# The downfall of the 'frog in the well' men's volleyball and men's basketball's first-ever 'shared gold medal'

South Korea's head coach Chu Il-seung looks somber during the men's basketball quarterfinal match between South Korea and China at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the [Gimnazium Olympic Sports Center](https://chart-studio.plotly.com/dashboard/casinositezone:2/view) in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday afternoon.

The "frog in the well" status of men's basketball and men's volleyball in winter professional sports was on full display at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

Men's basketball was eliminated in the quarterfinals and men's volleyball in the round of 12, the first time in Asian Games history that both sports failed to medal.

The Korean men's basketball team, led by Chu Il-seung, fell to China 70-84 in the quarterfinals of the men's basketball competition on Wednesday at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China.

Despite the lack of objective power, the Koreans dreamed of a miraculous victory, saying "the ball is round," but the Great Wall was too high.

From the end of the first quarter, China went on a relentless offense and created distance. South Korea lost the momentum of the game due to poor shooting accuracy and too many turnovers ([mistakes](http://www.kitaoka-group.com/pukiwiki/index.php?gostopsite)). At the end of the second quarter, the score was 30-50, a whopping 20-point deficit, and the pendulum had swung in their favor.

With the loss, Korea fell to the fifth through eighth place games and failed to win a medal. It's been 17 years since the men's national basketball team hasn't won an Asian Games medal since Doha 2006 (fourth place). It also shattered their dreams of returning to the top of the podium nine years after the 2014 Incheon Games.

It's not like they didn't deserve to be eliminated. Earlier in the group stage, they were swept by Japan, a team with a 'second line'.

The downfall of the men's basketball team was reminiscent of the men's volleyball team, who were the first to pack their bags with a gold medal.

Head coach Lim Do-heon ponders during the men's volleyball quarterfinal tournament match between South Korea and Pakistan at the China Textile City Sports Center in Shaoxing, China, on Sept. 22.

The men's volleyball team coached by Lim Do-heon was eliminated by Pakistan in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Sept. 22, the day before the opening ceremony. [카지노사이트랭크](https://www.casinositerank.com/category/%EC%95%88%EC%A0%84%ED%86%A0%ED%86%A0%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8/) The men's volleyball team, which was aiming for a gold medal after 17 years since the 2006 Doha Games, was denied a medal for the first time in 61 years since the 1962 Jakarta Games (fifth place).

The men's basketball team, which arrived in Hangzhou on March 23, was devastated by the news of the men's volleyball team's elimination. "I suddenly got chills when I heard (the men's volleyball team was eliminated in the round of 12)," said He Hun, vowing to "play like hell and do my best."

However, the men's basketball team did not fare much better than the men's volleyball team. This is the first time that men's basketball and men's volleyball have won gold medals together at the Asian Games.

In 1962 in [Jakarta](http://images.google.ee/url?sa=t&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgostopsite.com), when men's volleyball did not medal, men's basketball won a bronze medal. Men's volleyball also won gold in Doha in 2006, the first time men's basketball had won back-to-back titles, when it finished fourth.

This time around in Hangzhou, however, neither team was able to capitalize. Before the start of the new season, professional basketball and professional volleyball had hoped that their national teams would perform well at the Asian Games to spark the box office, but the results only confirmed the status quo of international uncompetitiveness and declining standards. [섯다](https://www.gostopsite.com/wiki/bbs/board.php?bo_table=casinosite)