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
Information
Association	Korea Handball Federation
Coach	Kang Il-koo
Assistant coach	Kim Min-goo
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	7 (First in 1984)
Best result	Silver medal (1988)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1986)
Best result	8th (1997)
Asian Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1977)
Best result	Champions (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012)
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South Korea men's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Team
Asian Games
	1986 Seoul	Team
	1990 Beijing	Team
	1994 Hiroshima	Team
	1998 Bangkok	Team
	2002 Busan	Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
	2014 Incheon	Team
	1982 New Delhi	Team
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	Team
Asian Championship
	1983 Seoul
	1987 Amman
	1989 Beijing
	1991 Hiroshima
	1993 Manama
	2000 Kumamoto
	2008 Isfahan
	2010 Beirut
	2012 Jeddah
	1977 Kuwait City
	1995 Kuwait City
	2006 Bangkok
	2020 Kuwait City
	2018 Suwon

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up

Olympic Games

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	To be determined
Total	7/14	0 Titles	45	15	2	28	1,121	1,232	−111

World Championship

• 1986 – 12th place
• 1990 – 12th place
• 1993 – 15th place
• 1995 – 12th place
• 1997 – 8th place
• 1999 – 14th place
• 2001 – 12th place
• 2007 – 15th place
• 2009 – 12th place
• 2011 – 13th place
• 2013 – 21st place
• 2019 – Participated as Unified Korea
• 2021 – 31st place

Asian Games record

• 1982 – 3rd place
• 1986 – Champions
• 1990 – Champions
• 1994 – Champions
• 1998 – Champions
• 2002 – Champions
• 2010 – Champions
• 2014 – Runners-up
• 2018 – 3rd place

Asian Championship

• 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

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Kang Il-koo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 8 P Kim Hyeon-woo 30 January 2000 1.85 m 0 0 Kangwon National University 10 RW Yu Chan-min 1 February 2000 1.80 m 0 0 Korea National Sport University 13 RW Lee Jun-hee 16 August 2000 1.80 m 0 0 Wonkwang University 19 RB Baek Seung-geon 19 February 1999 1.80 m 0 0 Kangwon National University 21 LW Lee Seung-min 9 December 2001 1.81 m 0 0 Wonkwang University 22 LW Lee Byeong-ju 6 July 1999 1.83 m 0 0 Korea National Sport University 23 CB Jeon Young-je 24 February 1999 1.82 m 0 0 Kangwon National University 24 CB Kim Myeong-jong 6 April 2000 1.81 m 0 0 Chosun University 26 RW Kim Jin-young 2 February 2000 1.85 m 0 0 Kyung Hee University 27 RW Yu Myeong-han 28 January 2001 1.85 m 0 0 Chungnam National University 28 LW Kim Jin-ho 19 November 1999 1.79 m 0 0 Korea National Sport University 32 LW Jo Dong-hyeon 4 September 2000 1.78 m 0 0 Korea National Sport University 33 LB Kim Jae-soon 3 November 1998 1.86 m 0 0 Wonkwang University 34 RW Kim Young-gil 4 May 1999 1.80 m 0 0 Kyung Hee University 77 GK Lee Chang-woo 27 April 2003 1.90 m 0 0 Daejeon Daeseong High School 83 P Kang Jun-gu 31 July 2001 1.81 m 0 0 Chosun University 87 RB Kim Ji-un 29 December 2000 1.86 m 0 0 Korea National Sport University 88 GK Jang Jun-young 16 February 1998 1.86 m 0 0 Kyung Hee University 97 P Kim Tae-ung 26 October 2000 1.90 m 0 0 Wonkwang University 98 GK An Jae-pil 1 August 1998 1.80 m 0 0 Chosun University

Notable players

• Yoon Kyung-shin: 2001 World Handball Player of the Year
• Kang Jae-won: 1989 World Handball Player of the Year, six-time MVP of Swiss Bundesliga

See also

• South Korea women's national handball team

References

1. "Team Roster South Korea" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile