Korea's Women's Basketball '17th consecutive World Cup' confirmed to advance to 'beaten Philippines by 31 points'

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The Korean women's basketball team will compete in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup finals. It is the final stage that has been held for 17 consecutive times since the 1964 Peruvian Games.

South Korea (15th in FIBA ranking), led by head coach Park Soo-ho, defeated the Philippines (39th) 105-74 in the fourth round of Group A of the final qualifying round for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup at Astroval in Villerrevan, France on the 15th (Korea time).

South Korea, which continued to drive its opponents hard throughout the game and won the game early, won by 31 points in the last four quarters even with its back-up members.

Kang Yi-seul (KB Stars) scored 24 points with three points and eight, Lee Hae-ran (Samsung Life Insurance) and Choi Yi-sam (Shinhan Bank) scored 15, Park Ji-hyun (Tokomanawa) and Heo Ye-eun scored 11, and Park Ji-soo (KB Stars) scored 10.

With the victory, South Korea recorded 3 wins and 1 loss in the final qualifying round and qualified for the World Cup finals regardless of the results of the final qualifying round against France on the 18th.

The final qualifying round of this tournament will be divided into four groups of six teams to compete for 11 tickets to the finals. South Korea had previously lost to Germany by 27 points, but defeated Nigeria, the world's eighth-largest powerhouse, by 17 points, and also defeated Colombia. On top of that, he added a victory against the Philippines to confirm his advance to the finals.

As a result, the women's basketball team will play in the World Cup finals for the 17th consecutive time. The Women's Basketball World Cup will be held in Germany in September, and 11 teams will participate in the final qualifying round, including the host Germany and the winner of each continent, Belgium, the United States, Australia, Nigeria, and South Korea.

Korean women's basketball's best record in the World Cup was the runner-up at the 1967 and 1979 tournaments. In the previous tournament, the 2022 tournament, he ranked 10th with just one win and four losses.

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