Handball Semifinals 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Republic of Korea Beat  IR Iran In

Handball Semifinals

In

Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

The Republic of Korea men’s handball team became runners-up in Group 2 after defeating IR Iran 34-28 at GOR POPKI, Cibubur, East Jakarta, on Friday night.

Iran player Shahoo Nosrati was the match’s top scorer with 10 goals out of 12 shots on target, while South Korea’s Kyeong Jeong tallied nine goals out of 15 on target.

RO Korea coach Shin Young Cho said he would make lots of preparations to take down Qatar in the semifinal match slated for Aug. 27.

RO Korea has bad memories of meeting Qatar. The team was defeated by Qatar in the handball final at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

"At that time, our team made many mistakes. Now  we make sure that we will win the full points and qualify for the final, “Shin said.

Iran coach Zoran Kastratovikj said he was proud of his team’s performance.

"I am proud of our team. Although they are defeated, they played very well and were only six points behind in the match,” Zoran said.

The two teams played aggressively right from the beginning of the match. RO Korea led the first half, which ended 17-12, and sealed their victory in the second half by scoring 17 to Iran’s 16. The final result was 28-34 in favor of RO Korea.

Japanese umpires Kiyoshi Hizi and Tomokazu Ikebuchi issued five yellow cards in the match, with three for Iran and two for South Korea.