Men's U19 Handball Beat Kuwait, Final 25th in the World Men's Handball Championship
Aug 16, 2025
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South Korea's U-19 men's handball team, led by head coach Park Tae-hwan, beat Kuwait 29-26 in the 25th-place match on the 8th day of the International Handball Federation (IHF) 11th World Men's Youth Championship (U-19) held in Cairo, Egypt on the 16th (Korea time). South Korea played an active role with Jung Jin-wook (Kyung Hee University) scoring seven goals alone. With this, South Korea ranked 25th in the tournament, which featured 32 countries, following the previous tournament of 2023.
South Korea began competing in Group G. In their first match, they lost heavily to host Egypt 27-46. In the second round, the team lost to Japan 32-34. In Game 3, he bowed to Bahrain 33-36. South Korea failed to advance to the round of 16 with all three losses in the group stage. It was relegated to the Presidents Cup, which is the 17th-32nd place match among the 32 participating countries. They lost to Tunisia (34-41), but ended the tournament in 25th place, beating the U.S. (31-25) and Algeria (32-28) and Kuwait respectively.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
