Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics
{{About|the unified team that competed in ice hockey|the two nations in all other events|North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics|and|South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox country at games
| NOC = COR
| year = 2018
| games = Winter Olympics
| games_link = 2018 Winter Olympics
| flagcaption = Korean Unification Flag
| alt = Refer to caption
| location = Pyeongchang, South Korea
| date = 9–25 February 2018
| competitors = 35
| competitors_men =
| competitors_women =
| sports = 1
| events =
| flagbearer = Opening
Won Yun-jong{{Cite web | title = Olympics' most powerful moment | work = NewsComAu | date = 10 February 2018 | access-date = 2018-02-09 | url = http://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/team-sports/north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-in-powerful-moment-during-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony/news-story/837c973dd926c93354cbe453efb5e54f }}
{{small|(South{{nbsp}}Korea)}}
Hwang Chung-gum
{{small|(North{{nbsp}}Korea)}}
Closing
Lee Seung-hoon{{cite web|title=Closing Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Games/Winter-Games/Games-PyeongChang-2018-Winter-Olympic-Games/Ceremonies/PyeongChang-2018-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-Bearers.pdf#_ga=2.113408207.917758768.1519568732-1155673656.1518304175|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=26 February 2018}}
{{small|(South{{nbsp}}Korea)}}
Kim Ju-sik
{{small|(North{{nbsp}}Korea)}}
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| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 2018
| app_end_year = 2018
| seealso = auto
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{{wikinews|Koreas hold joint training session for Olympics}}
A unified team of South Korea and North Korea competed under the title "Korea" at the 2018 Winter Olympics in ice hockey.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the delegations from both the host nation South Korea and North Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag.{{cite news|title=Koreas to march under single 'united' flag in Olympic Games|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42721417|work=BBC News|location=London, United Kingdom|date=17 January 2018|access-date=21 January 2018}}{{cite news|last=Stiles|first=Matt|date=20 January 2018|title=North Korea gets official OK to compete in Winter Olympics, will march with South|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-sp-north-korea-20180120-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California, United States|access-date=21 January 2018}}
Background
In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korea women's national ice hockey team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korea women's national ice hockey team in the tournament.{{cite web |title=Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2018/2018-01-20-Declaration.pdf#_ga=2.159615934.220528285.1538406063-1906883833.1538406063 |website=olympic.org |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=1 October 2018}} They competed under the country code "COR",{{Cite web | title = Unified Korean Olympic Team to march at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 | work = International Olympic Committee | date = 20 January 2018 | access-date = 21 January 2018 | url = https://www.olympic.org/news/unified-korean-olympic-team-to-march-at-olympic-winter-games-pyeongchang-2018 }} from the abbreviation of French word {{lang|fr|Corée}}.{{cite news|title=Two Koreas' Olympic ice hockey team faces unexpected challenge: language|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/two-koreas-olympic-ice-hockey-team-faces-unexpected-challenge-language/#.WoRvoSVubIU|access-date=14 February 2018|work=The Japan Times|date=29 January 2018|quote=the unified team has been accorded its own country code, COR, from the French word for Korea, Coree.|archive-date=8 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108004623/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/two-koreas-olympic-ice-hockey-team-faces-unexpected-challenge-language/#.WoRvoSVubIU|url-status=dead}} (The country code "KOR" is already used for South Korea; the IOC uses "PRK" for North Korea.) The anthem which played when the Korea team played in international ice hockey is the folk song "Arirang" instead of the national anthems of either South Korea or North Korea. The team's uniform featured the silhouette of the Korean peninsula with the text "Korea".{{cite news|last1=Watson|first1=Ivan|last2=Ko|first2=Stella|last3=McKenzie|first3=Sheena|title=Joint Korean ice hockey team plays for first time ahead of Olympics|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/04/sport/north-south-korea-ice-hockey-intl/index.html|access-date=5 February 2018|work=CNN|date=5 February 2018}} Because of ongoing U.S. sanctions against North Korea, the uniforms were made by a Finnish company instead of official sponsor Nike.{{cite web|last1=Hyunjoo|first1=Jin|last2=Christine|first2=Kim|title=No Samsung phones, Nike uniforms for North Koreans? Sanctions cloud Ol|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-northkorea-logistics/no-samsung-phones-nike-uniforms-for-north-koreans-sanctions-cloud-olympic-perks-idUSKBN1FM0KZ|website=Reuters|access-date=10 February 2018|date=2018}}
The first match of the unified Korean women's ice hockey team was attended by various dignitaries, including International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam and North Korean Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yo-jong.{{cite web|last1=Ortiz|first1=Erik|last2=Abdelkader|first2=Rima|title=Despite defeat, unified Korean women's ice hockey team shines|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/winter-olympics-2018/unified-korean-women-s-ice-hockey-team-debuts-olympics-heartfelt-n846636|website=NBC News|date=10 February 2018 |language=en}}
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors who participated in the unified Korean team.
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| width=100|Sport | width=130|Men | width=130|Women | width=60|Total |
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| align=left|Ice hockey
| 0 | {{ihw|ROK}}: 23 {{ihw|PRK}}: 12 | 35 | |
| Total || 0 || 35 || 35 |
Ice hockey
{{main|Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics}}
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Key:
- OT – Overtime
- GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
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!rowspan=2|Event !colspan=4|Group Stage !Quarterfinal !Semifinal / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement match}} !colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}} / {{abbr|Pl.|Placement match}} |
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|align=left|Korea women's |align=left|Women's tournament |{{ihw|SUI}} |{{ihw|SWE}} |{{ihw|JPN}} |4 |{{n/a}} |{{ihw|SUI}} |{{ihw|SWE}} |8 |
=Women's tournament=
{{main|Korea women's national ice hockey team|Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification}}
South Korea qualified as the host. From a roster of 35 players, at minimum of three North Korean players were selected for each game.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42759924 |title=Winter Olympics 2018: North Korea will send 22 athletes to Pyeongchang |author= |date=20 January 2018 |website=BBC News |access-date=21 January 2018 }}
==Team roster==
- Women's team event – 1 team of 35 players
{{#section:Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters|COR}}
==Preliminary round==
{{:Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|transcludesection=Group B}}
{{:Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|transcludesection=B2}}
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{{:Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|transcludesection=B6}}
;5–8th place semifinal
{{:Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|transcludesection=D1}}
;Seventh place game
{{:Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|transcludesection=E1}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Results |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=https://www.olympic.org/olympic-results }}
- {{cite web |title=Korea Team |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/COR }}
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/COR |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames¶m_country=COR |access-date=11 August 2020 |archive-date=17 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217020827/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames¶m_country=COR |url-status=dead }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180228034950/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/general/noc-entries-korea.htm Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics]
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