Japanese women’s soccer beat North Korea and advanced to the finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Japan defeated North Korea 2-1 in the second home match of the Paris Olympics women’s soccer
third qualifying round held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on the 28th.
Japan, who had drawn 0-0 with North Korea in the first match held on the 24th from Pyongyang, North Korea, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
won the two games with a total of 2-1, confirming their advancement to the women’s soccer finals at the Paris Olympics held in France in July-August this year. 바카라사이트
Japan succeeded in advancing to the Olympic women’s soccer finals for the second consecutive time and for the sixth time in total,
following the 2021 Tokyo Olympics (quarterfinals) held in the country.
Japan’s best performance in women’s soccer at the Olympics is a silver medal at the 2012 London Games.
Unlike the men’s team, where players under the age of 23 participate, the Olympic women’s soccer team,
where the adult national team plays, can only have 12 countries participate in the finals,
making it much narrower than the Women’s World Cup, where 32 countries participate.
North Korea, which participated in the finals of the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London tournaments and was eliminated in the group stage,
attempted to advance to the finals for the first time in 12 years, but failed.
On this day, Japan took the win with consecutive goals by Hana Takahashi in the 26th minute of the first half and Aoba Fujino in the 31st minute of the second half,
while North Korea had to be satisfied with Kim Hye-young’s one goal in the 36th minute of the second half.
In the third preliminary match held in Melbourne, Australia, Australia defeated Uzbekistan 10-0 and won the first game (3-0) and a total of 13-0 to secure a ticket to Paris.
Australia, the fourth-place team in the 2023 Australia-New Zealand Women’s World Cup,
will advance to the Olympic finals for the third consecutive time,
following the 2016 Rio de Janeiro (quarterfinals) and Tokyo Olympics (fourth place).
With the two Asian countries selected on this day, 9 of the 12 teams that will participate in the women’s soccer competition at the Paris Olympics were decided.
France, the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, Japan,
and Australia have confirmed participation, and one European team will be decided on the 29th.
The preliminary round to determine the two African teams will be held in April.
Meanwhile, Korea, which has never participated in the Olympic women’s soccer finals,
was eliminated in the second Asian qualifying round held in October and November last year.
