South Korea's Women's Handball Holds China to 亞 Championship semifinals'Successfully Qualified for 21 consecutive World Championship finals'
Dec 07, 2024
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The South Korean women's handball team, led by head coach Lee Gye-cheong, beat China 25-14 in the third Group A match of the 20th Asian Women's Handball Championship at Indra Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi, India on the 6th (Korea time). With the victory, South Korea advanced to the semifinals as No. 1 in the group, winning three consecutive games after Singapore (47:5) and Kazakhstan (30:20). South Korea will face Iran, the second-ranked team in Group B, on the 8th to advance to the finals. The semifinal match of this tournament will be held with Korea-Iran, and Japan-Kazakhstan matches.
South Korea closed the first half with a 15-9 lead. At the beginning of the second half, an error occurred and we played a difficult game. South Korea once allowed a chase of up to 17-14, three goals. South Korea took advantage of its operational time. South Korea, which cleared its ranks, kicked Kim Min-seo's penalty and widened the score to 19-14 with a quick attack. On top of that, goalkeeper Park Sae-young's good defense was tied to block the opponent's attack. South Korea kicked Kim Min-seo and tied Lee Hye-won's consecutive points to secure the victory.
On this day, South Korea's Seo A-ru and Lee Yeon-kyung scored six goals each. Ubitna added four goals. Park Sae-young scored 18 saves (56.3% defense rate) to win the game. The MVP was Lee Yeon-kyung.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
