Japan’s men’s national team, the Samurai Japan (World Ranking: WR15), lost 1-5 to Egypt (WR20, Group B 4th) in the preliminary round to determine the 5-8th place at the 33rd Olympic Games (Paris, 2024) Hockey Final Qualifying Tournament (Valencia, 2024) in Valencia, Spain. 20, Group B, 4th) and lost 1-5.

Japan will advance to the 7th place playoff on January 21 at 18:00 (JST).

FIH World Ranking as of January 12

The tournament will be streamed live on Watch Hockey. (* Free account registration is required.)

Official match record of the 5th-8th preliminary game [Updated: 2024.1.19].

Score

• 18th min PS – #15 DF Ken Nagayoshi (LIEBE Tochigi)

Related Information

• Japan Men’s National Team Samurai Japan “33rd Olympic Games (2024/Paris) Hockey – Final Qualifying Tournament (2024/Valencia)
• FIH “The 33rd Olympic Games (2024/Paris) Hockey – Final Qualifying Tournament (2024/Valencia)” Official Website
• FIH – The 33rd Olympic Games (2024/Paris) – Hockey – Final Qualifying Tournament (2024/Valencia) Official Site
• FIH – TMS official site
• Watch.Hockey [Hockey Video Streaming Site]
• FIH Official Social Media [Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube] 
• Japan Women’s National Team “Samurai Japan”