Women’s handball Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Korea (KOR) Wins gold In Women’s handball

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The Republic of Korea’s (KOR) women's handball team won the gold medal after defeating China with a score of 29-23 in the final round of the 2018 Asian Games at GOR Popki, East Jakarta, Thursday night.

The two teams in the first half of the hour had played aggressively.

But with the support of the fans, the Korean team always had the upper hand with a score of 12-9 after the first round, with the advantage for Korea.

Korea coach  Key-chung admitted that his team was indeed having a hard time defeating China because they had a strong team.

"We tried to play defense and counterattack. And the strategy worked, " he said.

For him, his team won the medal because of their hard work.

"This is the first gold medal I got, because this is the first time I coached the Korean team," he said.

Meanwhile, the captain of the national team, Yoo Hyun-ji, admitted she was proud of being able to give gold to her country, and will try again to give the best to her team and country.

China ranked second and achieved a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games.

The top scorer in the final round match was Xiaomei Liu from China with 14 goals from a total of 20 shots in Korea's goal. Meanwhile, Jung Yura from Korea had 8 goals from a total of 11 shots in China's goal.