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South Korea
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationKorea Ice Hockey Association
Head coachLee Chang-young
AssistantsOh Hyon-ho
Son Ho-seung
CaptainKim Ki-sung
Most gamesKim Ki-sung (140)
Top scorerKim Ki-sung (71)
Most pointsKim Ki-sung (141)
Team colors     
IIHF codeKOR
Ranking
Current IIHF22 Decrease 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF16 (2018)
Lowest IIHF33 (2010)
First international
Spain  7–1  South Korea
(Barcelona, Spain; 16 March 1979)
Biggest win
South Korea  44–0  Hong Kong
(Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
Latvia  27–0  South Korea
(Bled, Slovenia; 18 March 1993)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances36 (first in 1979)
Best result16th (2018)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances8 (first in 1986)
Best result Silver (2017)
Bronze (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011)
International record (W–L–T)
104–196–14
South Korea men's national ice hockey team
Hangul
대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀
Hanja
大韓民國 아이스하키 國家代表팀
Revised RomanizationDaehan Minguk Aiseuhaki Gukga Daepyo Tim
McCune–ReischauerTaehan Min'guk Aisŭhak'i Kukka Taep'yo T'im

The South Korean national ice hockey team (Korean: 대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀) is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). They are currently ranked 19th in the IIHF World Rankings and competed in the World Championship top division tournament. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a second-place finish in the 2017 Division I Group A tournament and thus qualifying for the top division in 2018. They competed in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang as the host nation.

History

South Korea at the 2017 World Championship Division IA tournament in Ukraine. They finished second and earned promotion to the 2018 IIHF World Championship Top Division tournament for the first time.

South Korea first participated in the World Championship in 1979, playing in Pool C, the third level of the tournament. They did not return until 1982, again in Pool C, and became a regular participant in 1986. They remained at the Division I level, the second tier of the World Championship, from 2010 until 2017, when they earned a promotion to the 2018 World Championship.

Upon being named the host country for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the South Korean team began efforts to steadily improve themselves in order to be competitive with the other teams expected at the tournament, led by the efforts of Korea Ice Hockey Association president Chung Mong-won.[2]

Several North American players playing for teams in South Korea were offered South Korean citizenship, thus allowing them to play at the Olympics.[3] This was done to help the team perform better in the lead-up to the Olympics, which proved successful: when awarded the Olympics in 2011, the South Korean team was ranked 31st in the IIHF World Ranking, while on the eve of the Olympics had moved up to 18th.[4]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Asian Winter Games

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 16 February 2018[7]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Japan 24 3 1 20 44 173
 China 21 5 2 14 59 120
 Hungary 15 3 1 11 45 105
 Australia 14 9 3 2 84 55
 Spain 14 7 3 4 54 52
 North Korea 12 5 1 6 40 64
 Kazakhstan 11 1 0 10 14 79
 Poland 9 4 0 5 23 32
 Romania 9 4 0 5 27 50
 Bulgaria 9 3 0 6 44 54
 Netherlands 9 3 0 6 39 49
 Croatia 9 3 1 5 24 24
 Great Britain 8 3 0 5 23 42
 Belgium 7 4 0 3 27 24
 Yugoslavia/
 Serbia and Montenegro		 8 2 0 6 19 62
 New Zealand 6 6 0 0 99 5
 Italy 6 1 0 5 6 33
 South Africa 5 5 0 0 46 8
 Slovenia 5 0 0 5 7 31
 Denmark 7 1 0 7 9 61
 Mexico 4 4 0 0 49 6
 Israel 4 3 1 0 23 11
 Lithuania 5 2 1 2 17 17
 Austria 7 1 0 6 16 37
 France 4 0 0 4 7 60
 Hong Kong 3 3 0 0 79 1
 Ukraine 4 1 0 3 7 28
 Estonia 3 1 0 2 7 24
 Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 46 0
 Mongolia 2 2 0 0 37 2
 Iceland 2 2 0 0 24 2
 Norway 4 0 0 5 5 27
 Turkey 1 1 0 0 14 0
 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 14 1
 Canada 3 0 0 3 2 18
 Belarus 1 0 0 1 1 12
 Latvia 2 0 0 2 0 32
 Finland 3 0 0 3 3 17
 Sweden 1 0 0 1 1 5
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 1 2
 Germany 1 0 0 1 1 6
 United States 1 0 0 1 1 13
Total 275 94 14 166 1113 1465

All-time record against other clubs

Last match update: 11 August 2017[7]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Russia Olympic Team 2 0 0 2 7 9
Russia Admiral Vladivostok 2 0 0 2 5 8
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 1 1 0 0 2 1
Czech Republic Mountfield HK 1 0 0 1 3 4
Czech Republic HC Dynamo Pardubice 1 0 0 1 1 4
Czech Republic HC Škoda Plzeň 1 0 0 1 1 2
Czech Republic Motor České Budějovice 1 0 0 1 1 9
Total 11 2 0 9 25 43

See also

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (4 February 2020). "Legends join IIHF Hall of Fame". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ Crouse, Karen; Berkman, Seth (23 February 2017). "South Korea, Next Olympics Host, Went Shopping in North America to Build Its Hockey Teams". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ^ Lerner, Matt (4 May 2017). "South Korea and China Chasing Hockey Dreams". The Diplomat. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  6. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b "South-Korea-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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