[Asian Games] Men’s Basketball Match Between Korea and Japan, Women’s Soccer Match Between North and South Korea ‘Big Match’
On the 30th, more than a week after the opening, ‘big matches’ of team ball games will continue at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
First, at noon, the men’s basketball group match between Korea and Japan will be held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
International Basketball Federation
In the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) rankings, Japan ranked 26th and Korea ranked 51st,
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In addition, Japan secured a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics by defeating Finland and Venezuela in succession at the FIBA World Cup that ended earlier this month,
ranking 19th among the 32 participating countries, the highest ranking among Asian countries.
Due to concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19),
Korea did not participate in the World Cup qualifiers and did not advance to the finals.
However, in Japan, many of the main players who participated in the World Cup did not participate in this Asian Games,
the national team consisted mainly of young players in their 20s.
Women’s National Soccer Teams
Korea, led by coach Chu Il-seung, and players such as La Gun-ah (KCC) and Heo Hoon (Sangmu) improved their sense of the game through previous matches against Indonesia and Qatar.
In two friendly matches against Japan held in Seoul in July, they recorded 1 win and 1 loss.
However, in the record against the women’s national soccer teams of South Korea and North Korea,
Korea is absolutely inferior with 1 win, 3 draws, and 15 losses.
The only victory came 18 years ago, in August 2005, in the East Asian Federation Cup.
At that time, Korea won 1-0 in the game held in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do.
Since then, they have met 12 times and have never won with 2 draws and 10 losses,
in the Asian Games, North Korea won all 5 games against South Korea.
The winner of this match will advance to the semifinals against the winners of Taiwan and Uzbekistan.
Diving Woo Ha-ram (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation) has won a total of 3 silver medals and 5 bronze medals in previous Asian Games,
holds the most medals among Korean athletes participating in this competition.
Woo Ha-ram aims to win an additional Asian Games medal in the men’s synchronized 3m springboard.
