri High School), born in 2006, who is currently the star of the Korean men’s halfpipe. 온라인카지노

    Lee Chae-woon

    He also participated in the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics (Gangwon 2024), where Lee Chae-woon won both the snowboarding halfpipe and slopestyle, and Lee Ji-oh, who ranked 5th in the halfpipe on the 1st of this month, continued his momentum by performing in the top ranks at the World Cup.

    Ezio, who has been competing in the World Cup since this season, has never passed the preliminaries in previous competitions, but in this competition, he ranked 9th in the preliminaries (67.75 points) and entered the finals, where the top 10 players advance, for the first time.

    In the final, he scored 85.50 points, the highest in the third period, leaving a much better result than the preliminaries in both score and ranking.

    The winner was Valentino Guselli (Australia), who scored 91.50 points in the final, while Japan’s Ruka Hirano (88.25 points) and Shuichiro Shigeno (86.75 points) took second and third place, respectively.

    World Cup

    Hirano accumulated 300 points in the overall rankings of the Halfpipe World Cup, where five competitions were held this season, beating Guselli (230 points) and taking first place in the event.

    Lee Chae-un, who only participated in three World Cup competitions due to injury and participation in Gangwon 2024 and won a silver and bronze medal, finished the season in 6th place (176 points).

    In the women’s division, Lee Na-yoon (Kyung Hee University) placed only 15th in the preliminaries (41.25 points) and did not advance to the finals.

    In this match, Mitsuki Ono (Japan) took the top spot in the final with 90.00 points, followed by Maddie Mastro (USA, 88.25 points) and Sena Tomita (Japan, 87.00 points).

    Mitsuki ranked 1st overall for the season (380 points), and Mastro ranked 2nd (260 points).

    Choi Ga-on (Sehwa Girls’ Middle School), who won the Copper Mountain World Cup in the U.S. last December, the second competition of this season, finished the season in 7th place overall (140 points).

    Choi Ga-on injured his back when he fell during training at the Swiss Rocks competition last month, and has not been able to participate in various competitions, including Gangwon 2024, since then.

    Chloe Kim (USA), who participated in two competitions and earned 76 points, finished in 15th place overall.

    3Feb, 2024
    North Korea-Japan World Cup Qualifiers to be held in Pyongyang in March

    North Korea-Japan World Cup Qualifiers to be held in Pyongyang in March… It’s Been About 4 Years Since the Inter-Korean Conflict

    February women’s soccer Olympic preliminaries will also be held at Kim Il-sung Stadium

    North Korea will be playing a national soccer match at home for the first time in four years.

    According to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) website on the 31st,

    the match between North Korea and Japan in the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asian region second qualifying round

    scheduled to be held on March 26 will be held at Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang.

    AFC also announced the game start time as 5 p.m. 바카라사이트

    World Cup

    Japanese media, including Nikkan Sports and Sports Hochi, also reported,

    “In the World Cup 2nd qualifying round schedule updated by AFC on the 30th,

    the venue for the match on March 26 was set at Kim Il-sung Stadium.”

    Considering that the match between Syria and Myanmar scheduled to be held on the same day (Syria home),

    the match between North Korea and Syria scheduled for June 6th (North Korea home) have not yet been specified,

    the location or time has not yet been specified,

    so the match on March 26 will be held in Pyongyang. It appears to have been confirmed.

    If this game is actually held at Kim Il-sung Stadium,

    North Korea will be playing a home international match for the first time in four years.

    North Korea has not held a home international match since playing the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian second qualifying match against South Korea at Kim Il-sung Stadium on October 15, 2019.

    During the last match against South Korea, North Korea vacated Kim Il-sung Stadium,

    which can accommodate over 40,000 people,

    without prior notice and held the game without spectators.

    Not only was the game not broadcast live, but the local internet conditions were also poor,

    making it a ‘blink’ unsuitable for the 21st century. ‘Gyeonggi’ caused controversy.

    North Korea vs Japan

    Afterwards, North Korea, which played consecutive away games against Turkmenistan and Lebanon in November 2019,

    declared abstention in the aftermath of the 2020 novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic and did not appear on the international stage for a while.

    Then, they returned to the international stage through the Hangzhou Asian Games in September of last year,

    when national teams of each age group participated,

    the A national team also returned through this North and Central America World Cup qualifier.

    The first leg of the World Cup 2nd qualifying round against Syria on November 16 last year was designated as a home game,

    but North Korea, which was played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a third country,

    won 6-1 in the second game away to Myanmar on November 21,

    taking 3 points, ahead of Japan (points). 6), they are ranked 2nd in Group B.

    North Korea and Japan are scheduled to play the third match at the Tokyo National Stadium on March 21st and then move to Pyongyang for a ‘return match’,

    so they will play two consecutive matches in March only.

