Korea lost their second straight in the group stage of the 27th World Men’s Handball Championship.
Our national team lost 32 to 24 to Belarus in the second leg of Group H of the group stage on the fourth day of the tournament held in Cairo, Egypt on the 17th (Korean time).
Korea, which lost 51 to 29 in the first leg against Slovenia two days ago, remained in the bottom of the group with a second loss.
As a result, Korea has been confirmed to be eliminated from the group stage with the remaining Russian Handball Association teams regardless of the match result.
Korea, where the college selection took place, faced relatively evenly, lagging behind by two goals in the second half, but could not keep up with the six-goal gap in the first half.
Kim Jin-young (Kyunghee University) scored the most goals by scoring 8 goals, and Kim Jin-ho (Korea Sports University) added 5 goals.
Korea will play the final match of the group stage with the Russian Handball Association team at 11:30 pm on the 18th.
In December of last year, Russia was punished for being unable to participate in major international sports competitions such as the Olympics and World Championships for the next two years due to doping manipulation charges.
This is the first event to be subject to the discipline of Russia, and Russia competed as a’Russian Handball Federation Team’ without using the national flag or country.
Even if Korea beat Russia in the final match of the group stage and Slovenia lost to Belarus and tied 1-2, the group cannot be placed in 3rd place due to the winner-win principle.
This tournament, in which 32 countries participated, is divided into 8 groups, and after a group stage, the top 3 countries from each group advance to the final league.
(Photo = 27th World Men’s Handball Championship Internet website photo, Yonhap News)