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Lee Jun-seok Wins Teqball Gold at Asian Games... First Gold Medalist in the Sport


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▲ South Korea's Lee Jun-seok competes against Iraq's Ali Jaleel Mezher Al-Aleyawi in the men's singles teqball final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Nagoya Higashi Sports Center in Japan on September 20. Lee Jun-seok celebrates after winning the first set.

Teqball national team member Lee Jun-seok has claimed the South Korean delegation's third gold medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Lee defeated Iraq's Ali Jaleel Mezher Al-Aleyawi 2-0 (12-11, 12-5) in the men's singles teqball final held today (September 20) at the Nagoya Higashi Sports Center in Japan.

This marks South Korea's third gold medal of the games, following Seong Seung-min's gold in the women's modern pentathlon individual event and the gold medal in the men's modern pentathlon team event.

Teqball, a sport where players hit a soccer ball back and forth across a curved specially designed table, made its debut as an official medal event at this tournament, making Lee the first-ever teqball gold medalist in Asian Games history.

(Photo: Yonhap News)

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