    Meanwhile, prior to the North and Central America World Cup qualifiers,

    North Korea is also scheduled to play the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s soccer qualifier against Japan next month,

    it was announced on the AFC website that the first home game in the home and away format will be held at Kim Il-sung Stadium on February 24.

    However, there was no time for this game. 카지노사이트 백링크

    The second game is scheduled to be held at the Tokyo National Stadium on February 28.

    22Nov, 2023
    Klinsmann on ‘hard-fought win’: “We won a tough game… Hwang Ui-jo is our player”

    “Hwang Ui-jo is part of our team and nothing has been decided, so we need to help him focus on football”.

    The South Korea national football team, led by Jürgen Klinsmann, defeated China 3-0 in the second match of Group C of the 카지노사이트 FIFA 2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Second Qualifying Round at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, at 9 p.m. on June 21.

    “First of all, I want to thank the Chinese Football Association, the officials and the fans for their support,” Klinsmann said after the game, “It was a very difficult game. They had their chances. It would have been very difficult for us to concede in front of 40,000 fans. When we scored, we raised the atmosphere. We didn’t play as comfortably as we wanted to.”

    “But it helps us to have players like Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in and Hwang Hee-chan who can finish up front. And in defense, Kim Min-jae is holding up and playing well. I think Korean soccer is at its peak with the best players. I think it’s a game that gives us hope for the Asian Cup.”

    “We’ve had some good results in the last two games,” said Klinsmann, who is now in full Asian Cup mode. We got six points. We have to work harder to win the Asian Cup. It’s definitely a competition with good teams, so it can be difficult.”

    “First of all, he is a member of our team,” Klinsmann said, “I know there is a controversy in Korea about his personal life. But it has to be decided clearly. I don’t think he’s a criminal because it’s an ongoing situation. It’s important to help him perform well. I’ve experienced a lot of things in the last 40 years of soccer. If it’s clearly recognized as a problem, then maybe, but if not, you have to give him the opportunity to play hard.”

    Meanwhile, Klinsmann said, “Two of our three goals came from set pieces. “We lost to Italy in the 2006 World Cup on a set piece, and they scored 70% of their goals from set pieces. We will prepare well to avoid a repeat of that disappointment.” “It’s always exciting to play in front of a full house. I’m sure both Korean and Chinese soccer fans will have a great time.”

    14Aug, 2023
    U.S. cruises to 30-point win over undefeated Slovenia in evaluation game

    USA defeats Slovenia.

    The United States men’s national basketball team defeated Slovenia 92-62 in an exhibition game in Malaga, Spain, on Wednesday (Feb. 13).

    While the game was a win-or-lose affair, the two teams were in very different places heading into the game. 현금홀덤사이트 The United States, which won its first game against Puerto Rico in a blowout, had no significant absentees. Slovenia, on the other hand, was without ace Luka Doncic for the game, as Blatko Chančar recently went down with an ACL injury.

    The U.S. held a 47-33 advantage in rebounds and had the edge in possessions. Scorer Anthony Edwards (15 points) again led the team in scoring, while point guards Jaylen Brunson (11 points, 8 assists) and Tyreese Halliburton (10 points, 6 assists) also played well. Even Austin Reeves (11 points) scored in double figures in an evenly matched rotation.

    Slovenia, without Doncic, fell victim to a late fourth-quarter comeback that fell just short. Young P Gregor Glass, a 2001 graduate, led the way with 13 points, but no one else scored in double figures.

    The U.S. pounded Slovenia with back-to-back baskets from Ingram, Bridges and Brunson, and even got a nice block from reigning Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. Back-to-back baskets from Edwards later extended the lead, and the U.S. got evenly matched contributions from its bench, ending the first quarter with a 27-20 lead.

    In the second quarter, the U.S. extended its lead to double digits with Bobby Portis and Edwards coming up big. Slovenia, without Doncic, lacked the energy to stop the run. A Cam Johnson steal followed by a one-man fast break dunk to end the second quarter gave the U.S. a 47-31 lead heading into halftime.
    To start the third quarter, the U.S. attacked Slovenia from the outside with Bridges and Ingram. Down by as many as 20, Slovenia looked to break through with back-to-back three-pointers, but the USA answered with outside shooting from Cam Johnson and Austin Reeves. Halliburton’s slick hedgehog move helped the Americans close out the third quarter with a 67-49 lead.

    But the U.S. had a brief lull in the fourth quarter, allowing Slovenia to pull away. Not to be outdone, Slovenia pushed the lead to 13 points on a Glass three-pointer.

    The rattled USA got baskets from Edwards and Bridges, and managed to withstand Slovenia’s pressure defense to get out of trouble. With their offense back on track, the U.S. gradually increased their lead in the final minutes of the game. Reeves and Halliburton found the rim, and Walker Kessler followed with a spin move to close out the scoring.

    The U.S., looking to win the World Cup, will play defending champion Spain in an exhibition game on Thursday. The U.S. will then play Greece and Germany before kicking off its World Cup schedule on Sept. 26 against New Zealand.