*This content was translated by AI.
The South Korean men's and women's badminton teams will make their first Asian championship ever.
The Korea Badminton Association said on the 30th that the badminton team will leave for Cheongdo, China on the 1st of next month to participate in the 2026 Asian Men's and Women's Badminton Championships.
The six-day tournament, which runs from the 3rd to the 8th of next month, will qualify for the World Men's and Women's Badminton Championships in Denmark in April only when it reaches the semifinals of the tournament.
The women's national team consisted of 10 members, including Ahn Se-young, Kim Ga-eun, Kim Hye-jung, Lee Yeon-woo (Samsung Life Insurance), Lee So-hee, Baek Ha-na, Lee Seo-jin (Incheon International Airport), Park Ga-eun (Kimcheon City Hall) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank).
In addition, 10 players, including Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae, Jihoon Choi (Samsung Life Insurance), Yoo Tae-bin and Cho Hyun-woo (Kimcheon City Hall), Park Sang-yong and Jin-yong (Yonex), Kang Min-hyuk (National Army Sports Unit), Ki Dong-joo (Incheon International Airport), and Cho Song-hyun (Gwangju Bank), will form the men's national team.
In particular, Korea will try to win its first gold medal through this competition, as Ahn Se-young, world No. 1 Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae, world No. 1 Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae, world No. 3 Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee, and world No. 5 Kim Hye-jung and Gong Hee-yong will all participate.
In the biennial competition, South Korea did not win both the men's and women's team events. In the women's team event, silver medals won in 2020 and 2022 are the best, and in the men's team event, bronze medals have been won four times, including in 2024.
<© STARNEWS. All rights reserved. No reproduction or redistribution allowed.>
*This content was translated by AI.
