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China, Korea and Japan in Challenge" in top level teams of 3 countries.
Chinese GB is developing.
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"China, Korea and Japan in GB Challenge" by top level teams of 3 countries was held in Guangzhou, China on November 26th last year.
Chinese GB Association proposed this Game to make good relationship and improve GB skill.
This Game was officially the first international games among 3 countries.
From Japan two teams participated in. One is “Kenshokai” that had good results in every Championship recently. The other one is “Ogaki Jr.” that is No.1 young team in junior generation.
Korean teams are selected teams. Chinese teams are a winner and second one in Chinese GB Championship that was held for four days at the same time.
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All members of 3 countries
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Japanese Teams |
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Korean Teams |
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China walks over another countries. Chinese teams prove their GB high level.
Six teams divided into two parts and the preliminary league was done. The final is done by two teams of the first each part place.
Kenshokai advanced the game on a good wicket against No1 Chinese team, but lost a game.
Also a dream of “Ogaki Jr.” was broken by No2 Chinese team. Their first international games became a slightly bitter debut. Both teams had many practicing games with Chinese teams the previous day, and proved their skill which played against Chinese strong teams with same level. However in The games they were defeated outright by high level skill of Chinese top teams. Japanese teams were eliminated in the preliminary league.
The result of the Games ended in the overwhelmingness of Chinese teams by as follows.
The 1st prize China「南 工商」
The 2nd prize China「「重慶大足」
The 3rd prize Korea “A” , Japan “Kenshokai”
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Chinese GB erases its image that Chinese team's weak point is natural lawn court.
It was thought that the current China limited in the strategy to make good use of the touch power and the slide touch, it was limited to the artificial court though it was acknowledged, and there were still a level difference in natural lawn court.
The 4th Asian GB Championships 2004 in Kagoshima and Akita world games 2001 were held on natural lawn court. Chinese teams didn't get good place in the Championships on the lawn court.
Since defeat in Akita 2001, the natural lawn court was made in domestic each place. China demonstrated those results enough, and showed off height at a technical level also in natural lawn court.
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High level skill in “Spark”
“Kenshokai”
VS “重慶大足”
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Chinese Referees are all young. |
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Showing strictly strike
Many audiences in games
Chinese teams
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High Level of Referee skill
In addition, skills of referee in China has raised the level though has proven with several times of this international games.
International referees participated in this Game. As they proved their skill at the 9th World Championships in South Korea last year, they showed youthful activity in games.
"Chinese Domestic Championshis" is held at the same time
"Chinese Domestic Championshis" was held in the same venue on 23th - 26th in November, and the exciting games were showed by 82 teams that participated in from Chinese whole area.
First place carried with it an award of 20,000 yu-en.
The final game became wonderful game.
Skills and tactics of both teams were even.
Finally 「重慶大足」team defeated「南 工商」team with strong fighting spirit.
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Voices of Japanese Players
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Taichi Nakamura
Captain of “kenshokai”
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Very much interested in “Stepping over strikeg
Speaking honestly, China teams are strong.
It had sticking to in the match in a good meaning, and the touch power was especially wonderful according to the expectation.
It was felt that the level is higher than Japan now, at the skill, the strategy, spirit, and all.
When I watched the exciting games of Chinese teams, I feel fine because GB started in Japan, and spread to another countries rapidly.
Now many countries became strong. It's wonderful.
And I'm interested in “stepping over strike” of Chinese players and swell with aspiration to learn “stepping over strike”. I want to raise the level of the team with oneself and to challenge again.
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Takayuki Ohno
Manager of “Ogaki Jr.”
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Skill of Chinese player and Referee is No.1 in the world
Chinese players make 4-5 m “touch” easily in natural lawn court. Also “slide touch”, too. There was the wonderful one in a soft touch skill toward the line. I think that the skill of present China is the best in the world even if touch, a distance feeling, a slide, detailed play, and any are taken. Moreover, the skill of Chinese referee was also wonderful, and the game was thrilling. I didn't know the referee in China is a specialist without playing. It was thought that only the person who was able to do the strategy improved the referee level, I who had thought was complete ignorance. The referee crew's action is methodical. When I saw it, I feel it fresh.
Japan is the one that wants to be learnt by all means.
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Tatsuaki Shimada
Captain of “Ogaki Jr.”
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Surprised at high level of Chinese skill
Chinese teams seldom make mistake. The skill in touch, the slide, and sending ball is better than Japan. I am surprised at the difference of its skill.
It was not possible to win as long as ally balls were collected in the early stage of a game, and it did not bring it in to the victory pattern. It was only one game that was able to reverse the game to which the early stage of a game had been taken by China only by six games. Long touch was applied, touched with the slide before it took it to the victory pattern, and it had a hard time very much.
Japan will not be able to compete with China by the skill of Japan today.
Hereafter, I want to practice as being possible to catch up with the skill of China.
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Taichi Nakamura, Captain of “kenshokai”
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“Ogaki Jr.” All members are under 18. |
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