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South Korea men's national handball team
| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | South Korea | |||
| Badge | South Korea national handball team logo.png | |||
| Association | Korea Handball Federation | |||
| Coach | Cho Young-shin | |||
| Assistant coach | Lee Se-ok | |||
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| Summer Olympics apps | 7 | |||
| Summer Olympics first | 1984 | |||
| Summer Olympics best | 2nd (1988) | |||
| World cup apps | 13 | |||
| World cup first | 1986 | |||
| World cup best | 8th (1997) | |||
| Regional name | Asian Championship | |||
| Regional cup apps | 10 | |||
| Regional cup first | 1977 | |||
| Regional cup best | 1st (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
The South Korea national handball team is the national handball team of South Korea and is controlled by the Korea Handball Federation. They are one of the most successful teams in Asia with a record 9 Continental Championships. They have however not won the title since 2010. They are also the only Asian team to have won medals at the Summer Olympics.
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up
Olympic Games
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Total | 7/15 | 0 Titles | 45 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 1,121 | 1,232 | −111 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU 1936 Berlin | did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||
| FRG 1972 Munich | did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| CAN 1976 Montreal | |||||||||||||||||||
| URS 1980 Moscow | did not participate | ||||||||||||||||||
| USA 1984 Los Angeles | Match for 11th place | 11th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 178 | −30 | ||||||||||
| KOR 1988 Seoul | Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 149 | +3 | ||||||||||
| ESP 1992 Barcelona | Match for 5th place | 6th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 153 | −18 | ||||||||||
| USA 1996 Atlanta | did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| AUS 2000 Sydney | Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 150 | +2 | ||||||||||
| GRE 2004 Athens | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 221 | 238 | −15 | ||||||||||
| CHN 2008 Beijing | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 198 | 224 | −26 | ||||||||||
| GBR 2012 London | Group stage | 11th of 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 140 | −25 | ||||||||||
| BRA 2016 Rio de Janeiro | did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| JPN 2020 Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||
| FRA 2024 Paris |
World Championship
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Total | colspan=2 | 13/28 | 100 | 34 | 4 | 62 | 2684 | 2794 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nazi Germany1938 | Not a IHF member | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWE 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GDR 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany 1961 | did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCH 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWE 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEN 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWI 1986 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 179 | 186 | ||||||||||||||||
| TCH1990 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 167 | 197 | ||||||||||||||||
| SWE 1993 | Ranking round | 15th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 151 | 167 | ||||||||||||||||
| ISL 1995 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 249 | 220 | ||||||||||||||||
| JPN 1997 | Match for 7th place | 8th | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 233 | 253 | ||||||||||||||||
| EGY 1999 | Round of 16 | 14th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 153 | ||||||||||||||||
| FRA 2001 | Round of 16 | 12th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 160 | ||||||||||||||||
| POR 2003 | did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| TUN 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GER 2007 | President's Cup | 15th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 187 | ||||||||||||||||
| CRO 2009 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 239 | 239 | ||||||||||||||||
| SWE 2011 | President's Cup | 13th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 175 | ||||||||||||||||
| ESP 2013 | President's cup | 21st | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 182 | 189 | ||||||||||||||||
| QAT 2015 | did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DENGER 2019 | President's cup | 22nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 177 | 216 | ||||||||||||||||
| EGY 2021 | President's cup | 31st | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 225 | ||||||||||||||||
| POLSWE 2023 | President's cup | 28th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 227 | ||||||||||||||||
| CRODENNOR2025 | did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| GER 2027 | to be determined |
Asian Games record
- 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
- 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
- 2026 – 5th place
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Rolando Freitas
Assistant Coach: Herlander Silva
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
References
References
- "Handball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference.
- (25 December 2022). ""이젠 세계선수권"… 막차 티켓 거머쥔 男핸드볼 대표팀 출국". sports.news.naver.com.
- (12 January 2023). "Team Roster South Korea".
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