Korean women's basketball lost to Czech Republic in FIBA World Cup pre-qualification final

The Korean women's basketball team, which passed the group stage dramatically and reached the final, was defeated by the Czech Republic in the preliminary preliminary round of the 2026 FIBA World Cup.

South Korea, ranked 13th in the FIBA rankings, lost 67-73 in the final against the Czech Republic 23rd in the FIBA rankings on the last day of the tournament in Mexico City, Mexico, on the 26th.

As a result, Korea failed to qualify for the qualifying round for the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, which will be given to the winner of this event. However, Korea can try again to qualify for the FIBA World Cup through the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup. The 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup will be held in Shenzhen, China in July 2025.

South Korea, which also met once in the group stage and lost to the Czech Republic 63-76, sought to avenge the day, but it swallowed its regret due to a lack of hindsight at the end of the fourth quarter.

South Korea, which succeeded in turning the game around 60-59 with Lee So-hee BNK's bold under-the-goal breakthrough three minutes and 41 seconds before the end, later gave up a come-from-behind three-point shot to the Czech Gabriela Andelova, and allowed Andelova to score under the basket again two minutes and 30 seconds before the end. South Korea, which had been dragged by four points, gave up a three-point shot to Natalie Stoppalova with two minutes and nine seconds left before the end, widening the loss to a seven-point gap. 토토사이트 추천

In the process, South Korea made a series of errors at every crisis, including the 24-second attack time and travelling. The number of errors on the day was 19 in South Korea and 12 in the Czech Republic. In South Korea, Park Ji-soo scored 22 points and 7 rebounds, and Park Ji-hyun worked hard with 14 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds.