[Sports Road News]The Bulgarian Men’s Flower World Cup Team Tournament will be held in Plovdiv on Sunday (1st), and the Hong Kong Men’s Flower will face Ukraine in the round of 16. Although the Hong Kong team ranks higher than its opponents, they are upset in the end with 39: 45 lost, missed the top 8, and will move to the 9th to 16th place later.
The Men’s Flower Port team will continue to be led by Zhang Jialong in this team competition, and will join teammates Cai Junyan, Wu Nuohong and Cui Haoran. The Hong Kong team, ranked 6th in the team world, does not need to play in the top 32 this station, and will start directly from the top 16. The first game will be once morest Ukraine, which is ranked 13th. In the first game of the Hong Kong team, Zhang Jialang took a 5-2 lead, and the two sides then started a tug-of-war and took the lead, but the Hong Kong team was slightly pulled 40:37 following the 8th game. Zhang Jialang, who was guarding the tailgate, finally failed to make a reversal. The Hong Kong team lost 39:45 and missed the top 8.
The Hong Kong team will move to the 9th to 16th place match later, and the opponent in the first place match is Israel’s loser to Japan.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Fencing]Men’s Huagang Team was upset and lost to the top 16 of the Ukraine World Cup Team Tournament」