Playing before an energized crowd, Chinese Taipei accomplished its mission Sunday to grab the men's and women's gold at the Kaohsiung World Games. After sweeping through their preliminary round undefeated and generally unchallenged, the two teams performed flawlessly in their respective finals against Switzerland to capture their gold medals. In the women's final Sunday, Taiwan defeated Switzerland 50-37 in an intriguing tactical battle that was relatively close early in the game. Unwilling to concede the gold medal without a fight, the Swiss varied their tactics to confuse the home team and played solid defense, and trailed by only a point, 13-12, late in the first period. But the home team began breaking through its opponent's defense with a few skillful sharp-angle shots to begin pulling away. Leading 16-13 after the first period, Chinese Taipei outscored the Swiss 20-10 in the second period to put the game away. In the bronze medal game, Canada defeated Great Britain 45-33. The Chinese Taipei men team was even more impressive than the women's, setting a relentless pace from the start to win easily 67-39. Even down 15 heading into the final period, the Swiss tried to pull back with tighter defense, but the home team's ferocious attacks and impeccable teamwork left the visitors in tatters. Singapore, making its first appearance in a world championship, continued to surprise in the World Games tournament by edging Great Britain 46-42 to claim the bronze medal in the event. Canada and Macau finished fifth and sixth. President Ma Ying-jeou witnessed the men's gold medal match Sunday and offered his congratulations to the team. One of five invitational sports at the 2009 World Games, tchoukball advertises itself as having elements of basketball, volleyball, handball and jai alai, but handball probably has the closest setup to tchoukball. Instead of the two goals, there are two upright square trampoline frames with semi-circles in front of them. Like handball, players throw passes to each other to gain momentum as they jump inside the 3-meter radius semi-circle. But instead of firing the ball on goal, they throw it at the trampoline, trying to make the ball rebound back outside the semi-circle where their opponents cannot catch it. Tchoukball prides itself on being a non-contact sport -- the attackers are not challenged or covered by defensive players -- as it promotes the concept of harmony and respect. 