South Korea's 女 Handball Beat Kazakhstan to Advance to World Championship Final League
Dec 02, 2025
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The South Korean women's handball team, led by head coach Lee Gye-cheong, defeated Kazakhstan 35-17 in the third Group H match of the 27th International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship held in Trier, Germany on the 2nd (Korea time). With one win and two losses, South Korea advanced to the final round as third place in the group.
The tournament, which features 32 countries, will be divided into eight groups for the group stage. The top three countries in each group will advance to the round of 24 finals. The final round will be held in four groups with group performance. The top two countries in each group will reach the quarterfinals and rank them by tournament.
Song Ji-eun (SK) scored six goals on the day, and Lee Won-jung (Daegu City Hall) scored five goals to lead the attack. The goalkeeper also defended the goal with Park Sae-young (Samchuk City Hall) recording a 58% ERA (11/19) and Jeong Jin-hee (Seoul City Hall) recording 40% (6/15).
South Korea, which advanced to the final round with two group losses, will face Brazil (2 wins), Sweden (1-1 loss), and the Czech Republic (2 losses) from Group G in the final round.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
