South Korea men's national handball team

The South Korea national handball team is the national handball team of South Korea and is controlled by the Korea Handball Federation.

South Korea
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Information
AssociationKorea Handball Federation
CoachRolando Freitas
Assistant coachVanja Radić
Herlander Silva
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
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Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances7 (First in 1984)
Best resultSilver 2nd (1988)
World Championship
Appearances13 (First in 1986)
Best result8th (1997)
Asian Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1977)
Best resultGold 1st (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012)
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South Korea men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 1990 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 1982 New Delhi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983 Seoul
Gold medal – first place 1987 Amman
Gold medal – first place 1989 Beijing
Gold medal – first place 1991 Hiroshima
Gold medal – first place 1993 Manama
Gold medal – first place 2000 Kumamoto
Gold medal – first place 2008 Isfahan
Gold medal – first place 2010 Beirut
Gold medal – first place 2012 Jeddah
Silver medal – second place 1977 Kuwait City
Silver medal – second place 1995 Kuwait City
Silver medal – second place 2006 Bangkok
Silver medal – second place 2020 Kuwait City
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Suwon

Competitive record edit

  Champions    Runners-up

Olympic Games edit

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
  1936 Berlin did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
  1972 Munich did not qualify
  1976 Montreal
  1980 Moscow did not participate
  1984 Los Angeles Match for 11th place 11th of 12 6 1 1 4 148 178 −30
  1988 Seoul Runners-up 2nd of 12 6 4 0 2 152 149 +3
  1992 Barcelona Match for 5th place 6th of 12 6 3 0 3 135 153 −18
  1996 Atlanta did not qualify
  2000 Sydney Match for 9th place 9th of 12 6 2 1 3 152 150 +2
  2004 Athens Match for 7th place 8th of 12 8 2 0 6 221 238 −15
  2008 Beijing Match for 7th place 8th of 12 8 3 0 5 198 224 −26
  2012 London Group stage 11th of 12 5 0 0 5 115 140 −25
  2016 Rio de Janeiro did not qualify
  2020 Tokyo
  2024 Paris
Total 7/15 0 Titles 45 15 2 28 1,121 1,232 −111

World Championship edit

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
 1938 Not a IHF member
  1954
  1958
  1961 did not enter
  1964
  1967
  1970
  1974
  1978
  1982
  1986 Match for 11th place 12th 9 3 0 6 230 229
 1990 Match for 11th place 12th 9 1 0 8 215 252
  1993 Ranking round 15th 6 1 1 4 151 167
  1995 Match for 11th place 12th 9 5 0 4 249 220
  1997 Match for 7th place 8th 9 4 1 4 233 253
  1999 Round of 16 14th 6 2 0 4 169 153
  2001 Round of 16 12th 9 4 0 5 252 252
  2003 did not qualify
  2005
  2007 President's Cup 15th 6 3 1 2 193 187
  2009 Match for 11th place 12th 11 3 0 8 290 297
  2011 President's Cup 13th 7 4 1 2 192 175
  2013 President's cup 21st 7 2 0 5 182 189
  2015 did not qualify
  2017
   2019 President's cup 22nd[a] 7 1 0 6 177 216
  2021 President's cup 31st 7 1 0 6 176 225
   2023 President's cup 28th 7 2 0 5 206 227
   2025 to be determined
  2027
Total 13/28 109 36 4 69 2915 3042

Asian Games record edit

  • 1982  3rd place
  • 1986  Champions
  • 1990  Champions
  • 1994  Champions
  • 1998  Champions
  • 2002  Champions
  • 2006 – 4th place
  • 2010  Champions
  • 2014  Runners-up
  • 2018  3rd place
  • 2022 – 5th place

Asian Championship edit

  • 1977  Runners-up
  • 1983  Champions
  • 1987  Champions
  • 1989  Champions
  • 1991  Champions
  • 1993  Champions
  • 1995  Runners-up
  • 2000  Champions
  • 2002 – 4th place
  • 2006  Runners-up
  • 2008  Champions
  • 2010  Champions
  • 2012  Champions
  • 2014 – 5th place
  • 2016 – 6th place
  • 2018  3rd place
  • 2020  Runners-up
  • 2022 – 5th place
  • 2024 – 5th place

Team edit

Current squad edit

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Rolando Freitas

Assistant Coach: Herlander Silva

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 RW Shin Jae-seop (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 24) 1.83 m 7 54   Hanam Handball Club
7 CB Kang Jeon-gu (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 33) 1.80 m 6 4   Doosan
8 P Ku Chang-eun (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 30) 1.90 m 26 48   Doosan
10 LB Park Young-jun (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 30) 1.88 m 0 0   Incheon Metropolitan City Corporation
11 LW Jang Dong-hyun (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29) 1.80 m 0 0   SK Hawks
13 RB Jo Tae-hun (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 32) 1.83 m 33 72   Doosan
14 P Lee Seong-min (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 28) 1.92 m 0 0   Doosan
17 RB Kim Yeon-bin (1997-03-24) 24 March 1997 (age 27) 1.82 m 0 0   Doosan
26 RW Kim Jin-young (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 24) 1.85 m 8 49   CB Ademar León
28 LW Kim Gi-min (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 29) 1.83 m 15 30   SK Hawks
33 RW Ha Min-ho (1992-01-23) 23 January 1992 (age 32) 1.90 m 0 0   Incheon Metropolitan City Corporation
34 CB Oh Ju-an (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 29) 1.86 m 0 0   SK Hawks
37 RB Ha Tae-hyun (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 30) 1.88 m 23 107   SK Hawks
66 GK Kim Dong-wook (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 26) 1.92 m 8 0   Doosan
71 LB Lee Hyeon-sik (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 32) 1.85 m 0 0   SK Hawks
77 CB Lee Yo-seb (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26) 1.75 m 13 31   Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
79 P Park Se-ung (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26) 1.88 m 9 33   SK Hawks
94 GK Lee Chang-woo (2003-04-27) 27 April 2003 (age 21) 1.90 m 8 1   Korea National Sport University
97 P Jin Yu-sung (2000-10-12) 12 October 2000 (age 23) 1.90 m 0 0   Korea National Sport University
99 GK Park Jae-yong (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997 (age 27) 1.92 m 13 0   Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps

Notable players edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ ""이젠 세계선수권"… 막차 티켓 거머쥔 男핸드볼 대표팀 출국" (in Korean). sports.news.naver.com. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Team Roster South Korea" (PDF). ihf.info. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

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