Jeong Yeon-sik and Kim Nam-wook, 21 points jointly with a try and kick… Final match against Portugal
The 7-man rugby team, which entered the World Cup finals for the first time in 17 years, defeated the third opponent of the tournament, Zimbabwe, and sounded the first victory they had been waiting for.
The national team, led by coach Charlie Lowe, won by two points with a score of 21-19 in the ranking match against Zimbabwe held at the Rugby Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa on the afternoon of the 10th Korean time.
In the first minute of the match, Jeong Yeon-sik (Hyundai Glovis) succeeded in a try (a goal scored by hitting the in-goal area of the opposing camp), and Kim Nam-wook (Korea Electric Power) took a conversion kick (after the try). Goal kick awarded) and swept 7 points.
Jeong Yeon-sik and Kim Nam-wook succeeded in tri-conversion kicks again after 5 minutes, increasing the score to 14-0.
The national team, which finished 14-7 in the first half after Zimbabwe’s pursuit, ran to 21-7 with the tri-conversion kick of Jeong Yeon-sik and Kim Nam-wook, again in three minutes from the start of the second half.
At the end of the match, Zimbabwe pursued a fierce pursuit, but in the end, the national team kept the victory 21-19.
The national team was disappointed by losing the first match against Wales (10-33), which was the first match and the round of 16 playoff, and the previous match against Uganda (0-12) held earlier that day.
In the end, Zimbabwe, the third match and the next ranked opponent, snatched it up and enjoyed the joy of the first victory of the tournament.
The national team will finish the tournament with the final match against Portugal at 3:52 pm on the 11th.
The 24 countries competing in the preliminaries from each region of the world will compete until the 12th.
The national team won the World Cup finals in the final of the Asian Rugby Sevens Series in November last year, beating Japan, which is considered the strongest in Asia.
It is the first time in 17 years that Korean rugby has reached the final of the 7-man World Cup since the 2005 Hong Kong tournament.
Korea finished the tournament in a tie for 21st, the lowest at the time in 2005.
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