14 The Japanese women's volleyball team, which was confirmed to enter the Paris Olympics on the 14th, faced the Serbian team in the Fukuoka station of the third week of the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League at the Kitakyushu City West Nippon Comprehensive Exhibition Center on the 15th. In this campaign, Japanese women's volleyball team captain Sarina Koga scored the team's second-highest 14 points and helped the team win 3-0. After the game, regarding getting a ticket to the Paris Olympics, Koga Sarina said with a smile, "It's great!" and expressed her gratitude: "I'm really relieved. I think it's the efforts of the whole team. "
Regarding Sarina Koga, who has shown a sense of presence as the backbone of the team, coach Masaki Manabe once again saluted and said: "Sarina Koga is in her third year as the captain. You must know that the women's volleyball team The captain has a lot of work. The role is to make people grow. As a one-year captain, she leads the team. "As for the Japanese women's volleyball team's goal in the Paris Olympics, it has not been decided yet." "We decided after discussing with the staff," but the last game in Fukuoka on the 16th against the United States is a very important game.
Coach Manabe Masayoshi said that if he can enter the top five in the world rankings, he will occupy a favorable position in the Paris Olympics draw. This is crucial to achieving good results in the Olympics, so he wants to compete with Tokyo on the 16th. The Olympic champions, Team USA, won the match.