The Korean men’s basketball team made a pleasant ‘Asian Cup Mock Test’. The national team won 90-71 against Qatar in the 3rd round of the 2025 Men’s Basketball National Team held at the Anyang Jeonggwanjang Arena on the 18th.
The evaluation match was an important stage to measure the opponent’s power ahead of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup, which will begin on the 5th of next month. Korea belongs to Group A like Qatar. Qatar (87th) is lower than Korea (53th), but naturalized athletes are a lot of naturalized players. On this day, naturalized players such as Silver Eye Seido participated.
Ahn Joon -ho, the team manager, stressed that before the game, “should not be pushed out of the right to fight and the right to provide.” The players actively struggled and scored. It was not pushed against the tall Qatar (42-39). In the help cycle, it was 29-11, leading to ‘One Team Korea’. KBSN commentator Cho Sung -min (KBSN), who relayed the game, said, “I felt especially good for the players to make a team.”
Like Japan, Lee Hyun -jung and Yeo Jun -seok were added to Lee Jung -hyun and organic award. The explosive power of the Golden Generation was amazing. I have never won a single victory throughout the game. The first quarter Lee Hyun-joong and Yeo Joon-seok scored 12-5 in four minutes, and Lee Jung-hyun and the organic shaked the fuim and ran to 20-7 and 13 points in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. After finishing the first quarter with 25-17 and 8 points, Korea decided to make a score from the second quarter (52-34). In the third quarter, the difference was 79-44 and 35 points. South Korea scored 18 three -point shots in the first leg against Japan, which was also ahead of Qatar (8), which was 15.
Lee Hyun -joong scored 13 points in the first quarter, running 22 minutes and 28 seconds and scoring 20 points 10 splattering 5 assistance. Yeo Jun -seok also led the victory with 16 points and 9 splattering. Rarely, he did not care for his opponent’s Big Man. In the third game, the organic and Lee Jung -hyun’s activities were particularly noticeable. Lee Jung -hyun’s ability to operate the game, including altruistic play. He scored not only scores (13) but also 10 helpers and helped other players. Lee Seung -hyun and Jung Sung -woo’s suffocation defense are also hidden in the team’s victory.
Freedom to improve was left as a homework. Yeo Jun -seok said, “Today, we seem to have caught our team well in the rebound. But I felt that there was a lot to improve in the defense.” The national team will have a fourth game with Qatar in the same place on the 20th.
By Nam Ji -eun, reporter myviollet@hani.co.kr