Korea Set to Face Brazil in Women's Volleyball Semifinals at Tokyo Olympics

Korea is to face Brazil in the semifinals of the women's volleyball at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Friday.

Korea is looking to clinch a medal for the first time in 45 years, since it won a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

Korea has a checkered history against world No. 2 Brazil, with an 18-45 all-time head-to-head record against the South American team.

Korea earlier lost to Brazil 0-3 in a group-stage match to open the Olympic tournament, but briskly sliced through its subsequent opponents. It then beat seventh-ranked Dominican Republic and fifth-ranked Japan to advance to the quarterfinals, where it defeated No. 4 Turkey. Korea's ranking in the meantime rose from 14th to 11th.