Unified Korean sporting teams

A unified team of North and South Korea has played at certain sports competitions under the name Korea.

Korea Team

Korean Unification Flag
Events	1991 WTTC 1991 FIFA WYC 2018 WTTC 2018 Winter Olympics 2018 Korea Open 2018 Asian Games 2018 Asian Para Games 2019 IHF WC
IOC code	COR
NOCs	Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Other related appearances  North Korea  South Korea

International medals
World Table Tennis Championships
	1991 Chiba	Women's team
	1991 Chiba	Women's singles
	1991 Chiba	Men's singles
	1991 Chiba	Mixed doubles
	2018 Sweden	Women's team
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta–Palembang	Women's Canoe TBR 500 meters
	2018 Jakarta–Palembang	Women's Canoe TBR 200 meters
	2018 Jakarta–Palembang	Men's Canoe TBR 1000 meters
ITTF World Tour
	2018 Korea Open	Mixed doubles
	2018 Korea Open	Men's doubles

Korea
Hangul	코리아
Revised Romanization	Koria
McCune–Reischauer	K'oria
IPA	/kʰo̞ɾi.a̠/

History

A unified team under the name Korea (KOR) competed in 1991 World Table Tennis Championships and FIFA World Youth Championship with athletes from both North and South Korea. In 1991, the team used the Unification Flag and the anthem "Arirang".[1][2]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in South Korea, the Koreas marched together at the Parade of Nations under the Unification Flag.[3] A unified team played in the women's ice hockey tournament as Korea under the IOC country code COR, using the Unification Flag and the "Arirang" anthem. For other disciplines, the two Koreas retained separate national teams.[4] At the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the two Koreas entered separate teams, but when they were paired against each other at the quarter-final of the women's event, they negotiated instead to field a joint team for the semifinal, with the agreement of the International Table Tennis Federation.[5]

The two Koreas also initially agreed to form a unified Korea team at the 2018 East Asian Judo Championships in Mongolia.[6] Plans to compete under a unified flag were eventually scrapped due to a dispute over the flag.[7]

Four unified teams also participated in the international table tennis event, 2018 Korea Open. The unified Korean women's doubles team won gold, the first gold medal won by a unified Korean team since the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships, while the unified men's doubles team won bronze.[8]

FIBA allowed the participation of unified Korean team at the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup[9] However, no unified Korean team entered the basketball tournament.

Records

2018 Winter Olympics

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018 Pyeongchang	35[4]	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0

2018 Asian Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018 Jakarta–Palembang	60	1	1	2	4
Total		1	1	2	4

2018 Asian Para Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018 Jakarta	12	0	1	1	2
Total		0	1	1	2

World Table Tennis Championships

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1991 Chiba	22[10]	1	1	2	4
2018 Sweden	5[11]	0	0	1	1
Total		1	1	3	5

ITTF World Tour

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018 Korea Open	8[12]	1	0	1	2
Total		1	0	1	2

FIFA World Youth Championship

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1991 Portugal	18[13]	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0

World Men's Handball Championship

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2019 Denmark / Germany	Match for 21st place	22nd of 24	7	1	0	6	177	216	–39
Total		22nd place	7	1	0	6	177	216	–39

See also

• Korea national under-20 football team
• Korea women's national basketball team
• Korea men's national handball team
• Korea women's national ice hockey team
• Korea
• North Korea–South Korea relations
• United Team of Germany

References

1. "제41회 세계탁구선수권대회 남북단일팀 구성·참가에 관한 합의서". Ministry of Unification (in Korean). 1991-02-12. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
2. "제6회 세계청소년 축구선수권대회 남북단일팀 구성·참가에 관한 합의서". Ministry of Unification (in Korean). 1991-02-12. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
3. Hyonhee Shin; Christine Kim (17 January 2018). "Koreas to form unified ice hockey team, march together in Olympics". Reuters. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
4. "Unified Korean Olympic Team to march at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018". International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
5. "Table Tennis: Koreas form unified team at world championships". Reuters. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
6. Young, Henry (6 June 2018). "Unified Korean team to fight at East Asian Judo Championships". CNN. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
7. "Judo: South, North Korea cancel plans to compete as joint team". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
8. "Table tennis: Joint inter-Korea team beats China to win mixed doubles at Korea Open". Channel NewsAsia.
9. 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.
10. "제41회 세계탁구선수권대회 단일팀 실무위원회 합의서". Ministry of Unification (in Korean). 1991-02-26. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
11. "As one, Korea unified, the power of table tennis - International Table Tennis Federation". International Table Tennis Federation. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
12. "Unified Korean mixed doubles team cruises at int'l table tennis event". Yonhap News Agency. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
13. "제6회 세계청소년축구선수권대회 단일팀 실무위원회 합의서". Ministry of Unification (in Korean). 1991-02-26. Retrieved 2018-01-10.