If we win the second match against Brazil, we will go to the Olympics 9 years after London in 2012
The Korean men’s handball team only won one victory in the Olympics finals after nine years.
Korea, led by coach Il-koo Kang, won the match against Chile on the first day of the Tokyo Olympic Men’s Handball Final Qualifier held at Podgorica in Montenegro on the 13th (Korean time) with a 36-35 victory.
In this tournament, Korea, Chile, Brazil and Norway will compete in a full league, and the top two countries will compete in the finals of the Tokyo Olympics in July.
Korea, who won one win first, will play the second game against Brazil (one loss) at 1:30 am on the 14th.
If Korea wins the second game against Brazil, it will confirm the final round of the Olympics 9 years after the 2012 London Olympics.
However, Brazil ranked 18th at the World Championships held in Egypt in January of this year, ranking one more than Chile, who stayed in 27th.
Last January, he defeated Chile 32-20 at the South American Championships.
In the World Championships in January 2019, a single team between the two Koreas lost 26-35 to Brazil, which is their recent confrontation with us.
Korea competed with Chile by 5-4, 1 goal by the first 15 minutes, and afterwards, Park Gwang-soon (Hanam City Hall) scored 7-4 in a row.
Goalkeeper Park Jae-yong (Hanam City Hall) continued to save, and in South Korea, Ha Min-ho (Incheon City Corporation) and Cho Tae-hoon (Doosan) added to the goal, leaving 4 minutes before the end of the first half, leading to 15-9.
Driving momentum, Korea finished the first half with a lead of 19-11 and 8 goals, and struggled in pursuit of Chile in the second half.
Korea led by nine goals until the second half of the 10th minute, keeping a relatively relaxed lead, but Chile, with eight goals abreast of Rodrigo Salinas and Sebastian Sebastian, narrowed the score with fierce momentum.
Eventually, the gap was shortened to 30-28, 2 goals in 12 minutes from the start of the second half, and Korea fled again with 4 goals due to goals such as Eui-kyung Jung and Dong-myeong Kim (Doosan Lee).
Chile scored three goals in a row from about 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the end of the match, which was behind 32-36, and followed up to the first goal, but Korea won a precious victory without allowing a tie.
In Korea, the national team Ace Jeong Jeong-kyung scored 8 goals, and Park Gwang-soon scored 7 goals, and Lee Joseph (Incheon City Corporation) 6 goals.
Goalkeeper Park Jae-yong securely defended the goal with an ERA of 42% (25/59) and rebuked the pain of losing 33-44 to Chile in the World Championships where the university selection took place in January this year.
◇ Men’s handball Tokyo Olympics final qualifying record
▲ 13th
Korea (1 win) 36 (19-11 17-24) 35 Chile (1 loss)
Norway (1 win) 32 (17-12 15-8) 20 Brazil (1 loss)
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