We will make all-out efforts to recover the status of the handball Korea in South Korea.' Intensive discussion by the association, Kwak No-jung, president of the handball association, said, "We will do our best to impress the people"

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The Korea Handball Association discussed ways to strengthen the national team's power.

The association said on the 26th, "We held a regular 2026 general meeting of delegates at the Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the same day and intensively discussed ways to strengthen the national team's competitiveness."

The general meeting was attended by major handball players in Korea, including Kwak No-jung, president of the Korea Handball Association and CEO of SK Hynix, heads of the National Handball Association in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Busan, men's national team coach Cho Young-shin, and women's national team coach Lee Gye-cheong.

The association said, "The participants agreed to quickly increase the national team's power ahead of the Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games in September to restore the status of K-handball, which has been impressive to the public by winning international competitions in the past."

In fact, the Korean national team won the Korea-Japan match in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, in June last year, but failed to meet expectations in the international competition.

The women's national team did not make it to the quarterfinals at the World Championships in Germany at the end of last year. The men's national team did well with four wins, one draw and one loss, beating Asia's strongest Qatar at the Asian Championship in Kuwait in January. However, unfortunately, he failed to advance to the semifinals.

The association emphasized, "We believe that it is urgent for our national team to strengthen its competitiveness in terms of both hardware and software, and we have come up with ways to strengthen its competitiveness in three major directions."

"First of all, in terms of hardware, we decided to form a 'strongest national team' by establishing an optimal system such as maintaining the process of calling up players, strengthening the cooperation system for each team, and providing medical support for the association's medical committee to prevent key players from entering the national team due to injuries," he said. "Next, we plan to form a specialized team that analyzes the power of Asian competitors such as Japan and the Middle East and supplement their capabilities to secure related data." He said, "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you will have a posture of '己 彼', '百 of knowledge, and 殆 of not being able to fight' which means that you will not be in danger even if you fight 100 times."

Finally, the association said, "In terms of software, we have decided to focus on mental training and strengthening physical strength to restore K-handball's 'unwavering 屈' DNA."

An association official said, "In the past, when we won international competitions such as the Olympics, there was never a single game in which our national team easily won against powerful countries," adding, "Most of the matches that were slightly ahead were followed until the end of the second half and turned over, and most of them held on to win."

DNA, which is undaunted and does not know to give up, comes from mental and physical strength, he added. "The current national team will also make various attempts to internalize this DNA, including mental and physical training and second-half reversal simulation."

The association explained, "The heads of the National Provincial Handball Association who attended the general meeting also agree that strengthening the competitiveness of the national team is a top priority, and at each city and province level, they decided to help expand the base and cooperate with the convening of excellent players from local H-League teams."

Kwak No-jung, president of the association, said, "We will unite the national handball players as one team to strengthen the international competitiveness of K-handball and make another leap forward. In addition, we will challenge various tasks such as entering Sports Toto and international cooperation such as the Korea-Japan Integrated League, and do our best to make our handball a sport that impresses the people and receives support and support."

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