[Asian Games] South Korea Men's Basketball Records Worst Performance Ever... Lost to Iran, Moves to 7th-8th Place Match

On the 3rd, at the Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, the men's basketball quarterfinals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games took place between South Korea and China.
South Korea's Ra Gun-ah is making a layup shot under the basket, evading the defense of China's Hu Jinqiu.
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The South Korean men's basketball team lost again in the 5th-8th place classification round at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, pushing them into the 7th-8th place playoff.

Led by coach Chu Il-seung, South Korea was defeated by Iran 82-89 on the 4th at the Zhejiang University Zijin River Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, during the 5th-8th place classification round of the tournament.

In the men's basketball event at the Asian Games, the four teams that win in the quarterfinals compete for medals through the semifinals, finals, and bronze medal match, while the four teams that lose in the quarterfinals play classification matches.

The quarterfinal losers are divided into two pairs; the winners of these matches play for 5th-6th place, and the losers play for 7th-8th place. The South Korean men's basketball team lost to the host country China in the quarterfinals the previous day, and with the loss to Iran on this day, they will finish the tournament in either 7th or 8th place.

Before this, the only time South Korea failed to reach the men's basketball semifinals at the Asian Games was at the 2006 Doha Games, where they finished 5th.

The 7th-8th place playoff will be held on the 6th at 1 PM (Korea Standard Time) at the Zhejiang University Zijin River Gymnasium, with the opponent being the loser of the Saudi Arabia-Japan classification match held later that day.

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