The Japanese women's side claimed six of the eight available gold medals at the last competition in Heerenveen in The Netherlands.

It included a world record in the team pursuit.

They will be hoping to build on the form they showed in the Dutch city when they compete at the Soermarka Arena in Stavanger, with the event due to start tomorrow and conclude on Sunday (November 19).

Despite the superb display last weekend, Japan coach Johan de Wit insists there is more to come from his team and said their form so far will not be enough to win gold medals at next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

"This is just one tournament, the winter is still very long and the Olympic Games are in February," he said following the performance in Heerenveen.

"It’s nice to win here, but that’s not really what’s on my mind right now. 

"We still have to work on many things.

“What we have shown here is not good enough for Olympic gold, especially in the team pursuit. 

"I think we still have to become better in all events.

"The real prizes are awarded in February and everyone knows that. 

"There’s no excuse, if we will skate worse in Pyeongchang than we did here, we will have done a bad job.”

The event in Stavanger is the second competition on this season's Speed Skating World Cup circuit.

The first four World Cups help to determine the qualifiers for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

A total of 100 men and 80 women will qualify for the Games, which are due to take place from February 9 to 25.