'Challenging for Gold Medal After 8 Years': Will Korea's Taeguk Nangja Step Up? 'Competing with Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, Vietnam, and Japan'

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Can they truly win the gold medal again after eight years?

The Korea Handball Federation announced that the women's national handball team departed for Nagoya, Japan, on the morning of the 17th to participate in the handball tournament at the 20th Aichi·Nagoya Asian Games, which will be held from the 19th to the 27th in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Led by head coach Lee Gye-cheong, the women's national team conducted training sessions at Jincheon Training Center ahead of the Asian Games. During the training period, they focused on strengthening team cohesion and evaluating game performance.

A total of seven countries will participate in the women's handball tournament at this event: South Korea, Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam.

The competition will proceed in a single round-robin format where each team plays once against every other team. Each team will play six matches in total, with medals awarded based on the final standings.

South Korea will begin their campaign on the 19th against Hong Kong, followed by matches against Kazakhstan on the 20th, Uzbekistan on the 23rd, China on the 25th, and Vietnam on the 26th.

On the final day of the tournament, September 27, they will face the host nation Japan.

The Korean women's handball team won consecutive gold medals at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, securing a silver medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. At this tournament, they aim to reclaim the Asian Games gold medal for the first time since 2018, eight years later.

Head coach Lee Gye-cheong stated before departure: "As we have prepared with the players aiming for the Asian Games gold medal, we will do our best to showcase everything we have prepared during the tournament." He added, "We will give our all until the end to repay the public with excellent performances and results."

Match 1: September 19 (Sat) 10:00 AM vs Hong Kong

Match 2: September 20 (Sun) 1:30 PM vs Kazakhstan

Match 3: September 23 (Wed) 3:30 PM vs Uzbekistan

Match 4: September 25 (Fri) 5:30 PM vs China

Match 5: September 26 (Sat) 5:30 PM vs Vietnam

Match 6: September 27 (Sun) 5:00 PM vs Japan

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