Japan at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Sporting event delegation
Japan at the
2016 Asian Beach Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitehttps://www.joc.or.jp
in Danang, Vietnam
September 24 (24-09) – October 5 (5-10)
Competitors54 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
7
Total
10
Asian Beach Games appearances

Japan competed in the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam from September 24 to October 5, 2016. The delegation was bannered by 54 athletes.[1] Japan send their representatives in 7 sports including beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, beach wrestling, vovinam, pétanque, and bodybuilding.[2]

The Japanese beach soccer team won the gold medal,[3] being the Japanese team's only gold medal in this game.[4] Bodybuilding took home one silver and two bronze medals, followed by beach sambo which won one silver and one bronze. Beach wrestling won two bronze medals, while pétanque and vovinam bagged one bronze medal each.[5][6]


Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Shingo Terukina
Yusuke Kawai
Shotaro Haraguchi
Yuki Nakahara
Naoya Matsuo
Teruki Tabata
Takaaki Oba
Takuya Akaguma
Takasuke Goto
Ozu Moreira		 Beach soccer Tournaments October 2
 Silver Takahiro Mizoguchi Bodybuilding Men's 158 cm September 27
 Silver Haruka Murase Beach sambo Men's 74 kg October 2
 Bronze Ayumi Goma Pétanque Women's singles September 28
 Bronze Hiroaki Inoue Bodybuilding Men's 172 cm September 28
 Bronze Shunsuke Taguchi Bodybuilding Men's 180 cm September 28
 Bronze Hikaru Aono Beach wrestling Women's 50 kg September 30
 Bronze Miku Saito Beach wrestling Women's +70 kg October 1
 Bronze Takehiro Yamashita Beach sambo Men's 74 kg October 1
 Bronze Yoshimi Sadamatsu Vovinam Dragon tiger form October 1
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Beach soccer 1 0 0 1
Bodybuilding 0 1 2 3
Beach sambo 0 1 1 2
Beach wrestling 0 0 2 2
Pétanque 0 0 1 1
Vovinam 0 0 1 1
Total 1 2 7 10

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Bodybuilding 3 0 3
Beach handball 10 10 20
Beach sambo 4 1 5
Beach soccer 10 0 10
Beach volleyball 2 2 4
Beach wrestling 1 2 3
Pétanque 4 4 8
Vovinam 0 1 1
Total 34 20 54

Beach soccer

Result

Team Event Group stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Afghanistan Afghanistan
W 11–0 		China China
W 7–2 		1 Q United Arab Emirates UAE
W 6–2 		Lebanon Lebanon
W 6–5 		Oman Oman
W 4–3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Team

Japan Shingo Terukina
Japan Yusuke Kawai
Japan Shotaro Haraguchi
Japan Yuki Nakahara
Japan Naoya Matsuo
Japan Teruki Tabata
Japan Takaaki Oba
Japan Takuya Akaguma
Japan Takasuke Goto
Japan Ozu Moreira

Beach volleyball

Men's tournament

Team Event Group stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Masato Kurasaka
Momota Shimada 		Men's tournament Oman Al-Shereiqi/Al-Housni
L 13–21, 13-21 		Thailand Sukto/Khaolumtarn
W 21-19, 21-17 		3 did not advance

Women's tournament

Group Stage

Team Event Group stage
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Azusa Futami
Reika Murakami 		Women's tournament China Tang/Wang
L 22-20, 13-21, 10-15 		Sri Lanka Lakmini/
Weerasinghe
W 21–16, 21–13 		Thailand Numwong/
Naraphornrapat
L 17–21, 8–21 		Philippines Gorre/Arocha
W 21-13, 21-5 		Vietnam Tứ/Lê
W 21–16, 18–21, 15–11 		3 Q

Knockout Stage

Team Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match Rank
Azusa Futami
Reika Murakami 		Indonesia Ratnasari/Eka
W 19-21, 21-18, 15–8 		Kazakhstan Mashkova/
Tsimbalova
L 15-21, 14-15 		did not advance

Pétanque

Men

1. Shooting
Haruki Kato

2. Singles
Takayuki Watabe

3. Doubles
Hiroshi Katata
Yoshihiro Noda

Women

1. Shooting
Keiko Katata

2. Singles
Ayumi Goma 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

3. Doubles
Akemi Kinoshita
Rieko Ujihara

Vovinam

Athlete Event Score Rank
Yoshimi Sadamatsu Dragon-tiger form 261 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ 第5回アジアビーチゲームズ. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ 日本代表選手団. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. ^ アジアビーチゲームズ　ビーチサッカー日本代表、延長戦を制し初の金メダル獲得！. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ Noriko Nagano (2016-10-25). 【祝　アジアビーチゲームズ初優勝　スペシャル対談】ビーチサッカー日本代表　茂怜羅オズ×後藤崇介「ビーチサッカー日本代表　出場全選手が大会を振り返る！」. Soccer King (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. ^ 貞松慶美（日本ボビナム協会）が銅メダル〜第5回アジアビーチゲームズ. Vovinam Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ 日本選手団結果 10月1日. Vovinam Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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