Men’s Handball finished the World Championships in 28th place.
The national team, led by coach Hollando Freitas (Portugal), lost 33-36 to North Macedonia in the 27th place match at the 28th International Handball Federation (IHF) World Men’s Championship held in Płowtsk, Poland on the 25th (local time). . With this, Korea ranked 28th out of 32 countries.
The best result ever was 8th in the 1997 event (24 countries participated). The lowest ranking ever is 31st in the 2021 competition, where a college selection participated. 먹튀검증
Korea was in Group D of the group stage with Hungary, Portugal and Iceland. However, as they suffered three consecutive losses, they failed to advance to the final league and were pushed back to the standings. In the ranking match, they defeated Uruguay and Saudi Arabia, but lost consecutively to Chile and North Macedonia, ending the tournament in 28th place.
Among Asian countries, Bahrain ranked 16th, Qatar 22nd, Iran 24th, and Saudi Arabia 29th, while narrowed down to the semifinals of France-Sweden and Spain-Denmark.