Korean women’s badminton beat China to win World Team Championship for the first time in 12 years

Lee So-hee (left) and Shin Seung-chan attack

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Soon-hyeon = The Korean women’s badminton team won the World Team Badminton Championship for the first time in 12 years.

The national team defeated China 3-2 in the final of the 2022 World Women’s Team Badminton Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand on the 14th (Korean time) to win the championship.

With this victory, the Korean women’s badminton won the championship for the first time in 12 years since winning the 2010 tournament.

It was the ninth time in the final of this tournament and it was a tight match against China, whom they met again after 6 years.

In the first match played in singles, Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), a female badminton player, lost 1-2 (21-17 15-21 20-22) after a close three-set match against Chen Yu-fei, and China took the lead.

However, in the second match, Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan (Incheon International Airport) took a comeback victory 2-1 (12-21 21-18 21-18) against Cheonqingcheon-Zaipan to balance the game.

Ga-eun Kim (Samsung Life Insurance) lost 0-2 (12-21 13-21) to Heo Bing-jao in the 3rd game, and the national team was pushed to the edge of the brink, with doubles Kim Hye-jeong (Samsung Life Insurance) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) in the 4th game. launched a counterattack.

Kim Hye-jung and Gong Hee-yong defeated Hwang Dong-ping and Li Won-mei 2-0 (22-20 21-17), and the national team, which balanced 2-2, played singles Yu-jin Shim (Incheon International Airport) in the last five games.

Gong Hee-yong (left) and Kim Hye-jeong happy after winning 4 matches
Gong Hee-yong (left) and Kim Hye-jeong happy after winning 4 matches

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Shim Yujin and Wang Ziyi had a bloody battle.

Shim Yu-jin won the first set 28-26 after 7 close deuce battles, but lost the second set 18-21 and the game continued into the final set.

The third set was Shim Yu-jin’s solo stage.

Wang Ziyi, who had lost his stamina in the first and second set battles, was helpless by Shim Yu-jin’s anomalous attack.

In the end, Shim Yu-jin won the third set 21-8, and Korea defeated China, which had won the tournament 12 times, and ascended to the throne after 12 years.

Meanwhile, the men’s national team, which they participated in, lost 2-3 in the quarterfinals of the World Men’s Team Badminton Championships against Denmark and failed to advance to the quarterfinals.

The World Women’s Team Badminton Championships and the World Men’s Team Badminton Championships are team events held every two years, called the Uber Cup and Thomas Cup, respectively.

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