The schedule for women’s volleyball at the Paris Olympics was announced on the 26th, with Japan, ranked 7th in the world, playing their first match in Pool B against Poland, ranked 4th, on July 28th.
They will play Brazil (ranked 2nd) on August 1 and Kenya (ranked 20th) on August 3. Both games will start at 8pm.
Each team will play three games in the preliminary round, and the top two teams from each group and the top two third-placed teams, a total of eight teams, will advance to the final tournament.
[Paris Olympics bracket]
Pool A
France (host country), USA (5), China (6), Serbia (9)
■Pool B
Brazil (2), Poland (4), Japan (7), Kenya (20)
Pool C
Italy (1), Turkey (3), Netherlands (8), Dominican Republic (11)
* ( ) indicates world ranking as of June 27th
[Past Olympic results for Japanese women]
Tokyo 1964 Gold Medal
1968 Mexico Silver Medal
1972 Munich Silver Medal
1976 Montreal Gold Medal
1984 Los Angeles Bronze Medal
1988 Seoul 4th place
1992 Barcelona 5th place
1996 Atlanta 9th place
Sydney 2000 – Did not play
Athens 2004 – 5th place
2008 Beijing 5th place
London 2012 Bronze Medal
Rio 2016: 5th place
Tokyo 2021 10th place
Source: Japanese