The Japanese women’s national baseball team is firmly ranked No. 1 in the world.
They are running an unprecedented women’s baseball team around the world, and at one point even founded a professional team. There are 60 elite high school women’s baseball teams for Japanese female students across the country. There is no country that can compete with Japan in women’s baseball, as it develops elite female baseball players through a systematic system.
However, the Japanese women’s baseball team is struggling in the Group B qualifiers for the ‘2024 Women’s Baseball World Cup’ hosted by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), which is being held in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan토토사이트.
Contrary to expectations that they would easily win the cold game, they are barely winning by 1 or 2 points, except for the weakest team, France (16th). Japan came from behind to win 4-2 over Puerto Rico (9th place), won a dramatic 5-4 walk-off victory over Venezuela (6th place), and won 2-0 over Chinese Taipei (2nd place). It was a long game that went all the way to the 7th inning.
As of the 16th, with a total of 4 wins, they early qualified for the super round of the ‘2024 Women’s Baseball World Cup’ to be held in Thunder Bay, Canada next spring, regardless of the remaining game, but it is questionable whether they will be able to lift the cup for the 7th time in history with their firepower not as good as before. A sign is added.
On the other hand, the U.S. women’s baseball team (4th place) won 3-2 over Australia (8th place) by one point, and Mexico (12th place) by 2 points in the ‘2024 Women’s Baseball World Cup’ Group A qualifier held in Thunder Bay, Canada last August. -0 wins, 14-0 5th cold game win over Korea (10th place), 23-0 5th cold game win over Canada (3rd place), 29-0 5th cold game win over Hong Kong (11th place) He showed great firepower by reaping the victory. In particular, in a game against Canada, who had similar world rankings, he hit two grand slams and shocked the home fans.
Of course, winning 29-0 or 1-0 is the same, but it is true that Japan is not showing the same overwhelming performance as before.
However, this does not mean that Japanese women’s baseball has regressed. It should be said that other countries such as Taiwan, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela have grown to that extent. Japan still skillfully displayed technical strikes, such as bunts and push-ups, depending on the game situation and the opponent’s defensive position.
The fact that only six pitchers were selected from the 20-man national team roster also showed confidence. The Korean national team selected eight pitchers and put a lot of effort into pitching, planning to use pitchers among fielders, but Japan is playing five games with only six pitchers.While there is a prevailing expectation that the finals of the 2024 Women’s Baseball World Cup, which will be held next spring, will be a battle between Japan and the United States, the Japanese national team is expected to win its 7th championship by defeating the young, energetic and energetic American national team with sophisticated and detailed baseball. Attention is focused on whether it can be done.