The soccer schedule for Universiade started one day ahead of August 19’s opening ceremony, with the Chinese Taipei women’s soccer team performing outstandingly against Argentina. Three minutes after the match began, due to a passing error by Argentina, Yan-ping Chen of Chinese Taipei was able to quickly score a point. Afterwards, Argentina demonstrated its prowess by repeatedly shooting the ball towards the goal, only to be caught by Chinese Taipei’s goalie Fang-yi Zhu, who even suffered a head injury. In the second half of the match, Chinese Taipei’s Hsiu-chin Li was able to score a point by staying close to the goal, and her teammate Yan-ping Chen also scored in quick succession. At last, Chinese Taipei came away with a 3:0 victory. Currently competing in the women’s soccer A group are Chinese Taipei, USA, Argentina, and South Korea. Of these, USA and South Korea were able to score the largest victories, allowing them to advance to the top 8.

8/18 women’s soccer

Britain: South Africa 1:3

Brazil: Colombia 17:0

Mexico: India 0:0

South Korea: USA 3:0

8/18 Men’s soccer

Italy: USA 2:0

Brazil: Russia 2:3

Chinese Taipei: Mexico 0:3

Ireland: France 0:0