The Korea Handball Federation announced that it held the "2026 Regular Delegates' Meeting" at Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on the 26th and focused on discussing ways to strengthen the competitiveness of the national teams.
The meeting was attended by Kwak Nojung, president of the Korea Handball Federation and CEO of SK hynix, as well as presidents of city and provincial handball federations from across the country including Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Busan, and key figures in Korean handball such as Cho Youngshin, head coach of the men's national team, and Lee Gyecheong, head coach of the women's national team.
Participants agreed to rapidly boost the strength of the national teams ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games to be held in September, and to restore the status of "K-Handball," which once dominated international competitions and moved the nation.
Kwak Nojeong, president of the Korea Handball Federation, is speaking at the 2025 Regular Delegates' Meeting held on the 26th at Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Korea Handball Federation
The federation judged that it is urgent for the national teams to reinforce their competitiveness in terms of both hardware and software, and derived a strengthening plan in three major directions.
First, in terms of hardware, the federation decided to build an optimal system for forming the "strongest possible national team" by overhauling the player call-up process, strengthening the cooperation framework with each club so that key players are not prevented from joining the national team due to injuries or other reasons, and providing dedicated medical support through the federation's medical committee. It will also form a specialized team to analyze the strength of rival Asian countries such as Japan and those in the Middle East, and improve capabilities for securing related data.
On the software side, the federation will focus on mental training and physical conditioning to restore the unique "indomitable DNA" of K-Handball.
Presidents of city and provincial handball federations who attended the meeting also agreed that strengthening the competitiveness of the national teams is the top priority, and pledged to support efforts at the local level to broaden the sport's base and to cooperate in releasing outstanding players from H-League teams with local ties to the national team.
Kwak Nojung said, "To strengthen the international competitiveness of K-Handball and achieve a new leap forward, handball people across the country will unite as one team and pool their strength," adding, "At the same time, we will take on various challenges such as entering Sports Toto and pursuing international cooperation like a Korea-Japan integrated league, and do our best to make handball a sport that moves the public and earns their support and encouragement."
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