Korean Handball Blocked by Sweden… Dark clouds over quarterfinals [2024 Paris Olympics]
The Korean women's handball team has suffered three consecutive losses in the group stage of the 2024 Paris Olympics, casting a dark cloud over their chances of advancing to the quarterfinals.
Korea, led by coach Henrik Signel (Sweden), lost 21-27 to Sweden in the fourth match of Group A in the women's handball group stage held at the South Paris Arena in Paris, France on the 1st.
After winning the first match against Germany, Korea lost to Slovenia, Norway, and Sweden in succession, now has 1 win and 3 losses. 바카라사이트
Korea will play its last group match against Denmark at 4 AM on the 4th.
If Korea draws or wins against Denmark, it will decide whether to advance to the quarterfinals based on the results of the remaining matches of Germany and Slovenia.
Korea struggled against the tall Sweden from the first half.
From the beginning of the first half, the gap widened and the team was down 6-13 and 7 goals.
Woo Bit-na and Kang Eun-hye changed the flow.
Thanks to their performances, they recovered 3 goals in a row, and at 9-14, Shin Eun-joo and Ryu Eun-hee scored a goal each to close the gap to 11-14.
However, with about a minute left in the first half, Sweden interrupted the flow with a play that was very much an attacker's foul.
The referee instead gave Sweden a 7m throw, which broke the chase.
The gap eventually widened to 4 goals, and the first half ended with a score of 11-16.
In the second half, Korea scored in succession with Ryu Eun-hee, Kang Kyung-min, and Kim Da-young at 14-20, and narrowly closed the gap to 2 goals with 13 minutes left.
However, they conceded 2 goals again, making the gap 4 goals.
And Kang Kyung-min's 7m throw was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper, preventing them from continuing their good flow.
On this day, Kang Kyung-min scored 5 goals for Korea, and Shin Eun-joo, Kang Kyung-min, and Kang Eun-hye each scored 4 goals.
Our national team coach Signel had hoped for an upset against his home country Sweden
Which came in fourth at the World Championships last December, but he had to pin his last hope of advancing to the quarterfinals on the fifth match against Denmark.
Denmark is a strong team that came in third at the World Championships last year.