[Legendary Battle ①]Seoul Olympics Women’s Volleyball Semi-finals Japan vs Peru[First defeat]1988

A fateful match in the all-Japan women’s volleyball game, which has continued since the Tokyo Olympics, with the goal of defending consecutive medals. Although it is not talked about much these days, it is a tournament that is more memorable than records. 0:00:00 1st set 0:15:34 2nd set 0:31:47 3rd set 0:42:55 4th set 1st half 0:51:26 4th set 2nd half 0:58:11 5th set At the 1986 World Championships, Kojima All Japan finished in 7th place, the lowest in history. The Japan Volleyball Association declared a state of emergency, and coach Kojima resigned. Triple world champion Shigeo Yamada is once again in the running. Yamada said, “Japan has become weak. Please lend me your strength.” He invited his beloved disciple Yumi Maruyama (Egami), who was married and retired, to return to active duty, and he staked his claim on winning consecutive medals since the Tokyo Olympics. The last world championship I attended. — ●The road to the Seoul Olympics was full of hardships.November 1986 After the Los Angeles Olympics, Yumi Egami, who had retired, was brought back.While practicing the center two-setter between Nakata and Egami, Kumi Nakata seriously injured her right knee. He was injured and left the field. At the 1987 All Japan tournament, after much trial and error, such as using Egami as the setter and Hiroshi Obayashi as the center diagonal, they selected the newcomer Yukiko Takahashi as the regular setter, defeated South Korea at the Asian Championships, and earned a ticket to the Olympics. Kumi Nakata made a comeback in the fall international tournament in 1987, but her knee wasn’t in perfect condition and her condition fluctuated. In that year’s Japan League, Hitachi focused on the Seoul Olympics and played mainly with young members, and NEC won the championship, having former American representatives and two Los Angeles Olympics silver medalists as foreign helpers. Hitachi’s failure to win their seventh consecutive championship will have an impact on the selection of all-Japan players. — Shoko Kodaka and Keiko Miyajima, who were semi-regulars at last year’s All-Japan tournament, were left out, and the main players who contributed to NEC’s victory are now in the lineup. In addition, Manager Munai, who won the Kobe Universidad (1985), was appointed as the coach, and the Kobe Univ team was added to the team, which shows that they paid careful attention to various aspects, but it is doubtful whether Shigeo Yamada was an easy-to-use member. remains. In addition, as for the left ace, 17-year-old Mayumi Saito, who was an issue, was recognized for her outstanding performance in the domestic league, and in the first training camp, they practiced mainly with Hitachi’s main force + Mayumi Saito, but when Saito temporarily left due to injury, Even after her return, her form hasn’t improved, and the team opposite her ace Kayoko Sugiyama is in a state of confusion. The team went through a lot of trial and error, including adding Naomi Mashiko and Sachiko Otani (a representative from the Los Angeles Olympics) who had returned from injury just before the team. In the end, it was settled that Sachiko Fujita (Hitachi), who had been a semi-regular since the previous year and had no worries about collaboration, was established in the starting lineup, supported by Nichiden’s ace Ichiko Sato, but Saito was a member of the Asian Games held immediately after the Seoul Olympics. In the junior championship, he recovered from his injury and showed great performance. She contributed to the championship and was selected as MVP, so if she had been included in the team, she could have become an interesting figure.ーーー● Seoul Olympics starting lineup Kumi Nakata: 176 cm (305 cm) 22 years old Motoko Obayashi: 182 cm (312 cm) 21 years old Hironie: 183 cm (310 cm) 23 years old Yumi Maruyama: 175 cm (304 cm) 30 years old Kayoko Sugiyama: 180 cm (313 cm), 26 years old Sachiko Fujita: 173 cm (305 cm), 20 years old Sub member Ichiko Sato: 169 cm (303 cm), 23 years old *Name: Height (highest attained point) Age: Preliminary in this tournament In the league, they won against the Soviet Union and South Korea and advanced to the semi-finals in second place with two wins and one loss. If they won, they would advance to the final for the first time in 12 years, so in the fateful match against Peru, they easily lost two sets in the early stages as Peru gained momentum after winning three consecutive games against China, the United States, and Brazil. However, Japan recovered from the third set and took it to a full set. In the final set, they maintained a lead of 10-5, 12-9, 13-12, and were close to advancing to the finals with just “two more points”, but due to a series of unfavorable decisions, they lost the match. Kumi Nakata later recalled, “For a moment, gold and silver medals crossed my mind.” If they had won, their opponent in the final would have been the Soviet Union, who had won a dramatic victory in the qualifying league and had won four in a row, and it would have been the closest they got to the gold medal they had been chasing all their lives. The faction became sensitive to holding judgments and appealed vigorously, which had a subtle effect on judgments. At the end of the fourth set, Peru collapsed due to a foul, and in the fifth set, Japan was called for a series of fouls to even the score. In some cases, the referee’s intervention in the final stages of the match ended the match, and the delicate decision was criticized in Japan. The touch attacks that were popular at the time and the forceful pushing of the Peruvian players should originally have been differentiated, and even looking at them again, there were a lot of subtle rough plays on the Peruvian side in the final stages, and there was a sense of unfairness in that area. remain. 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