'Lost well' South Korean women's handball' 'The strongest' lose to Norway'20-26 losing to quarterfinals'
Jul 30, 2024
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The South Korean women's handball team, led by head coach Henrik Signel, lost 20-26 to Norway in the third round of the women's handball group A at the 2024 Paris Olympics at South Paris Arena 6 in Paris, France on the 30th (Korea time). With one win and two losses, South Korea's goal of advancing to the quarterfinals seems to be getting farther and farther away.
In this competition, six teams will be divided into two groups to compete for skills. They must finish in the top four of each group to advance to the quarterfinals. In Group A, Korea, Germany, and Slovenia all have one win and two losses. If all three countries finish the group stage with one win and four losses, Germany, which is ahead of the goal difference between the three teams, will reach the quarterfinals. In order for Korea to reach the quarterfinals, it has to accumulate more points than Germany and Slovenia in the remaining matches against Sweden and Denmark, but it is not easy in reality. Sweden and Denmark are strong players who ranked third and fourth at the World Championships last year.
Norway was the runner-up at the World Championship in December last year and is a traditional handball powerhouse. He also won back-to-back Olympic titles in 2008 and 2012. South Korea, which lost to Slovenia, which must be caught in the second game, strengthened its will to win against Norway. Signel said "I actually thought Slovenia was the most likely team to win out of the five. The remaining three teams are very strong. I won't give up and go all the way. There are still three games left. Our focus is always to prepare for the next, then right in front of the back. I will prepare well for the upcoming match against Norway right now." Shin Eun-ju also "It was not an easy challenge from the beginning. We ran to break it. I'll rearrange it, and I'll try again on the court"I vowed.
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Norway scored three goals in a row from 14–13, extending their lead to four goals and then fighting each other for four minutes from 18–14 Norway opened the gap by scoring on the left wing to make it 19-14. Korea fought hard until the end, but the strongest wall was also high. In Korea, Ryu Eun-hee scored six goals, and Kang Kyung-min and Kim Bo-eun scored three goals each.
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