‘Amateur’ men’s curling defeats 2nd place in world championships Canada

As an amateur team, the Korean national men’s curling team with the Taegeuk mark made a surprise beating Canada, the second place in the world, at the World Championships.

Korea (Skip Young-Seok Jung) won the 2021 World Men’s Curling Championship in Calgary, Canada on the 6th (Korea time) in the 7th round of the qualifying round against Canada by 10-9. Canada is ranked second in the world ranking and fourth in the team ranking. On the other hand, Korea is in 8th place.

At the beginning of the qualifying round, Korea was defeated by Italy, Russia, Norway, Scotland, and Denmark for 5 consecutive times. After defeating the Netherlands the day before, he won his first victory and defeated Canada on this day.

Korea, who scored 3 points in the 1st end, succeeded in stealing (the first team scored) in the 4th end, leading 6-1. Continued an 8-3 lead to the 7th end. However, Canada (skip Brendan Bocher) took 8 ends to the’Big End’ with 4 points. South Korea allowed a two-point steal in the ninth end and was dragged to the 8-9. However, at the end of the game, Jung Young-seok succeeded in two points with an exquisite takeout at the end of the game.

The men’s national team consisted of Skip Jung Young-seok, lead Lee Jun-hyung, second Park Se-won, third Kim Jung-min, and Seo Min-guk players and coaches. They are all seniors and juniors at middle and high schools in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do. They couldn’t join the unemployment team, but they beat the unemployment team in the national selection last year and put on the Taegeuk mark. The youngest, Junhyung Lee, worked at an internet clothing company and exercised at the same time.

If you are in the 6th place among 14 teams in this tournament, you will be eligible for the Beijing Olympics. The 1st and 2nd place teams in the qualifying round go directly to the semi-finals, and the 3rd-6th and 4th-5th teams collide, and the winning team rises to the semifinals. Korea is ranked 11th with 2-5. Korea faces China on the 7th.

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