South Korea Exits Squash Team Events in Quarterfinals, Failing to Win a Medal for First Time in 8 Years

The South Korean squash team has finished the tournament without a medal for the first time in eight years after being eliminated in the quarterfinals of both the men's and women's team events at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

The men's national team lost 0-2 in the match score to Pakistan in the quarterfinals of the team event held today (September 30) at the Kinshofuto Arena in Nagoya, Japan.

In the women's team event quarterfinals, also held today, South Korea lost 0-2 in the match score to Japan.

Uhm Hwa-young and Heo Min-kyung, who won a bronze medal in the women's team event at the previous 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, aimed for back-to-back podium finishes but fell short of their goal.

Having previously been eliminated in all men's and women's singles and mixed doubles events, South Korea also failed to place on the podium in the team event, which was their last remaining chance for a medal.

This is the first time the country has failed to win a medal in squash at the Asian Games since the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games.

South Korea's all-time Asian Games medals in squash consist of four bronze medals: one in the women's singles by Lee Hae-kyung at the 2002 Busan Games, and others in the women's team events at the 2010 Guangzhou, 2014 Incheon, and 2022 Hangzhou Games.

(Photo courtesy of Korea Squash Federation, Yonhap News)
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