When the national anthem comes on, put your hand on your chest Foreign director dreaming of becoming ‘Paris Eussaengsun’

Signel, a Swedish women's handball coach, went to Paris alone among the ball games. Honored to win two consecutive Olympic titles in 1988 and 1992, but has not won a medal since the 2008 Beijing Olympics “Korea has many advantages “It will surprise the world”

Henrik Signel, coach of the Korean women's handball team (center), stood in front of the camera with the players at the Jincheon Athletes' Village in North Chungcheong Province on the 14th. In Korea, women's handball was the only team sport to win a ticket to the Paris Olympics.

“The fact that we are the only ones going to the Olympics feels a little burdensome. Still, I want to surprise the world on the best stage.”

These are the words of coach Henrik Signel (48, Sweden), who is leading the Korean women's handball team. The women's handball team is the only Korean team to win a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics, which opens on July 26 (local time).

Coach Signel, who met at the Jincheon Athletes' Village in North Chungcheong Province on the 14th, the second day of training for the Olympics, said, “Korean athletes are dedicated and have a very strong desire to learn. And if there is a crack on one side, other players actively cover it. This is an advantage unique to Korea that is difficult to find even in Europe. “We will try to achieve the best results at the Olympics by incorporating European-style handball here,” he said.

Korea, which ranked 22nd at last year's World Championships, advanced to the group stage of Group A with Norway (2nd), Denmark (3rd), Sweden (4th), Germany (6th), and Slovenia (11th) at this Olympics. play a match Four of the six teams in Groups A and B each advance to the quarterfinals, but Korea, which is evaluated as the weakest team in Group A, cannot be guaranteed to pass the group stage.

Coach Signel will face his home country, Sweden, in the 4th game of the group stage (August 1), which may be a turning point in advancing to the quarterfinals. He said, “I think Indonesian soccer team coach Shin Tae-yong, who won against Korea (in the Asian qualifiers for the Paris Olympics), would be a good example. “With the same mindset, I will only focus on what Korea does well,” he said.

Like Coach Shin, Coach Signel also served as the head coach of his country's national team. Coach Signel led the Swedish women's national team to the semifinals at the 2017 World Championships. This was the first time that the Swedish women's national team advanced to the semifinals of the World Championships. After stepping down as national team coach in 2020, he moved to Korea after leading the Swedish men's club team.

Coach Signel said, “There was a time when I was so fascinated by Korean women’s handball, which was dominating the world stage, that I fell in love with Korean culture and food. So when I received an offer to coach the Korean national team, I thought, ‘This is like a dream…’ “I said to myself, ‘I happily accepted,’” he said, laughing, adding, “I’m confident that I’m doing more in Korea than when I was in charge of the Swedish national team.” Korean women's handball won a total of six medals at the Olympics, including two consecutive Olympic titles in Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992. In women's handball at the Olympics, the only country that won more medals than Korea was Norway (7). However, the Korean women's national team has fallen away from an Olympic medal since winning a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. The Korean women's national team began a generational change after losing to Japan in the finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. Coach Signel watched all domestic league games in person or on video, analyzed the players' strengths and weaknesses, and finalized the first training list of 21 players to join the Jincheon Training Village. Coach Signel was originally scheduled to enter the country on the 12th, the day before the convocation, but he arrived on the 8th and even completed in-depth interviews with the players. Coach Signel said, “I don’t think the individual skills of the current Korean players are inferior to those of the players in 1988 (when they won the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics). “Both then and now, Korean players are good at fast-break plays and high-difficulty high-altitude plays,” he said. “Korean handball also has strengths that can embarrass the world’s best teams. “We will prepare these parts in detail,” he said. Unlike other foreign national team coaches, Coach Signel places his right hand on his left chest like the players whenever the national anthem is played before a game. Coach Signel said, “If the players and I are ‘one team,’ I think our movements should not be different even in times like this. We will create a team that is as prepared as possible until the Olympics. “For that to happen, we really need your support,” he said.


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