Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team

The Japan Women's National Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents Japan in international competitions for women as part of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.

Japan
IWBF zoneIWBF Asia Oceania
National federationJapan Wheelchair Basketball Federation (JWBF)
Paralympic Games
Appearances7
Medals2 Bronze
Wheelchair Basketball Asia Oceania Championship 2013

Current roster

The following 12 players named for the Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer ParalympicsWomen's tournament.[1]

Head coach: Yoshiaki Iwasa

# Name Class.
2Izumi Zaima (財満 いずみ)1.0
4Amane Yanagimoto (柳本 あまね)2.5
5Miki Hirai (平井 美喜)2.5
7Mayumi Tsuchida (土田 真由美)4.5
10Mayo Hagino (萩野 真世)1.5
12Ikumi Fujii (藤井 郁美)4.0
14Chinami Shimizu (清水 千浪)3.0
15Mari Amimoto (網本 麻里)4.5
18Chihiro Kitada (北田 千尋)4.5
19Yui Kitama (北間 優衣)1.0
22Emi Yasuo (安尾 笑)2.0
88Rie Odajima (小田島 理恵)2.5

Competitions

Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

Year Position W L
19947th[2]
19984th[2]
20024th[2]
20066th[2]
20107th23
20149th14
Total

Summer Paralympics

Japan has entered a wheelchair basketball team into the Summer Paralympics since 1984, when it won bronze defeating Canada,[3] until 2008.

Year Position W L
/ 1984Bronze[3]
19885th
19926th
19965th32
2000Bronze32
20045th33
20084th52
2012Did not Qualify
Total

See also

References

  1. "東京2020パラリンピック競技大会 車いすバスケットボール日本代表内定選手のお知らせ". Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Tokyo. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. "World Championships - Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09.
  3. Armand Thiboutot, Philip Craven (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A History. Waxmann Verlag. pp. 32–33. ISBN 3830954417.
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