We won the group stage... Women's Junior Handball Defeats Final Runner-up → 2 consecutive wins failed

Aug 30, 2025

We won the group stage... Women's Junior Handball Defeats Final Runner-up → 2 consecutive wins failed
photo courtesy of the Korea Handball Association



We won the group stage... Women's Junior Handball Defeats Final Runner-up → 2 consecutive wins failed
photo courtesy of the Korea Handball Association
We won the group stage... Women's Junior Handball Defeats Final Runner-up → 2 consecutive wins failed
photo courtesy of the Korea Handball Association
The Korean women's junior handball team finished second at the Asian Championship.

The Korean women's junior handball team, led by head coach Kim Kyung-jin, lost 18-20 to Japan in the final of the 18th Asian Women's Junior (under 19) Handball Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on the 29th (Korea time). With the defeat, South Korea failed to achieve its second consecutive championship following the 2023 tournament. Above all, it is the first time that Korea has failed to win a competition that it has participated in out of 18 competitions. He did not attend the 16th edition of the 2022 tournament due to COVID-19.

South Korea defeated Japan 23-21 in the group stage, but bowed their heads in the final. South Korea, which faced 13-13 until about 10 minutes in the second half, later gave up the lead by giving up four goals in a row to Japan. South Korea led 33-27 in the number of shots, but Japan recorded 45.5% (15/33) in the goalkeeper's ERA, overwhelming South Korea 25.9% (7/27).




Meanwhile, Japan, South Korea, China, and Taiwan, the top four countries in the tournament, have qualified for the U-20 World Championships in 2026.

Kim Bo-kyung (Korea National Sports University) and Lee Ye-seo (Incheon Business High School) were selected as the best seven in the competition.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.