The silver medalist of the PyeongChang Olympics,'Team Kim', came to the final of the national team selection and is about to retake the Taegeuk mark after three years.
Gyeongbuk Sports Association women's curling team, Tim Kim, defeated Chuncheon City Hall and'Tim Minji' 6-5 after a close match in the 1st match of the national qualifying playoff held at the Gangneung Curling Center on the 23rd.
Team Kim, who passed the preliminary round with a victory in the 6th match, managed to win 7 consecutive victories in the tournament, leaving only 1 win to retake the Taegeuk mark.
On the other hand, Minji, who was ranked third in the world championships last year, is re-challenging to advance to the final against the national team Gyeonggi Province last season.
The match unfolded fiercely like a'rival' match between 1st and 2nd place in the qualifying round.
Team Kim, who started with a post pitch, scored 1 point at the 2nd and 3rd endings, and let's go ahead, team Minji immediately pursued, and added 3 points in the 9 endings, 5-2, and turned the game to the origin.
However, Kim Eun-jung, captain of Tim Kim, who returned after two years from the national team selection after giving birth, has managed the game skillfully in the last 10 endings, where he entered the game with an advantage, and confirmed the victory by one point.
In the men's division, the Gyeongbuk Sports Association (Skip Kim Chang-min), who was the national representative of the PyeongChang Olympics last season, beat the Gyeonggi-do Federation (Skip Jeong Young-seok) 12 to 5 and went to the finals to shoot the Taegeuk mark.