South Korea men's national handball team
{{Infobox national handball team
| Name = South Korea
| Nickname =
| Badge = South Korea national handball team logo.png
| Association = Korea Handball Federation
| Coach = Rolando Freitas
| Assistant coach = Vanja Radić
Herlander Silva
| Captain =
| Most caps =
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| body1 = F02A18
| rightarm1 = F02A18
| shorts1 = F02A18
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| Summer Olympics apps = 7
| Summer Olympics first = 1984
| Summer Olympics best = {{OG2}} 2nd (1988)
| World cup apps = 13
| World cup first = 1986
| World cup best = 8th (1997)
| Regional name = Asian Championship
| Regional cup apps = 18
| Regional cup first = 1977
| Regional cup best = {{Asia1}} 1st (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012)
}}
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|1988 Seoul|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|1986 Seoul|Team}}
{{MedalGold|1990 Beijing|Team}}
{{MedalGold|1994 Hiroshima|Team}}
{{MedalGold|1998 Bangkok|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2002 Busan|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Guangzhou|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|1982 New Delhi|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta-Palembang|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championship}}
{{MedalGold|1983 Seoul|}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Amman|}}
{{MedalGold|1989 Beijing|}}
{{MedalGold|1991 Hiroshima|}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Manama|}}
{{MedalGold|2000 Kumamoto|}}
{{MedalGold|2008 Isfahan|}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Beirut|}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Jeddah|}}
{{MedalSilver|1977 Kuwait City|}}
{{MedalSilver|1995 Kuwait City|}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Bangkok|}}
{{MedalSilver|2020 Kuwait City|}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Suwon|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
The South Korea national handball team is the national handball team of South Korea and is controlled by the Korea Handball Federation.
Competitive record
{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Champions {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runners-up
=Olympic Games=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;" |
| Games
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} |
|---|
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} 1936 Berlin
|colspan="9"|did not enter |
| colspan="10"|Not held from 1948 to 1968 |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRG}} 1972 Munich
|colspan="9" rowspan="2"|did not qualify |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CAN}} 1976 Montreal |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|URS|1955}} 1980 Moscow
|colspan="9"|did not participate |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|USA}} 1984 Los Angeles
|Match for 11th place |11th of 12 |6 |1 |1 |4 |148 |178 | −30 |
| style="background: silver;"
|align=left style="border: 3px solid red"|{{Flagicon|KOR}} 1988 Seoul |Runners-up |2nd of 12 |6 |4 |0 |2 |152 |149 | +3 |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|ESP}} 1992 Barcelona
|Match for 5th place |6th of 12 |6 |3 |0 |3 |135 |153 | −18 |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|USA}} 1996 Atlanta
|colspan="9"|did not qualify |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|AUS}} 2000 Sydney
|Match for 9th place |9th of 12 |6 |2 |1 |3 |152 |150 | +2 |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|GRE}} 2004 Athens
|Match for 7th place |8th of 12 |8 |2 |0 |6 |221 |238 | −15 |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing
|Match for 7th place |8th of 12 |8 |3 |0 |5 |198 |224 | −26 |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|GBR}} 2012 London
|Group stage |11th of 12 |5 |0 |0 |5 |115 |140 | −25 |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro
|colspan="9" rowspan=3|did not qualify |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo |
| style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRA}} 2024 Paris |
| Total
!7/15 !0 Titles !45 !15 !2 !28 !1,121 !1,232 !−111 |
=World Championship=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| Year
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Draw}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}}1938 | colspan=9 rowspan=3|Not a IHF member | |||||||
| {{flagicon|SWE}} 1954 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|GDR|1949}} 1958 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} 1961 | colspan=9 rowspan=7|did not enter | |||||||
| {{flagicon|TCH}} 1964 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|SWE}} 1967 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|FRA}} 1970 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|East Germany}} 1974 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|DEN}} 1978 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|West Germany|1982}} 1982 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|SWI|1986}} 1986 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 179 | 186 |
| {{flagicon|TCH}}1990 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 167 | 197 |
| {{flagicon|SWE}} 1993 | Ranking round | 15th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 151 | 167 |
| {{flagicon|ISL}} 1995 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 249 | 220 |
| {{flagicon|JPN}} 1997 | Match for 7th place | 8th | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 233 | 253 |
| {{flagicon|EGY}} 1999 | Round of 16 | 14th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 153 |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} 2001 | Round of 16 | 12th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 160 |
| {{flagicon|POR}} 2003 | colspan=9 rowspan=2|did not qualify | |||||||
| {{flagicon|TUN}} 2005 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|GER}} 2007 | President's Cup | 15th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 187 |
| {{flagicon|CRO}} 2009 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 239 | 239 |
| {{flagicon|SWE}} 2011 | President's Cup | 13th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 175 |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} 2013 | President's cup | 21st | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 182 | 189 |
