S. Korean swimmers seek to defend relay title; football teams set for inter-Korean clash

South Korean swimmers will defend their men’s relay title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, while the women’s football team faces North Korea in the first all-Korean match of the Games. The men’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay team includes Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-joon and Kim Young-beom. South Korea’s women’s volleyball team will play Japan in the semifinals, and the baseball team opens Group B against Chinese Taipei. In shooting and Wushu, Park Ha-jun, Gwon Hyeop-jun, Shin Min-ki and An Hyeon-gi are also scheduled to compete.

South Korea won the men’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay for the first time at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023.

Kim Young-beom, 20, won silver in the men’s 100m freestyle the previous day.

Kim Young-beom broke Hwang Sun-woo’s Korean record in the 100m discipline at a national competition last year.

South Korea’s women’s football team and North Korea have already secured quarterfinal berths with two wins each.

Monday’s Group F match will decide the winner of the group.

Published Sep 21, 2026 7:48 am KST

South Korea's Kim Young-beom, left, and Hwang Sun-woo, right, pose with their medals won in the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming race at the Asian Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo, Sunday. Yonhap

NAGOYA, Japan — South Korean swimming stars will seek to defend their men's relay title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, while the women's football team will face North Korea in the first all-Korean match of the Games.

The team of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-joon and Kim Young-beom will compete in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo.

South Korea won the event for the first time at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023.

Three years later, Kim Young-beom has joined Hwang, Kim Woo-min and Lee on the relay team.

Kim Young-beom, a 20-year old rising star in short distance swimming in South Korea, won silver in the men's 100m freestyle event the previous day, while Hwang finished third.

Kim broke Hwang's Korean record in the 100m discipline at a national competition last year.

South Korea's Yuk Seo-young, left, performs during a quarterfinals match against Kazakhstan in women's volleyball at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Park Arena Komaki in Komaki, just north of Nagoya, Japan, Sunday. Yonhap

The women's volleyball team will face Japan in the semifinals. A victory would send South Korea to the Asian Games final for the first time since 2014.

South Korea was eliminated from medal contention after losing in the quarterfinals at the previous Asiad in China.

The baseball team will begin its bid for a fifth consecutive Asian Games title in an opening-round Group B game against Chinese Taipei.

South Korea's women's football team will face North Korea in a Group F match, marking the first inter-Korean match at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Both teams have already secured berths in the quarterfinals with two wins. Monday's match will determine the Group F winner.

In shooting, Park Ha-jun, Gwon Hyeop-jun and Shin Min-ki will compete in the men's 10 meter air rifle individual and team events at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, about 25 kilometers east of Nagoya.

In Wushu, An Hyeon-gi will compete in men's taijiquan & taijijian to become the second Korean gold medalist in the discipline after Yang Seong-chan at the 2002 Asian Games.

韩国游泳队将于周一在爱知-名古屋亚运会上卫冕男子4×200米自由泳接力冠军，而女子足球队将在亚运会首场韩朝对抗赛中迎战朝鲜队。韩国男子4×200米自由泳接力队成员包括黄善宇、金宇民、李浩俊和金永范。韩国女子排球队将在半决赛中对阵日本队，棒球队将在B组首战迎战中华台北队。此外，朴河俊、权协俊、申民基和安贤基也将参加射击和武术项目的比赛。

韩国队在2023年杭州亚运会上首次获得男子4×200米自由泳接力冠军。

20岁的金永范在前一天的男子100米自由泳比赛中获得银牌。

去年，金永范在全国比赛中打破了黄善宇保持的100米韩国纪录。

韩国女足和朝鲜女足均以两场胜利晋级四分之一决赛。

周一F组的比赛将决定小组冠军的归属。

发布于2026年9月21日 上午7:48（韩国标准时间）

韩国选手金永范（左）和黄善宇（右）周日在东京东京水上运动中心举行的亚运会男子100米自由泳比赛中获得奖牌后合影。（韩联社）

日本名古屋——韩国游泳明星将于周一在爱知-名古屋亚运会上力争卫冕男子接力赛冠军，而女子足球队将在本届亚运会上与朝鲜队进行首场全韩对抗赛。

黄善宇、金宇民、李浩俊和金永范组成的队伍将在东京水上运动中心参加男子4x200米自由泳接力赛。

韩国在2023年杭州亚运会上首次获得该项目冠军。

三年后，金永范加入了黄、金宇民和李的接力队。

韩国短距离游泳新星、20岁的金永范在前一天的男子100米自由泳比赛中获得银牌，而黄荣亮获得第三名。

去年，金在全国比赛中打破了黄的100米韩国纪录。

韩国选手陆瑞英（左）在周日于日本名古屋北部小牧市小牧公园体育馆举行的爱知-名古屋亚运会女子排球四分之一决赛对阵哈萨克斯坦的比赛中。（韩联社）

韩国女排将在半决赛中对阵日本队。如果获胜，韩国队将自2014年以来首次晋级亚运会决赛。

韩国队在上一届中国亚运会四分之一决赛中失利，无缘奖牌争夺。

棒球队将在B组首轮比赛中对阵中华台北队，开启他们冲击亚运会五连冠的征程。

韩国女足将在F组比赛中对阵朝鲜队，这将是爱知-名古屋亚运会上的首场韩朝比赛。

两队均已取得两场胜利，锁定四分之一决赛席位。周一的比赛将决出F组的头名。

在射击项目中，朴河俊、权协俊和申民基将参加在爱知县综合射击场（位于名古屋以东约 25 公里的丰田市）举行的男子 10 米气步枪个人赛和团体赛。

在武术比赛中，安贤基将参加男子太极拳和太极剑比赛，力争成为继2002年亚运会杨成灿之后，第二位在该项目上获得金牌的韩国选手。