Korean women's handball, Asian Games gold medal match against Japan on the 27th

(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyeon-gu = The Korean women's handball team will face Japan in an irreversible battle for the gold medal on the 27th, the last day of the Chuseok holiday.

The national team led by coach Lee Gye-cheong defeated Vietnam, the lowest ranked team, 46-18 in the 5th game of the full league of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at Entrio, Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 26th.

With this, Korea, which has won all five games and is on par with Japan, will play the final 6th game and final of the full league at the same venue at 6 p.m. on the 27th.

In the women's handball competition, in which 7 teams participated, the medal rankings are determined based on the performance of each country competing once.

Korea is planning to wash away the pain of losing by 10 points in the final of the 2022 Hangzhou Games three years ago and enter the gold medal match at home in Japan with the determination to regain the top spot in Asia for the first time in eight years.

Korea took advantage of Vietnam's loose defense and scored with fast attacks and active wing attacks through quick offense and defense transitions, taking a 22-9 lead in the first half and winning comfortably.

◇ Results on the 26th (Entrio Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture)

▲ 5th round of the women’s handball full league

Korea (5 wins) 46 (22-9 24-9) 18 Vietnam (5 losses)