Gurye County Office Ssireum Team Wins National Champion Ssireum Tournament Team Event

Published 08 May.2023 14:38(KST)

3rd Place in Individual Events of Maehwa Class, Gukhwa Class, and Mugunghwa Class

Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it won the team championship by participating in the "1st Korea Sports Council President's National Jangsa Ssireum Tournament" held in Boseong-gun for seven days from April 30 to May 6.

The opponent in the team final was Ansan City Hall, a strong favorite for the championship.

[Photo by Gurye-gun]

In the first match, Kim Si-woo from Gurye-gun Office successfully took the initiative by defeating Kim Eun-byeol from Ansan City Hall with a score of 2-0. In the second match, Lee Se-mi lost 1-2 to Kim Da-hye, conceding one point.

Then, Seon Chae-rim defeated Kim Dan-bi from Ansan City Hall, and Eom Ha-jin defeated Lee Jae-ha from Ansan City Hall, both with a score of 2-0, leading Gurye-gun to win the team championship with a final score of 3-1.

Additionally, Gurye-gun Office secured third place in the individual competitions of the Maehwa class (under 60kg), Gukhwa class (under 70kg), and Mugunghwa class (under 80kg).

County Governor Kim Soon-ho said, "Achieving good results in the first-ever held tournament has elevated the status of Gurye-gun," and urged, "We will continue to work harder to become the best ssireum team nationwide."

Meanwhile, Gurye-gun, the birthplace of women's ssireum, will host the Gurye National Women's Cheonhajangsa Ssireum Tournament in June and the ssireum competition as part of the National Sports Festival in October.