'Physical: Asia' Quest 1: Territory Conquest Recap & Final Winner Results

The first quest of Physical: Asia is the Territory Conquest, an intense game that involves shoving, grabbing, and grappling. The contestants from all eight countries, including Korea, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Indonesia, Türkiye, Australia, and the Philippines, start simultaneously and compete to conquer the territories on top of the sand dune. The country that wins the Territory Conquest gains a significant privilege, which is the right to set up the matchups for the following quest, including their own.

'Physical: Asia' QUEST 1: Territory Conquest

Here are the rules for the first quest, the Territory Conquest: The game consists of a total of three rounds, with each round lasting for two minutes. In the first round, there are four territories up for grabs. At the end of the round, the country with the most contestants on a given territory conquers that territory. However, if a territory is occupied by the same number of contestants from more than one country, the match will go into a rematch for that territory. The four countries that manage to conquer a territory advance to the next round. In the second round, the number of territories is reduced to two. And in the third and final round, there is only one single territory. The country that conquers this last remaining territory will be the winner of the first quest.

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TERRITORY CONQUEST ROUND 1 RESULTS

Team Japan wins over Team Thailand to advance to the next round. Team Australia easily conquers a territory unchallenged to also advance. Meanwhile, the battles for the remaining two territories between Team Türkiye vs Team Korea, and Team Mongolia vs Team Indonesia vs Team Philippines both ends in a rematch.

In the first rematch, Türkiye ties once again with Korea. For the three-way battle, Mongolia and the Philippines tie to stay in the game, while Indonesia is eliminated.

In the second rematch, the four teams fight over a single territory. Korea decides to team up with brother country Türkiye, and the Philippines counters by teaming up with Mongolia. The Philippines is eliminated, while the other three teams end up in another rematch.

In the third rematch, Korea forms an alliance with Türkiye once again, and Mongolia is eliminated.

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R1 WINNERS: Japan 🇯🇵, Australia 🇦🇺, Türkiye 🇹🇷, Korea 🇰🇷

R1 LOSERS: Thailand 🇹🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Philippines 🇵🇭, Mongolia 🇲🇳

TERRITORY CONQUEST ROUND 2 RESULTS

In the second round, the four countries fight to conquer two territories. Team Türkiye takes on Team Australia, and defeated them to advance to the final round. Meanwhile, Team Korea vs Team Japan battle it out in an epic showdown. After five rematches with no end in sight, a new rule is brought in for the sixth rematch. The heaviest and lightest players on each team were excluded, making it a four-on-four game. The players now start the match on top of the territory, and those who are pushed off can no longer reenter. Japan successfully executes their game plan to each mark a man and take them out. It becomes a one-on-one match between two females, and Japan's Nonoka Ozaki (National Team Wrestler) pushes Korea's Choi Seung Yeon (CrossFit Athlete) off the territory first for the win.

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R2 WINNERS: Türkiye 🇹🇷, Japan 🇯🇵

R2 LOSERS: Australia 🇦🇺, Korea 🇰🇷

TERRITORY CONQUEST FINAL ROUND RESULTS

In the final round, Team Türkiye and Team Japan fight to conquer a single territory. Each player guards their target while waiting for the time to run down before making a move. In the final seconds, Türkiye's Anil Berk Baki (National Team Sailor) manages to throw Japan's Soichi Hashimoto (National Team Judoka) off of the territory, while their team leader Recep Kara (National Kirkpinar Wrestler) also manages to keep their opponent's leader Yushin Okami (MMA Fighter) pinned down off of the platform. Türkiye beats Japan 6:4 to take the win for Physical: Asia Quest 1, and gets the privilege of setting all the matchups for the following quest.

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QUEST 1 FINAL WINNER: Türkiye 🇹🇷