[Asian Games] Korean Women's Handball Challenges for 3rd Consecutive Victory, First Match Against Uzbekistan on the 25th
The men's national team aims to regain supremacy 13 years after the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
The Korean women's handball team, which is challenging its third consecutive Asian Games gold medal, will play its first match against Uzbekistan on the 25th. 바카라사이트
Korea, led by coach Henrik Signel (Sweden), will play against Uzbekistan in the first match of Group A of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games handball women's group stage at the Xiaoshan Gymnasium of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China at 5 p.m. (Korean time) on the 25th.
Korean women's handball is recognized by everyone as the strongest in Asia.
Last month, they won the Asian regional qualifying competition for the 2024 Paris Olympics, achieving a record of advancing to the Olympic finals for the 11th consecutive time.
In Olympic handball, the Korean women's national team is the only team to advance to the finals 11 times in a row for both men and women.
At the Asian Games, Korean women's handball has won gold medals every time except for the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
Korea was placed in Group A along with Uzbekistan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan in this tournament.
It is expected that they will compete for medals with Japan or China, who will advance from Group B.
Japan's recent growth has been remarkable, and they cannot guarantee victory, as they won the final of the Olympic preliminary competition last month by a one-goal margin and won the final of the Asian Championships in December last year after overtime.
The presence of national team ace Ryu Eun-hee (Hungary Gyori), who plays in Europe, is solid.
The men's national team, led by coach Hollando Freitas (Portugal), is aiming to win the gold medal for the first time in 13 years since the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
Men's handball has recently grown rapidly in the Middle East, including Qatar, Bahrain, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
Qatar is a strong team that finished second in the 2015 World Championships, and Bahrain, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are also tough opponents.
Our men's national team entered Group B along with Qatar and Hong Kong in this tournament and will play its first match against Hong Kong at 1pm on the 25th.
There is a high possibility that the match against Qatar on the 27th will be the match for first place in the group.
It is not difficult to pass the first group stage, but in the final league where you have to face strong teams, you must place in the top two of the group to advance to the semifinals.
The men's national team, which recorded a 28-28 draw in a practice match with Iran on the 22nd, is also scheduled to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics Asian regional qualifying tournament in Doha, Qatar, in October.
For Korean handball, which appointed foreign coaches for both the men's and women's national teams in May 2022, the Hangzhou Asian Games is the first comprehensive competition to be held since the hiring of foreign coaches.
The women's national team resigned coach Kim Rasmussen (Denmark) after winning the Asian Championship in December last year, and appointed new coach Signel in April this year.
The men ranked 28th out of 32 participating countries at the World Championships in January this year.