The Kinjo Futo Station Square venue in Nagoya, Japan, host city of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. [Yonhap]
The Kinjo Futo Station Square venue in Nagoya, Japan, host city of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. [Yonhap]

South Korea's squash teams were eliminated in the quarterfinals of both the men's and women's team events at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, leaving the country without a medal in the sport for the first time in eight years.

The men's team fell to Pakistan 0-2 in the team event quarterfinals Wednesday at Kinjo Futo Arena in Nagoya. The women's team also lost Wednesday, falling to Japan 0-2 in their quarterfinal.

Eom Hwa-young and Heo Min-kyung, who helped South Korea claim a bronze medal in the women's team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Games, failed to reach the podium for a second consecutive time.

The quarterfinal exits ended South Korea's medal hopes entirely, as the country had already been eliminated from the men's and women's individual events and the mixed doubles.

South Korea has won four bronze medals in squash at the Asian Games — Lee Hae-kyung in the women's individual event at the 2002 Busan Games, and the women's team at the 2010 Guangzhou, 2014 Incheon and 2023 Hangzhou Games. The last time South Korea left the Asian Games without a squash medal was at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games.


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