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The South Korean men's handball team left for the finals.
According to the Korea Handball Association, the national team left for Kuwait on the 13th to participate in the 22nd Asian Men's Championship.
South Korea was in Group A along with Oman and Qatar in the group league of this tournament.
He has a record of winning all five matches against Oman so far. Qatar's recent record against Qatar is tight with one win and one loss. They have faced off twice in the Asian qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics. In particular, Qatar is the winner of the Hangzhou Asian Games and is a key competitor for our national team in this tournament.
If they advance to the semifinals of this tournament, South Korea will be able to qualify for the 30th IHF World Men's Championship, which is scheduled to be held in January 2027. South Korea, which failed to advance to the world championship by finishing fifth in the last Asian men's championship, aims to return to the world stage for the first time in four years through this competition.
"Based on the improved performance of the players through the Shinhan SOL Bank 25-26 Handball H League, we have intensively trained our organizational skills such as tactics and strategies at Jincheon National Training Center and are ready to stand on the world championship stage," said Cho Young-shin, head coach of the national team. "As the Asian Championship is an important gateway to the world stage, we will produce results with intensive game management in every game."
Captain Ha Min-ho (SK Hawks) said, "The team atmosphere is very good. All the players are preparing for the same goal, he said. "I want to focus on one game and one game from the group league to produce the results that the national team wants."
The national team will play its first group match against Oman at 10 p.m. on the 18th in Korean time. The team will then face Qatar at midnight on the 21st. The main round and tournament schedule will then follow depending on the performance.
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