Women's handball team leaves for Tunisia to compete in world championships
Nov 20, 2025
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The South Korean national team, led by head coach Lee Gye-cheong, will compete at the 27th World Championships, which will open on the 26th. This year's World Women's Handball Championships will be co-hosted by Germany and the Netherlands.
South Korea will depart Korea on the 19th and play two friendly matches against the Tunisian national team in Tunisia first. It will then move to Germany.
Korea will play Norway (28th), Angola (30th) and Kazakhstan (2nd December) in Group H. Up to third place in the group can advance to the final round.
South Korea was inferior to Norway with seven wins, one draw and 11 losses. Moreover, Norway is showing its fierce power, ranking second at the 26th World Championship and No. 1 at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He is by no means a pushover. However, Korea showed strong performance against Angola (8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses) and Kazakhstan (26 wins and 2 losses). South Korea won the 17th and 18th World Championships against Angola. It has not lost a single match against Kazakhstan since 2011.
Korea's best record at the World Championships was in 1995. This year, the 27th Women's Handball World Championship was won only twice by a non-European country, Korea in 1995 and Brazil in 2013. However, Korea has been on a downward curve since 2000. The last time he made it to the semifinals of the World Championship was in third place in 2003. In 2023, the previous competition, it ranked 22nd out of 32 participating countries.
Head coach Lee Gye-cheong said, "We will finally check our tactics and players' condition in Tunisia's off-season training and show an unshakable performance in the group stage."."
Captain Lee Yeon-kyung (Gyeongnam Development Corporation) "We focus on achieving stable teamwork in both air and defense. I will help the team make the flow they want in the competition.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
