Goals and Highlights Sweden vs South Korea Women's Handball Tokyo 2020 Olympics (39-30)

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Goals / shots - Sweden: 39/55, South Korea: 30/56
Efficiency - Sweden: 71%, South Korea: 54%
6-metre shots - Sweden: 15/22, South Korea: 8/12
7-metre shots - Sweden: 2/2, South Korea 3/4
9-metre shots - Sweden: 1/6, South Korea: 5/18
Fast Breaks - Sweden: 7/8, South Korea: 2/2
Breakthroughs - Sweden: 7/8, South Korea: 8/12 
Yellow cards: 1-0
2-minutes Suspensions: 3-4 

The players celebrate as they hug in the center of the pitch, celebrating their country's unprecedented qualification! The next opponent will be the France vs Netherlands match, which will be played later, at 7:45 am ET (click here to follow all the games in real time). The winner will play Norway or the Russian Olympic Committee for the gold medal.

39-30! Korea engages the best sequence late in the second half, scoring five consecutive goals, but it was not enough to reverse the lead and is out of the Olympics

20' Tomas Axner takes advantage of a big lead of 34-20 to rotate the team and preserve some athletes

31-18. Sweden's Stromberg and South Korea's Seonpil

Sweden regains a lead of more than ten goals by scoring twice during Yunji Kim's suspension

After going 7:34 scoreless, Korean women cut it short with two consecutive 6-meter shots by Jinyi Kim and Sumin Choi in a one-minute span

Even with the numerical advantage, Korea still didn't score in the first six minutes and then the coach stopped the game

Swedish concedes a personal foul penalty in Jinyi. It is the first suspension of the second half.

Only one goal in the first three minutes, with good participation from goalkeepers Johanna Bundsen and Hui Ju

00' South Korea take the kickoff, Boeun Gim moves the ball to start the second half

Sweden: Roberts, Stromberg (5)
South Korea: Lee (4)

Sweden 27-13 South Korea
Goals / shots - Sweden: 21/27, South Korea: 13/24
Efficiency - Sweden: 78%, South Korea: 54%
6-metre shots - Sweden: 7/9, South Korea: 4/5
7-metre shots - 0, South Korea 2/2
9-metre shots - Sweden: 0/2, South Korea: 3/12
Fast Breaks - Sweden: 4/5, South Korea: 1/1
Breakthroughs - Sweden: 5/6, South Korea: 2/3 
Yellow cards: 1-0
2-minutes Suspensions: 1-2 

Sweden 21-13 South Korea

19-12. Another two-minute suspension for South Korea. So far Sweden has kept their players on court throughout.

Roberts also starts strong, scoring five goals, and Sweden builds on the victory. Migyeong Lee is the most dangerous for South Korea.

The Swedes practically do not let the Koreans play and goalkeeper Joana Bundsen has also made good saves

5' First two minutes of the match leaves South Korea one player short

Emma Lindqvist opens the scoring in the very first minute.

The first half begins

Players from Sweden and South Korea are on the court. After the national anthem of both countries, the teams and referees are introduced, and then the referee blows his whistle.

As they were in the same group, Sweden and South Korea faced each other and the Swedes got the better of the game by making it 31-28, with scores of 16-15 in the first half and 15-13 in the second half.

The silver medal in Athens 2004, South Korea placed 10th in the last edition of the Olympic Games (Rio 2016), while Sweden finished in 7th place. The Koreans and Swedes were in the same group - the Europeans finished 3rd with two wins, one draw, and two losses, and the Asians said goodbye to the tournament after winning one, drawing one, and losing three times.

The other semi-final is set and will be between the Russian Olympic Committee and Norway. The Russians eliminated Montenegro by 32-26 and the Nordic team that is the only undefeated beat Hungary by 26-22.

Hey! We're just a few minutes away from another of handball's semifinalists, so come back to find out everything that's going to happen in this match between Sweden and South Korea, who meet shortly, starting at 4:00 am ET. The winner will face France or the Netherlands, and the loser is eliminated.

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Handball at Tokyo 2020 - Women's Quarterfinal
Match: Sweden vs South Korea
Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium (Tokyo, Japan)
Time: 4:00 am EST
Where to watch: SporTV (Brazil), CBS Sports (USA), Marca Claro (Mexico)
Real time: VAVEL Brazil

Representative of Asia in the quarterfinals of the Olympic handball tournament in Tokyo, South Korea returns to court this Wednesday (4) to try a spot in the semifinals. The competitor is Sweden and you can watch this game on NBC Sports or Marca Claro from 4am ET. If you want to watch it on internet, VAVEL US is your best option!

Referees: Viktoriia Alpaidze, Tatiana Berezkina (Russia)
Reserve Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (Egypt)
IHF Official: Dragan Nachevski (North Macedonia)
IHF Timekeeper: Felix Ratz (Switzerland)
IHF Scorekeeper: Gerhard Reisinger (Austria)

Ju Hee and Jeong Jin-hui, Sim Hae-in, Kim Jin-yi, Lee Mi-gyeong, Kang Kyung-min, Ryu Eun-hee, Jung Yu-ra, Choi Su-min, Jo Ha-rang, Kim Yun-ji, Jung Ji-in, Kang Eun-hye, Won Seon-pil e Gim Bo-eun.  
Técnico: Jae Won Kang.

Johanna Bundsen, Melissa Petren, Jessica Ryde, Nina Dano, Anna Lagerquist, Elin Hansson, Linn Blohm, Emma Lindqvist, Jamina Roberts, Carin Strömberg, Mathilda Lundström, Nathalie Hagman, Johanna Westberg, Jenny Carlson, Kristin Thorleifsdottir.
Coach: Tomas Axner.

Although the Nordic countries are world handball powers, Sweden has yet to become an Olympic champion in the sport - it was a finalist four times, but finished with silver in all. South Korea, on the other hand, has seven wins, being two golds (Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992), four silvers and one bronze.

Sweden opened with a 36-24 win over the Russian Olympic Committee, was 28-28 down to France and lost 23-26 to Hungary, but then rattled off two wins, over Spain (31-24) and Brazil (34-31). The Koreans have won only one match so far 27-24 over Japan, tied 31-31 with Angola, and lost to Norway (27-39), the Netherlands (36-43), and Montenegro (26-28).

Sweden arrives with the status of group B leaders, with seven points, sharing the top spot with the Russian Olympic Committee. France and Hungary also qualified, while Spain and Brazil were eliminated. The only Asian team qualified for the quarterfinals, South Korea finished fourth in group A, which was topped by Norway, the only team not to lose in the first round.

Noruega x Hungria
Montenegro x Comitê Olímpico Russo
França x Holanda
Suécia x Coreia do Sul

Hi everyone! My name is Bia Palumbo and I will be your host for this match. We will provide you with pre-match analysis, score updates and live news here on VAVEL.com of the Sweden vs South Korea match for quarterfinals Women's Handball at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.