The Korean baseball and handball national teams seek revenge and challenge for gold in the final against Japan.
Quick Look
- The Korean baseball team avenges its first loss in 20 years in the Asian Games finals against Japan and aims for its fifth consecutive victory.
- The women's national handball team is also trying to regain the top spot in Asia for the first time in eight years in the final full league match against Japan.
- Woo Sang-hyuk also expects medals in other sports such as high jump, fencing, and skateboarding.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
The Korean baseball team was defeated 0-5 by Japan in the first game of the Super Round two days ago, losing to Japan for the first time in 20 years at the Asian Games. The women's national handball team lost to Japan by 10 points in the finals of the 2022 Hangzhou Games and ended up taking the silver medal.
The Korean national baseball team and the women's national handball team are competing for the gold medal in a Korea-Japan match, and are competing to become the top team.
The national baseball team, led by coach Ji-hyun Ryu, will play the final against Japan at Toyohashi Citizen Baseball Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan at 6:30 pm on the 27th.
Korea lost 0-5 in the first game of the Super Round two days ago, losing to Japan for the first time in 20 years at the Asian Games.
Our country, which is comprised entirely of professional players, lost to the Japanese unemployed (members of society) baseball players who were working and playing baseball at the same time and lost without even being able to properly attack them, which greatly lost their face.
However, they defeated China 9-2 in the second game of the Super Round and will face off again in the final against Japan, who beat Taiwan 7-3.
The national baseball team is determined to regain its honor in the return match and achieve its fifth consecutive win.
The women's handball team will play its final full-league match against Japan at Entrio, Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture at 6 p.m.
This competition, in which 7 teams participate, will face each other once, and the team with the best performance will win the gold medal.
Korea and Japan are on a five-game winning streak and will compete against each other on the single-wood bridge.
The Korean national team, which lost to Japan by 10 points in the finals of the 2022 Hangzhou Games and ended up taking the silver medal, is determined to repay its debt at home in Japan and regain the top spot in Asia for the first time in eight years.
Since the two teams have similar styles with quick transitions between offense and defense, there will likely be differences in defense.
Track and field men's high jumper Woo Sang-hyuk (Yongin City Hall) hopes for his first gold medal in his fourth attempt at the Asian Games.
Woo Sang-hyuk won consecutive silver medals in the last two Asian Games.
This time, due to the reduced number of participants, the preliminaries were canceled and the medals will be competed in the finals immediately.
Korean fencing is expected to win additional medals in the men's epee team event and women's saber team event held at Aichi Sky Expo.
Kang Jun-i (17) and Shin Ji-yul (15), known as skateboarding prodigies, will participate in the men's and women's street competitions and try to continue their medal streak for the first time in eight years.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Korean baseball team will win the final against Japan and achieve its fifth consecutive championship.
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Woo Sang-hyuk will win gold in the men's high jump finals
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Open Questions
- What strategy will the baseball team use in the finals?
- Can Woo Sang-hyuk win finalmente gold at his fourth Asian Games?







