[Asian Games] Table Tennis Men's and Women's Team Competition Between South and North Korea, 'Finals' Achieved at Gaya
Both Korean men and women are ranked against Japan, not China, which is the ‘strongest’ team.
In the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games table tennis team event, the 'North-South showdown' will take place only if both teams survive to the finals in both the men's and women's divisions. 바카라사이트
The North Korean women's table tennis team defeated the Maldives with a match score of 3-0 in the second match of Group C of the table tennis women's team event held at the Gungsu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 23rd.
North Korea, which defeated 'strong' Chinese Taipei the day before in a close match in a full match, closed the group stage with two wins and confirmed first place in Group C.
While South Korea confirmed first place in Group D the day before, North Korea took first place in Group C, so the two teams had to survive until the finals to face each other.
The last time North and South Korean women's table tennis faced each other in an international team event was in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics World Team Qualifier held in Portugal in January 2020.
North Korea won at that time.
As a result of the draw that was held after completing all of the men's and women's team preliminaries on this day, Korea will play the quarterfinals against the winner of the Kazakhstan-Hong Kong match.
If we win here, there is a high possibility that we will meet Japan in the semifinals.
It is a match against China that will have to be made until the finals.
It's a decent matchup for the Korean women's national team.
We avoided both the troublesome North Korea and the ‘strongest’ China.
North Korea will play the quarterfinals against the winner of the India-Thailand match.
If we win here, we will likely face China in the semifinals.
On this day, North Korea won comfortably, with Park Soo-kyung in the first singles, Kim Geum-young in the second singles, and Choi Jong-im in the third singles all beating the Maldivian players 3-0.
In the second match of Group B in the men's team event, North Korea won 3-0 over Nepal.
North Korea, which lost to Japan the day before, finished second in Group B and advanced to the round of 16.
As a result of the draw, the North Korean men's national team also had to reach the finals to face South Korea.
Korea will face the winner of the Kazakhstan-India match in the quarterfinals.
There is a high possibility that they will meet Japan in the semifinals.
It appears that they will have to go to the finals to face China.
The semifinals are expected to be a watershed for the men's team to advance to the finals for the eighth time in a row.
If North Korea wins the round of 16 against Hong Kong, it will play against Taiwan in the quarterfinals.
If we win here, we will likely play in the semifinals against China.