▲ The South Korean women's national handball team poses for a commemorative photo before an open training session at the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, on the 9th, during a media day event for the national handball team ahead of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
The South Korean women's national handball team will clash with Japan tomorrow (the 27th), the final day of the Chuseok holiday, in a fierce battle for the gold medal.
Led by head coach Lee Gye-chung, the national team decisively defeated the last-place Vietnamese team 46-18 in their fifth round-robin match of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held today at the Inazawa Entrio in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
With this victory, South Korea secured their fifth consecutive win to tie with Japan, setting up the final sixth round-robin match—effectively the gold medal match—against Japan at 6 PM tomorrow at the same venue.
In this tournament featuring seven teams, the women's handball medal standings are determined by a single round-robin format where each country plays every other team once.
South Korea aims to wipe away the pain of a 10-goal defeat in the final of the 2022 Hangzhou Games three years ago and reclaim the Asian throne in Japan's backyard for the first time in eight years as they head into the gold medal showdown.
Capitalizing on Vietnam's loose defense, South Korea poured in goals through fast transitions, fast breaks, and active wing attacks, taking a commanding 22-9 lead in the first half on their way to an easy victory.
◇ Results for September 26 (Inazawa Entrio, Aichi Prefecture) ▲ Women's Handball Round-Robin 5th Match: South Korea (5 wins) 46 (22-9, 24-9) 18 Vietnam (5 losses)
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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