The Korea women's national basketball team is a combined representative team composed of players from both South Korea and North Korea. The team competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
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| FIBA ranking | N/A |
|---|---|
| Joined FIBA | N/A |
| FIBA zone | N/A |
| National federation | Korea Basketball Association / Amateur Basketball Association of DPR of Korea |
| Coach | Lee Moon-kyu |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | None |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | None |
| Asian Games | |
| Appearances | 1 |
| Medals |  Silver: (2018) |
| First international | |
 Korea 108–40 Indonesia  (Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 August 2018) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Korea 108–40 Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 August 2018) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 China 71–65 Korea (Jakarta, Indonesia; 1 September 2018) | |
History edit
The team competed in the 2018 Asian Games.[1] South Korea and North Korea will compete as one in select events in the Asian Games. The composition of the 12-player team roster will be largely South Korean with 3 players being North Korean.[2] The team will be led by South Korea's head coach Lee Moon-kyu.[3]
South Korea and North Korea held exhibition games in men's and women's basketball at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in the latter's capital of Pyongyang in July 2018.[4] Two of the games featured mixed-teams with players from both countries; Team Prosperity and Team Peace while the other two games featured the national teams of both countries.[5] Head coach Lee Moon-kyu used the exhibition matches by the women's teams to scout for possible North Korean players who may be included in the unified Korea team.[6]
In the group stage of the women's basketball competition, the unified Korea was drawn in Group X with Kazakhstan, Indonesia and India.[6]
In April 2019, the FIBA Central Board approved their participation "in principle" at the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.[7] However such plan did not materialize with the Korean peninsula represented solely by South Korea in the tournament.
Team image edit
The unified Korean team had a local Korean manufacturer as their kit supplier instead of the Nike, the kit-supplier of the South Korea women's national team to avoid violating sanctions imposed on North Korea banning the importation of luxury goods including sports equipment.[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "North and South Korea to field unified women's basketball team at Asian Games 2018". FIBA. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Players from South, North reunited for Games". Korea JoongAng Daily. Yonhap. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "WNBA center named to unified Korean Asiad basketball team". Yonhap. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "North and South Korea hold friendly basketball games in Pyeongyang". AS.com. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ Diaz, Jose Pablo (1 August 2018). "North Korean cross border for joint Asian Games training". AS.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Unified Korean women's hoops team grouped with 4 opponents in Asian Games". Yonhap. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (4 April 2019). "FIBA Central Board approve resolution for joint Korean team to compete at Women's Asia Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Asian Games 2018: Joint Korea teams to look for local sports equipment manufacturers due to UN sanctions on Pyongyang". First Post. Agence France-Presse. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.