North Korea Women's Basketball Suffers Heavy Defeat to China... South Korea Faces Bronze Medal Match Against North Korea if Losing to Japan [Asian Games]

On the 29th of last month, the women's basketball game between South Korea and North Korea at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games was held at the Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Before the game started, the players from both Koreas greeted each other.
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North Korea's women's basketball team suffered a heavy defeat against China in the semifinals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. As a result, if South Korea loses to Japan, the opponent in the bronze medal match will be North Korea.

The North Korean women's basketball team lost 100-44 to China in the semifinals held on the afternoon of the 3rd at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Zhejiang Province, China.

North Korea was relegated to the third-place playoff.

On that day, North Korea fell behind 6-22 in the first quarter due to China's tall players and never managed to even the score, ultimately losing the game.

In particular, they showed weakness by allowing 25 points and 15 rebounds to the 2-meter center Li Weilu alone.

If South Korea loses to Japan in the second semifinal match held afterward, the North and South will face off for the bronze medal.

Since women's basketball was first introduced at the 1974 Tehran Asian Games, North and South Korea have never competed against each other for a medal.

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