Original title: the Chinese women's team strives for 'straight through' at the Tokyo Olympic football qualifying match
Yesterday, the Asian qualifying match of women's Sevens Rugby for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was held in the sports center of Guangzhou University Town. On the first day of the competition, the Chinese women's team defeated South Korea and Hong Kong, China, 49-0 and 42-7 respectively. At present, they have won two games in the group competition. Today, they will face the last opponent of the group, Sri Lanka. If there is no accident, China will compete with Kazakhstan, a strong enemy in group B, for a ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games. The final will start at 16:30 today.
A total of 8 teams participated in the competition. The Chinese women's team was in group A at home with Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and South Korea; The strong Asian team Kazakhstan is in group B with Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. In the Asian women's Sevens Rugby series just ended in September, the Chinese women's team performed well and won the second place. The strongest opponent is Kazakhstan. In order to prepare for the Olympic qualification, the Chinese women's team had a week-long exchange with the visiting Russian team, and went to New Zealand for a nine-day training in mid October.
Yesterday, the Chinese women's team welcomed the South Korean women's team, the first opponent in the group stage of the Olympic qualifier. The Chinese team showed strong strength and beat the opponent with an absolute advantage of 26-0 at the end of half-time. Yi Bian fought again. With the advantage of speed and strength, the Chinese team continued to siege the South Korean team and finally made a good start 49-0.
The second opponent of the Chinese team in the group stage was Hong Kong, China. The two teams had attack and defense against each other at the beginning, and the war was locked up. The score was 7-7. At this time, the Chinese women's team once again used the speed advantage to break the deadlock, scored twice in a row, led 21-7 at the end of the half-time, and finally ended the game 42-7.
At present, the Chinese team has won two group games and will meet the last opponent of the group, Sri Lanka, on the morning of the 10th. This competition is free and open to the general public. Welcome to the scene to cheer for the Chinese team.