Albirex NO1 in Eastern Conference

Albirex NO1 in  Eastern Conference

Niigata Albirex BB progressed to the play offs tournament of Professional Bascketball league BJ League.

They beat Sendai by 109-63 yesterday in the final game of the regular season and comfirmed the first place in the eastern conference league for the first time since the league begun.

The play offs are competed by 12 teams from top 6 teams  of both 2 conferences.
As Niigata are at 1st place, they attend it from the Eastern conference semi finals.

The semi fainals are held in 11th and 12 of May, both at Toyano Sogo Taiikukan, Niigata.

Please cheer for the team to win the long awaited championship as an original members of the league.

London Olympic Games begin in 27th July( some competitions start early).
Five athletes related to Niigata participate in the games
Here are  a list of the athletes.

Sailing(Men's RS-X)
Makoto Tomizawa
Born in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Pref.
Toyota Motor East Japan 

RaceSchedule
31 July Race 1, 2
1 August Race 3,4
2 August Race 5,6
4 August Race 7,8
5 August Race 9,10
7 Ausust Medal Race

After ten races, the ten best athletes progress to the medal race.

Football(Men's Competion)
Gotoku Sakai
Born in Sanjo, Niigata Pref.VfB Sttutgart

Daisuke Suzuki
Born in Tokyo
Albirex Niigata

Game Schedule
First Round, Group
26 July(14:45BST) vs Spain
29 July(17:00BST) vs Morocco
1 August(17:00BST) vs Hondurus
Two best teams of each group progress to knockout stage.

Athletics Women's 400M Hurdles
Satomi Kubokura
Born in Hokkadio
Niigata Albirex Running Club

Round1
5 August(19:00BST)
Semi Final
6 August(20:15BST)
Final
8 August(20:45BST)
All the races are held at the Olympic Satdium


Megumi Kamionobe
*Back-Up player
She could register to the team if someone couldn't play due to an injury.
She will stay with the team during the competition.  

Born in Kanagawa Pref.
Albirex Niigata Ladies

First Round, Group F
25 July(17:00BST) vs Canada at City of Coventry Stadium
28 July(12:00BST) vs Sweden at City of Coventry Stadium
31 July((14:30BST) vs South Africa at Millennium Stadium
Top two teams of the group go through to the knockout stage and two best third placed teams of all the three groups also progress.

Goldmedalist Join the Road Race

Niigata city government announced they invite a gold medalist Naoko Takahashi who won in the women's marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics to its annual road races "Niigata City Marathon" as a guest runner.

"Niigata City Marathon" commemorating its 30th anniversary is held in 7th October this year.

About 10,000 people participate in the road races. Most are general runners.

Races start a at Niigata Athletic Stadium and go around the Niigata Island and along the coast and come back to the stadium.


We'll give you the further Information on this road races later.