The president of the Tchoukball Association of Singapore, Delane Lim, has set a top-four target for both the men's and women's teams at the World Tchoukball Championships. This target is based on the teams' performance in recent months.
SINGAPORE — The Singapore men’s national team secured the bronze medal after a 67-57 victory over Switzerland in the recent World Tchoukball Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic. The women’s national team had to settle for fifth place as they suffered a surprising defeat by Hong Kong in the quarter-finals.
“Although we had hoped for two medals, the bronze by the men’s team is still a nice birthday present to Singapore. I want to pay tribute to the men’s team who showed resilience and courage, characteristics we want our national teams to have,” said Lim. The Singapore men’s national team, ranked third in the world, had an intense match against the second-ranked team, Italy, in the semi-finals. Despite their best efforts, Singapore lost the game by a single goal, 55-56, and unfortunately missed out on a spot in the final.
“The Italians played at a high standard and that puts the team under some pressure. But against Switzerland, we were more relaxed and that allowed us to better control the game. We went into the competition hoping for a top-four finish so I would say we did well to meet our target. But we also released in a narrow loss to Italy that we are not so far behind the top teams,” shared Ng.
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