South Korea's women's handball team is trying to advance to the Olympic finals for the 11th consecutive time.
The Korean women's handball, which has always been a great impression on the people, will challenge to advance to the Olympic finals for the 11th consecutive time.
The women's national handball team, which will compete in the Asian qualifying round for the 2024 Paris Olympics, left for Hiroshima, Japan, at 8 a.m. on the 15th, National Liberation Day.
The Asian qualifying round for the Paris Olympics will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, from the 17th to the 23rd. The Korean national team will play against India (17th), China (18th), Kazakhstan (21st) and Japan (23rd).
The first-place team with the highest points through the full league will win a ticket to the Olympic finals.
The national team is led by Swedish coach Henrik Signel. Coaches Erik Larholm and Anton Claesson are also from Sweden. This is the first time for a foreign head coach to take the helm of the national team and challenge the Olympics.
Lee Mi-kyung (Busan Facilities Corporation), Kang Kyung-min, Song Hye-soo (Gwangju City Corporation), Woo Bit-na (Seoul City Hall), and Kim Min-seo (Samchuk City Hall), the Rookie of the Year winner, were also listed on the national team. Ryu Eun-hee (Kyori Audi ETO), the only European leaguer, will also help. Park Sae-young (Samchuk City Hall), who led Samcheok City Hall to its second consecutive league title, will defend the goal.
Only 12 countries can make it to the Olympic finals for women's handball. A total of 12 tickets will be given to the Olympic host country, the winner of the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship, the winner of the four continents (Europe, America, Africa, and Asia) qualifying tournament, and the top six countries in the Olympic playoffs. France, the current host country, and Norway, the winner of the 2022 European Championships (European qualifiers), have confirmed their participation.
스포츠토토The Korean women's handball team advanced to the Olympic finals 10 times in a row from the 1984 LA Olympics to the 2020 Tokyo Games. South Korea's 10th consecutive Olympic participation in women's handball is the first record for both men and women in Olympic handball history.
