The South Korean men's basketball team faced a challenging debut under their first foreign coach, Nicolas Majulius, who led them in a match against Taiwan on the 26th of June at the Xinbei Xinzhuang Gymnasium. The team couldn't capitalize on an early lead, where they started strong with a 7-0 advantage, but lost control as Taiwan rallied back, ending the first quarter trailing 18-21. Despite attempts to close the gap, notably reducing the difference to only 9 points in the third quarter, the team ultimately succumbed to a 12-point deficit by the end of the game, with a critical player, Lee Hyun-jung, fouled out in the final minutes, dampening their comeback efforts.