Revenge of last year's Hangzhou Asian Games qualifying round

Revenge of last year's Hangzhou Asian Games qualifying round

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The Korean basketball team lost 77-83 to the Japanese national team in the group qualifying round at the Hangzhou Asian Games held in September last year. At that time, Korea had the best first-team players, including Heo Hoon, Kim Sun-hyung and Ra Gun-ah, while Japan was an average young lineup of 24.9 years old, including all the main players who participated in the Basketball World Cup in the same year.

However, at the time, Korea was dragged by Japan the whole time and suffered a shock defeat. Moreover, as Korea's game schedule was twisted in the aftermath of this defeat, it faced host China in the quarterfinals and suffered a crushing defeat, eventually leading to the Hangzhou disaster, which saw it fall to seventh place, the worst performance in the history of the Asian Games after no medal. It was the butterfly effect that began with the defeat against Japan. The national team avenged Japan's meeting again in the final 7-8th place match, but it was not much comfort. 실시간 바카라사이트

However, the result of the rematch in a year turned out to be the opposite this time. Despite its sophisticated performance, Korea succeeded in "mirror therapy" of the Hangzhou disaster with a revenge to defeat the elite first team at its home turf.

It was also a meaningful victory of more than one win in that it confirmed the possibility of a generational change of young players, Ahn Jun-ho's seasoned leadership, and basketball fans' interest in the national team's international competitiveness. The two teams will play their second match at the same venue on July 7.