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South Korea wins Asian Games women’s basketball gold 75-70

By Drooid · Sep 27, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC · How we work

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South Korea Wins Gold

South Korea defeated Japan 75-70 to claim the Asian Games women’s basketball gold.
Coach Park Soo-ho fielded only 11 players, sitting out center Park Ji-su and guard Park Ji-hyun.
Forward Kang Lee-seul scored 21 points and made two decisive free throws in the closing minutes.
The win marked South Korea’s first women’s basketball Asian Games title since 2014.
It also snapped a seven-game losing streak against Japan.

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Japanese teen Shin Ohashi set a new 200-meter breaststroke world record at 2:04.83.
Japanese prodigy Yuki Kurihara won esports gold in Puyo Puyo Champions, becoming Japan’s youngest Asian Games medalist.
Bahrain’s mixed 4×400 m relay team recorded a Games record of 3:12.87, its third consecutive victory.
China reached its 200th athletics gold when Chinese racewalker Shi Shengji won the men’s half-marathon race walk.

History

Historical Context

South Korea hosted the XVII Asian Games in Incheon from 19 September to 4 October 2014, the nation’s third time staging the event after Seoul (1986) and Busan (2002). The Games featured 9,501 athletes competing in 439 events across 36 sports, and China topped the medal table while the host finished second. The edition was noted for its low hosting cost and rising competition standards.

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South Korea Wins Gold

South Korea defeated Japan 75-70 to claim the Asian Games women’s basketball gold.
Coach Park Soo-ho fielded only 11 players, sitting out center Park Ji-su and guard Park Ji-hyun.
Forward Kang Lee-seul scored 21 points and made two decisive free throws in the closing minutes.
The win marked South Korea’s first women’s basketball Asian Games title since 2014.
It also snapped a seven-game losing streak against Japan.

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