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Japanese baseball fans also praised South Korea's dramatic advance to the quarterfinals.
The Korean baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Ji-hyun (55), won 7-2 against Australia in the final 4th Group C match of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 9th.
With this victory, South Korea tied Australia and Taiwan with two wins and two losses, but advanced dramatically to the quarterfinals, ranking second in the group with a lead in lost points between the teams. Now, South Korea will head to Miami, where the quarterfinals will be held. The second-ranked opponent in Group C is the first in Group D, and the Dominican Republic, which is currently winning two consecutive games, is the most likely. The quarterfinals will be held at 7:30 a.m. on the 14th (Korea time).
Japan is also showing enthusiastic responses to Korea's dramatic victory.
Immediately after the game, Japanese media Daily Sports said, "Korea won a dramatic victory and succeeded in breaking through Miracle (like a miracle). At the last moment, he scored an additional point in the 9th inning to achieve the conditions of winning by more than 5 points and losing by less than 2 points to the quarterfinals. South Korea succeeded in breaking through the first round in four tournaments," he reported.
The media said, "Korea won by 5 points dramatically. It was a great turnaround. At the moment of victory, the players curled up on the ground and shed tears," he said.
"I was in crisis by losing a point in the eighth inning, but Ahn Hyun-min scored a valuable sacrifice fly RBI in the ninth inning. Making it 7-2, he won by more than five points and achieved conditions of less than two runs. In the end, he blocked the ninth inning without losing a point and confirmed his entry into the U.S.," he explained.
Meanwhile, Daily Sports delivered details of the game. The media said, "In the second inning, Moon Bo-kyung hit a huge double. In the third inning, Lee Jung-hoo and Moon Bo-kyung added two more runs with timely hits. In the fifth inning, Moon Bo-kyung made a timely hit to make it 5-0. Immediately after giving up one run, Kim Do-young's timely hit made it 6-1 in the sixth inning," he wrote.
"In the pitching staff, Son Joo-young was scoreless in the first inning, but he was urgently replaced due to injury. Noh Kyung-eun, a 41-year-old bullpen pitcher, was responsible for two scoreless innings. In the fifth inning, Soh Hyung-joon allowed a solo shot. South Korea has made a desperate replacement of pitchers," he said.
The article was published in Yahoo Sports Japan, where Japanese netizens posted comments and expressed great interest. Japanese Internet users said, "It was a very interesting game. In very difficult conditions, Korea produced results. Of course, I support Japan, but it's fun to watch other games," he said. "It's great to meet difficult conditions. Now that we have an environment where we can respect each other's baseball, pure passion for baseball is growing. Let's fight against strong opponents with Japan," and "I can feel the respect for the opponent in the Korean national team at the moment. "The passion shown in the match against Taiwan and Australia was really great," "It's not Japan's game, but it's the first time I've seen such an interesting game," and "Both teams showed their tenacity and desire to win." It was really great," he wrote with praise.
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