| {{flagicon|QAT}} 2015 | colspan=9 rowspan=2|did not qualify | |||||||
| {{flagicon|FRA}} 2017 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|DEN}}{{flagicon|GER}} 2019 | President's cup | 22nd{{Cref2|a}} | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 177 | 216 |
| |{{flagicon|EGY}} 2021 | President's cup | 31st | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 225 |
| {{flagicon|POL}}{{flagicon|SWE}} 2023 | President's cup | 28th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 227 |
| {{flagicon|CRO}}{{flagicon|DEN}}{{flagicon|NOR}}2025 | colspan=9|did not qualify | |||||||
| |{{flagicon|GER}} 2027 | colspan=9|to be determined | |||||||
| Total||colspan=2|13/28||100||34||4||62||2684||2794 |
- {{Cnote2|a|Participated as Unified Korea}}
=Asian Games record=
=Asian Championship=
- 1977 – {{Asia2}} Runners-up
- 1983 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 1987 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 1989 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 1991 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 1993 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 1995 – {{Asia2}} Runners-up
- 2000 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 2002 – 4th place
- 2006 – {{Asia2}} Runners-up
- 2008 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 2010 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 2012 – {{Asia1}} Champions
- 2014 – 5th place
- 2016 – 6th place
- 2018 – {{Asia3}} 3rd place
- 2020 – {{Asia2}} Runners-up
- 2022 – 5th place
- 2024 – 5th place
Team
=Current squad=
Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.{{cite web|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news?oid=023&aid=0003736618|title="이젠 세계선수권"… 막차 티켓 거머쥔 男핸드볼 대표팀 출국|date=25 December 2022|publisher=sports.news.naver.com|access-date=25 December 2022|language=ko}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/7056e0a8-af84-4726-82cd-026a1e3a0562/pdf/KOR.PDF|title=Team Roster South Korea|website=ihf.info|date=12 January 2023|access-date=12 January 2023}}
Head coach: Rolando Freitas
Assistant Coach: Herlander Silva
{{Nat hs start}}
{{Nat hs player|no=3|pos=RW|name=Shin Jae-seop|age={{Birth date and age|1999|11|5|df=y}}|height=1.83 m|apps=7|goals=54|club=Hanam Handball Club|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=7|pos=CB|name=Kang Jeon-gu|age={{Birth date and age|1990|5|11|df=y}}|height=1.80 m|apps=6|goals=4|club=Doosan|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=8|pos=P|name=Ku Chang-eun|age={{Birth date and age|1993|12|23|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=26|goals=48|club=Doosan|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=10|pos=LB|name=Park Young-jun|age={{Birth date and age|1994|1|28|df=y}}|height=1.88 m|apps=0|goals=0|club=Incheon Metropolitan City Corporation|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=11|pos=LW|name=Jang Dong-hyun|age={{Birth date and age|1995|1|13|df=y}}|height=1.80 m|apps=0|goals=0|club=SK Hawks|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=13|pos=RB|name=Jo Tae-hun|age={{Birth date and age|1991|6|30|df=y}}|height=1.83 m|apps=33|goals=72|club=Doosan|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=14|pos=P|name=Lee Seong-min|age={{Birth date and age|1995|12|14|df=y}}|height=1.92 m|apps=0|goals=0|club=Doosan|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=17|pos=RB|name=Kim Yeon-bin|age={{Birth date and age|1997|3|24|df=y}}|height=1.82 m|apps=0|goals=0|club=Doosan|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=26|pos=RW|name=Kim Jin-young|age={{Birth date and age|2000|2|2|df=y}}|height=1.85 m|apps=8|goals=49|club=CB Ademar León|clubnat=ESP}}
{{Nat hs player|no=28|pos=LW|name=Kim Gi-min|age={{Birth date and age|1994|8|9|df=y}}|height=1.83 m|apps=15|goals=30|club=SK Hawks|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=33|pos=RW|name=Ha Min-ho|age={{Birth date and age|1992|1|23|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=0|goals=0|club=Incheon Metropolitan City Corporation|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=34|pos=CB|name=Oh Ju-an|age={{Birth date and age|1994|6|23|df=y}}|height=1.86 m|apps=0|goals=0|club=SK Hawks|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=37|pos=RB|name=Ha Tae-hyun|age={{Birth date and age|1994|4|15|df=y}}|height=1.88 m|apps=23|goals=107|club=SK Hawks|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=66|pos=GK|name=Kim Dong-wook|age={{Birth date and age|1997|9|19|df=y}}|height=1.92 m|apps=8|goals=0|club=Doosan|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=71|pos=LB|name=Lee Hyeon-sik|age={{Birth date and age|1992|2|16|df=y}}|height=1.85 m|apps=0|goals=0|club=SK Hawks|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=77|pos=CB|name=Lee Yo-seb|age={{Birth date and age|1998|4|27|df=y}}|height=1.75 m|apps=13|goals=31|club=Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=79|pos=P|name=Park Se-ung|age={{Birth date and age|1998|3|18|df=y}}|height=1.88 m|apps=9|goals=33|club=SK Hawks|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=94|pos=GK|name=Lee Chang-woo|age={{Birth date and age|2003|4|27|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=8|goals=1|club=Korea National Sport University|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=97|pos=P|name=Jin Yu-sung|age={{Birth date and age|2000|10|12|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=0|goals=0|club=Korea National Sport University|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs player|no=99|pos=GK|name=Park Jae-yong|age={{Birth date and age|1997|3|20|df=y}}|height=1.92 m|apps=13|goals=0|club=Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps|clubnat=KOR}}
{{Nat hs end}}
=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
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.ihf.info/member-federations/republic-of-korea/121 IHF profile]
{{AHF teams}}
{{National sports teams of South Korea}}
{{Handball in South Korea}}
{{Asian Men's Handball Championship winners}}
{{Asian Games handball men's tournament winners}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:South Korea men's National Handball Team}}
Category:Handball in South Korea