Nadeshiko Japan (Photo: Brazilian national team match on November 30 last year)[写真]=Getty Images
The “1st Qualifying Round of the 2024 Paris Olympics Asian Women’s Football Final”, in which the right to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics was at stake, took place on February 24 (Saturday), with Nadeshiko Japan (team Japan women’s national team) competing against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will play against the women’s national team.
The venue will be the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and kick-off is scheduled for 10.04pm (Japan time).
The match between Nadeshiko Japan and the North Korea Women’s National Team will be televised and distributed online. On TV, “NHK BS” will broadcast live from 9.59pm, on the Internet “DAZN” will broadcast live from 9.54pm. On terrestrial television, “NHK General” will broadcast a recorded broadcast starting at 12:30 p.m.
Overview of Nadeshiko Japan vs North Korea Women’s National Team[Calendario della partita/orario di trasmissione]
Nadeshiko Japan, which aims to participate in the Olympics for the second time in a row and for the sixth time, will play against the women’s national team of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) in the first match of the Paris Asian Final Qualifiers tournament on Saturday, February 24 Women’s Football Championships of the 2024 Olympics (Prince). The match will take place at Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium).
The “2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Football Asian Final Qualifiers” will be held home and away. However, it was difficult to choose the location for the first match, which would be held in North Korea’s home stadium. Negotiations between the two countries have stalled due to the lack of regular flights from Japan to North Korea and security concerns. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which had shared the progress, proposed hosting the tournament in a third country and ultimately it was decided to hold the tournament in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, February 21.
Nadeshiko Japan is ranked 8th in the latest FIFA Women’s Rankings (announced December 15, 2023) and North Korea is ranked 9th, so it will be a clash between 1st and 2nd in the Asian rankings (AFC ).
The two teams just met in the women’s football 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.
■1 qualifying round of the Asian women’s football final of the Paris 2024 Olympics
- Date and time: Kick-off Saturday, February 24, 2024, 10:04 pm (Japan time)
- Match location: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
- Match sheet: 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 8 the members of Nadeshiko Japan will play the first two matches of the “1st Qualifying Round of the 2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Asian Football Final”.
Saki Kumagai (Roma), Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City), Risa Shimizu (West Ham) and others were selected, while Hinata Miyazawa, the top scorer of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023, was selected in December last year, he was not called up because he underwent ankle surgery.
On February 15, it was decided that midfielder Jun Endo (Angels City/USA), originally included in the squad, would not participate in national team activities due to an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. MF Hikaru Kitagawa (INAC Kobe Leonessa) was also called up on the 16th.
■Members of Nadeshiko Japan
▼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/United States)
Commentary by Nadeshiko’s Japanese captain, Saki Kumagai
“We were supposed to do it in a very cold place, but we’re going to do it in a fairly warm place, so there’s a time difference, and we have to consult the medical staff and find out where we can sleep, and we have to go to the location to find out how much it will make warm. We are taking measures to the best of our ability, and even though time is very 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 extra time to play as a team, not just for the players, but for everyone as a a team and I want to be able to face all this with awareness.”
Nadeshiko Japan vs North Korea Women’s National Team Telecast/Online Distribution
The match between Nadeshiko Japan and the North Korea Women’s National Team on Saturday, February 24 will be broadcast on TV and online streaming.
On TV, “NHK BS” will broadcast live from 9.59pm, on the Internet “DAZN” will broadcast live from 9.54pm. On terrestrial television, “NHK General” will broadcast a recorded broadcast starting at 12:30 p.m.
■NHKBS (live broadcast)
- Program start: February 24 (Saturday) 9.59pm
- launch:
[Commento]Takako Yano, Mana Iwabuchi
[Commento dal vivo]Hiroshi Sakai
■DAZN (live distribution)
- Program start: February 24 (Saturday) 9.54pm
- launch:
[Commento]Azusa Iwashimizu
[Commento dal vivo]Tatsuhiko Nishi
■NHK General (recorded broadcast)
- Program start: February 25 (Saturday) 00:30
- launch:
[Commento]Takako Yano, Mana Iwabuchi
[Commento dal vivo]Hiroshi Sakai
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