[Asian Games] S. Korea wins gold in women's handball, ending 8-year drought

South Korea claimed the women's handball gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, ending a 8-year title drought, by defeating host nation Japan 27-23 in the final round of the competition. The match took place at Entrio in Inazawa, located northwest of Nagoya, Japan. Despite both teams finishing with a perfect 6-0 record in the round-robin stage, South Korea emerged victorious, surpassing Japan, which had a record of 5 wins and 1 loss.

The Asian Games women's handball tournament featured a round-robin format, with no knockout stage, and medals were awarded based on the final standings. South Korea's triumph marked their first Asian Games title in eight years, after securing the event in 2014 and 2018, and their eighth overall since women's handball was introduced to the quadrennial continental multisport competition in 1990.

Prior to the final, only South Korea and Japan were undefeated, each with a perfect 5-0 record. The deciding match was a rematch of the previous year's final at the Hangzhou Asian Games.