KOREA U-19 MEN’S HANDBALL WINS FIRST WORLD TITLE WITH WIN OVER JAPAN

The South Korea Under-19 Men’s National Handball Team earned its first win at the World Youth Championship after four straight losses The Koreans defeated Japan 34-27 in their President’s Cup Pool 2 match on Day 6 of the 10th World Junior Men’s Handball Championship in Koprivnica, Croatia, on Monday (Aug. 8)With a 1-2 record, Korea finished third in the group and will play the 25th-28th place match against the United States on Tuesday In the 32-nation tournament, the top two teams from each group advance to the round of 16, while 바카라사이트 the teams that do not advance to the round of 16 play a separate ranking game called the Presidents’ Cup South Korea dropped three games in the group stage to advance to the Presidents’ Cup, including a 23-38 loss to Iceland in their first Presidents’ Cup game the day before South Korea was led by Choi Ji-hwan (Wonkwang dae) with eight points and Kim Hyun-min and Lee Min-joon (Kyung Hee University) with six apiece Korea moved into a two-way tie for third place in the group with Japan and Bahrain, but fell behind Japan in goal differential.

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